In a brand new interview with Mike Hsu of the 100 FM The Pike radio station, JETHRO TULL chief Ian Anderson spoke about what retains him motivated to maintain making albums and touring, greater than 5 a long time after the band’s formation. The 76-year-old British-born musician mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Again within the ’70s, we launched a brand new album yearly, which feels like fairly an industrious course of. However in actual fact, I am reminded of Stephen King, the novelist — he is managed two books a 12 months for just about all of his grownup life. And so I believe these of us who’re inventive for a dwelling, it is laborious to think about a 12 months going by and you have not give you one thing new, though in my case it might not be a brand new album launch yearly, however there’s a lot of different inventive issues that I have been doing within the time period; even when it is not a brand new album launch, there’s at all times different stuff occurring. And so it is a part of what I do. And I am unsure how lengthy it’ll go on. There needs to be that time the place you simply acknowledge that you do not have it in you anymore to do this stuff. However I can not think about what that will really feel like. The concept that there’s nothing left; now I’ve to take up golf or go fishing or one thing — God assist me. I might fairly do someone else’s laundry than take up golf.’

He continued: “My son-in-law is a giant golfer. Actually, he is coming for a takeaway curry this night; I have never seen him for a couple of weeks. He is a giant golfer. He does charity golf occasions the place he will get along with different individuals who you’ve got in all probability by no means heard of who do these type of charity golf occasions. He actually loves his golf. Frankly, he is at all times asking me to go and play golf with him, however I do not play golf. It is a good factor for these individuals who get pleasure from it. It is a very leisure and mildly bodily sport, however for me it spells the top. I am not prepared for golf.”

JETHRO TULL will embark on “The Seven A long time” tour later this month. Led by Anderson, the live performance will function a wealthy assortment of the best-known JETHRO TULL repertoire from 1968 up to now. Followers will acknowledge the important thing songs from numerous albums — songs which put JETHRO TULL and Ian Anderson on the map throughout these seven a long time. “The Seven A long time” tour will hit the U.S. from August by means of November, with stops in Indianapolis, San Diego, Los Angeles, Boston, New York Metropolis, Albany and extra.

JETHRO TULL launched its twenty third studio album, “RökFlöte”, in April by way of InsideOut Music. Following 2022’s “The Zealot Gene”, the group’s first LP in twenty years, Anderson and his bandmates returned with a 12-track file based mostly on the characters and roles of among the principal gods of the outdated Norse paganism, and on the similar time exploring the “RökFlöte” — rock flute — which JETHRO TULL has made iconic.

“The Zealot Gene”, launched in January 2022, was JETHRO TULL‘s twenty second studio album and it garnered important acclaim throughout the board. Reaching No. 9 within the U.Ok. album charts, a feat the band hadn’t reached since 1972, it additionally debuted at No. 4 in Germany, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Austria, No. 8 in Finland, in addition to prime 10 within the U.S. album charts, Present Album charts and Rock Album charts.

With greater than 30 albums to their credit score and gross sales totaling greater than 50 million, JETHRO TULL are one of the profitable rock bands of all-time with a catalog that incorporates classics that also resonate at this time. Led by Anderson, TULL proceed to tour all through the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.

The band consists of:

Ian Anderson – Live performance and Alto flutes, Flute d’Amour, Irish whistle and vocals
David Goodier – Bass
John O’Hara – Piano, keyboards and Hammond Organ
Scott Hammond – Drums
Joe Parrish-James – Electrical and acoustic guitars, mandolin