LEGENDARY Prog Rock icon Ian Anderson has announced a 2014 UK tour including an appearance in Southampton.
The tour will follow the release of his new concept album. Tickets for his Southampton gig on April 29, 2014, will go on sale on September 4.
Anderson will be touring throughout 2014 and the show will feature a selection from the new album - which he defines as ‘Folk-Prog-Metal’ - in its more theatrical setting, together with a selection of Jethro Tull highlights.
The forthcoming record release will feature heavier, less acoustic guitar sounds and more of Anderson’s trademark flute.
He said: “After winning the Grammy for best Hard Rock/Metal album back in 1988, this seems like an opportunity to justify that strange and misplaced accolade with a new album to celebrate the more forceful, full-on rock credentials which are found in many of my songs over the last 45 years.
“It's not an end to the acoustic and gentler moments but more of an emphasis on the louder aggressive flute style which marked me out from the earliest days of Jethro Tull.”
Tickets priced £30 and £26 will be available from the box office on 023 8063 2601 from September 4.
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