Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson has decided to update the story of Gerald Bostock now 40 years on with ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.
Jethro Tull at The Palais, Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Anderson wrote the now classic Jethro Tull concept album in 1972. It was the story of 10-year old Gerald Bostock who is now 50-years old.
So how did his life turn out? All will be revealed in ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.
“As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what-if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?,” Ian said in a statement. “And those of more tender years – the social media and internet generation – may choose to ponder well the myriad of chance possibilities ahead of them at every turn …..”
Anderson has announced a series of UK dates starting in Liverpool on April 18 where he will perform firstly the original ‘Thick As A Brick’ followed by the sequel.
Thick As A Brick 2 (‘TAAB2’) tracklist [CD, digital]
From A Pebble Thrown
Pebbles Instrumental
Might-have-beens
Upper Sixth Loan Shark
Banker Bets, Banker Wins
Swing It Far
Adrift And Dumfounded
Old School Song
Wootton Bassett Town
Power And Spirit
Give Till It Hurts
Cosy Corner
Shunt And Shuffle
A Change Of Horses
Confessional
Kismet In Suburbia
What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens
UK TOUR DATES
Date City Venue Box Office
April
18th Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789
19th Sheffield City Hall 0114 2 789 789
20th Blackburn St George’s Hall0844 847 1664
21th Harrogate Royal Hall 0845 130 8840
22th Manchester Opera House 0844 847 2484
24th Derby Assembly Rooms 01332 255 800
25th Ipswich Regent Theatre 01473 433100
27th London Hammersmith Apollo 0843 221 0100
28th Bristol Colston Hall 0117 922 3686
29th High Wycombe The Swan Theatre01494 512 000
30th Birmingham Symphony Hall 0121 780 3333
May
2nd Oxford Apollo 0844 847 1588
3rd Reading Hexagon 0118 960 6060
4th Guildford G Live 0844 7701 797
5th Cardiff St David’s Hall 029 2087 8444
6th Southampton Guildhall 023 8063 2601
