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JETHRO TULL Launch Video for Title Track of New Album 'The Zealot Gene'
Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2022
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British Progressive Rock Luminaries JETHRO TULL recently announced details for the group's first studio album of new material in over 18 years! 'The Zealot Gene' will see a January 28th, 2022 release on Inside Out Music. Today they are pleased to reveal the video for the albums third single & title track, once again directed by Iranian film-maker Sam Chegini who previously created a clip for 'Sad City Sisters'.
Watch the video now here:
Ian Anderson comments of the track: "The title track offers many allusions to the radical, politically-charged world of populism in leadership. As a song lyric, it sums up, for me, the divisive nature of societal relationships and the extreme views which fuel the fires of hate and prejudice, more so today perhaps, than at any time in history. Perhaps you think you know who I might have been thinking about here but, in reality, there are probably right now at least five prominent, dictatorial national figures who could fit the bill."
Watch the previously released videos below:
'Sad City Sisters': https://youtu.be/lsQJl8tXO1Y
'Shoshana Sleeping': https://youtu.be/uPTeqsBd1Ik
"Ripe with fresh inspiration and resonant of past glories, it belongs high in the Tull canon." – Prog Magazine
"The music is light, bright, tight and recognisably Tull" – Classic Rock Magazine
A record that began to take shape as early as 2017, 'The Zealot Gene', in many ways, seeks to defy convention during a time when the business of being a touring and recording artist has never faced more uncertainties. Tull bandleader Ian Anderson holds no reservations about the role for which the mythos and themes of Biblical storytelling played in the lyrical content of the new album, saying:
"While I have a spot of genuine fondness for the pomp and fairytale story-telling of the Holy Book, I still feel the need to question and draw sometimes unholy parallels from the text. The good, the bad, and the downright ugly rear their heads throughout, but are punctuated with elements of love, respect, and tenderness."
Looking back on the earth-shaking disruption of the Coronavirus pandemic, which ultimately ended the band's touring plans and hopes of a 2020 release for 'The Zealot Gene', Anderson shares, "It was so sudden. Amidst the concerns and warnings of the scientific community and a few more enlightened politicians, we all retreated in disbelief to our homes to wait out the storm."
Watch the second part of several new interviews with Ian Anderson on the making of the album here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OHwUEgs0wM
Pre-order now here: https://jethrotullband.lnk.to/TheZealotGene
'The Zealot Gene' Tracklisting:
1. Mrs. Tibbets (5:54)
2. Jacob's Tales (2:13)
3. Mine Is The Mountain (5:40)
4. The Zealot Gene (3:54)
5. Shoshana Sleeping (3:41)
6. Sad City Sisters (3:40)
7. Barren Beth, Wild Desert John (3:37)
8. The Betrayal Of Joshua Kynde (4:06)
9. Where Did Saturday Go? (3:53)
10. Three Loves, Three (3:30)
11. In Brief Visitation (3:00)
12. The Fisherman Of Ephesus (3:41)
With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, Jethro Tull are one of the most successful rock bands of all-time with a catalog that contains classics that still resonate today. Led by Ian Anderson, Tull still continue to tour throughout the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.
The band currently consists of:
Ian Anderson – Flute, acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
Joe Parrish-James – Guitar
Florian Opahle – Guitar (album only)
Scott Hammond – Drums.
John O'Hara – Piano, keyboards and accordion
David Goodier – Bass guitar
JETHRO TULL Launch Video for 'Sad City Sisters'
Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 7, 2022
British Progressive Rock Luminaries JETHRO TULL recently announced details for the group's first studio album of new material in over 18 years! Originally making headlines in March of this year, the band's newest offering, titled 'The Zealot Gene', will see a January 28th, 2022 release on Inside Out Music.
They have released the video for the albums second single 'Sad City Sisters', directed by Iranian film-maker Sam Chegini who previously created a clip for the much-loved classic 'Aqualung'. Watch the video now here:
Ian Anderson comments of the track: "Sad City Sisters throws up memories of a Saturday night in Cardiff, Wales when I was on my way home from our concert in St David's Hall some years ago. It could equally well have been any town in the UK, I suppose, or even most cities of the Western World. What possesses hell-bent and vulnerable young people to slip so easily into that tragic loss of dignity and end up sprawling drunk in a wet and windy street at midnight?"
The Zealot Gene will be offered in the following formats:
– Special Edition Digipak CD
– Gatefold 2LP+CD+LP-booklet
– Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook
– Limited Deluxe 3LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook
The Deluxe 3LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook comes on white vinyl and includes a 3rd LP with the rough demos. It also includes a slipmat and a numbered art print. The blu-ray includes a 5.1 surround sound mix by Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson).
Pre-order HERE.
Possible Live Project With JETHRO TULL & IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson Before End of 2022
Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 21, 2021
Posted in: Int. News, News.	Tagged: Ian Anderson, JETHRO TULL, The Metal Voice.	Leave a comment
Canada's The Metal Voice recently spoke to Jethro Tull's leader Ian Anderson. In the interview Anderson spoke about the new album 'The Zealot Gene', gave an update on the continuing re-issues of the bands catalog and spoke about meeting Iron Maiden's Steve Harris and performing with Bruce Dickinson.
The Metal Voice asked Ian Anderson of working and meeting Iron Maiden's Steve Harris and performing with Bruce Dickinson, Anderson Said, "I probably met Steve Harris briefly on one occasion a little bit more on another occasion. I know he is a rather shy person, he said he never wanted to push himself forward in terms of trying to meet me or talk to me. I think I got in touch with him and asked him if he would do a little throw away intro to a particular track on a live concert tour we did, in terms of being a video. A little video contribution that he offered to introduce a song. He went on, "I think his interest in Jethro Tull is probably based on having gone in a direction kind of beyond the performances that you would associate yourself with Iron Maiden. The first thing Iron Maiden seemed to be linked to Jethro Tull was a song called Cross -Eyed Mary which was on the Aqualung album and they did it on an early record release. I think they did it in the same key as I did but puts it in the impossible key for Bruce Dickinson. Bruce is a tenor and I am a baritone a low baritone. So for him to sing down here, he had to go up an octave but then he was going up really an octave which out it in a very uncomfortable high register that even as young Bruce Dickinson, he was pushing his luck singing it an octave higher, than my original vocal. "
He continued," I don't really know these people very well at one occasion Bruce was a guest of mine at Canterbury Cathedral's performance I did in 2011 and he is a great person to work with, very professional, very straightforward, Easy going guy we learnt his couple of songs and he sang on one of ours. I got an e-mail this morning from Bruce Dickinson, that he sent a couple of days ago about asking me to do some live performance project together at the end of next year. "
JETHRO TULL to Release New Studio Album "The Zealot Gene" in 2022; First Single 'Shoshana Sleeping' Out Now
Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 6, 2021
British Progressive Rock Luminaries JETHRO TULL have announced details for the group's first studio album of new material in over 18 years! Originally making headlines in March of this year, the band's newest offering, titled 'The Zealot Gene', will see a January 28th, 2022 release on Inside Out Music. To give Tull fans their first taste of the new record, the group has released the first single from the album, titled "Shoshana Sleeping", accompanied by a stunning visual created by Thomas Hicks.
Special Edition Digipak CD
Gatefold 2LP+CD+LP-booklet
Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook
Limited Deluxe 3LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook
Both artbook editions feature a second CD of demos and initial ideas, plus extended liner notes and an interview with Ian Anderson undertaken by Tim Bowness (no-man)
The Deluxe 3LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook comes on white vinyl and includes a 3rd LP with the rough demos. It also includes a slipmat and a numbered art print.
JETHRO TULL Sign with InsideOutMusic /Sony Music, New Album Coming in Early 2022
Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 26, 2021
InsideOutMusic/Sony Music are extremely pleased to announce the signing of progressive rock legends JETHRO TULL to the label. The band has already completed a new album titled 'The Zealot Gene', which can be expected in early 2022.
Ian Anderson had this to say about the new signing – "After 54 years in the world of music recording, it is with great pleasure that I now sign Jethro Tull to a record company which reminds me, in many ways, of the old Chrysalis label – both as an independent and in its later years in partnership with EMI. Here are real music guys with a passion for the best and most creative in rock music. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship and more releases to come."
InsideOutMusic Label Manager Thomas Waber states, "Adding Jethro Tull to the roster is an incredible honour for us. The band are true innovators of the genre and we are looking forward to working with them on their new album. We are sure their countless fans will be as excited about it as we are!"
IAN ANDERSON Celebrates JETHRO TULL With New Show – UK Dates Announced
Posted in: Int. News.	Tagged: 'Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera', Ian Anderson, JETHRO TULL.	Leave a comment
Progressive Rock pioneer Ian Anderson recently announced 6 dates of a 2015 UK tour, titled 'JETHRO TULL – The Rock Opera'. The shows will take place in September.
'Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera' honours that 18th Century English agriculturalist after which the band was named back in 1968.
The shows tell the story of the original Jethro Tull's life, reimagined as if in the near future and illustrated with Anderson's best-known material from the repertoire of the rock band Jethro Tull.
The set list will include many songs that Anderson found to be natural parallels with Tull's life story: Wind Up, Heavy Horses, Aqualung, Back to the Family, Farm on the Freeway and Songs from the Wood to name a few. Some songs have been incorporated with slightly revised lyrics and five newly written songs have also been added to the mix.
Performing with Ian Anderson will be David Goodier on bass, John O'Hara on keyboards, Florian Opahle on guitar, Scott Hammond on drums plus some 'virtual guests' on a big HD video screen.
Anderson explains: "Instead of spoken introductions to the songs in the show, there will be the use of that operatic device, the "recitative", where the links are made by short sung vocal segments in a usually-simple musical backdrop, making it a little easier and more entertaining for non-English-speaking audiences."
8th Basingstoke Anvil 01256 84424
10th London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire 0844 477 2000
11th Birmingham Symphony Hall 0121 345 0493
12th York Barbican 0844 854 2757
13th Gateshead Sage Theatre 0191 443 4661
14th Salford Lowry Theatre 0843 208 6000
Tickets are priced £28 and £32, except in Birmingham £27.50-£32.50. Doors open at 18:30. There is no support. Show starts at 19:30, with a brief interval at 20:30, and ends at 22:00.
http://www.jethrotull.com