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Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Announces 40th Anniversary Sequel To 'Thick As A Brick' Album
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Written by Jon Stickler
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Announces 40th Anniversary Sequel To 'Thick As A Brick' Album

Following the recent announcement of a 19-date tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Thick As A Brick’, on 2nd April, Ian Anderson has revealed he will release a sequel to the original album.

Image In 1972, Ian Anderson wrote and recorded the Jethro Tull Progressive Rock classic album ‘Thick As A Brick’. The lyrics were credited at the time to the fictitious child character, Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age. The record instantly became a Number One album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries of the world.
 
So, forty years on, what would Gerald Bostock – aged fifty in 2012 – be doing today? 'The anniversary “part two” album will examine the possible different paths that the precocious young schoolboy, Gerald Bostock, might have taken later in life through alter-ego characters with song-section identities illustrating the hugely varied potential twists and turns of fate and opportunity. Not just for Gerald but to echo how our own lives develop, change direction and ultimately conclude through chance encounters and interventions, however tiny and insignificant they might seem at the time.
 
Ian Anderson says of the album, “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?,”  Adding, “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.....”
 
To coincide with this release, for the first time since 1972, Anderson and fellow musicians John O’Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) -  as well as some guest performers -  will take to the road to perform the album in its entirety and, it can now exclusively be revealed that, in addition there will be a second part to the show where Anderson and the band will also perform the sequel.
 
‘Thick As A Brick 2’ track-listing is as follows:
 
1 From A Pebble Thrown
2 Pebbles Instrumental
3 Might-have-beens
4 Upper Sixth Loan Shark
5 Banker Bets, Banker Wins
6 Swing It Far
7 Adrift And Dumfounded
8 Old School Song
9 Wootton Bassett Town
10 Power And Spirit
11 Give Till It Hurts
12 Cosy Corner
13 Shunt And Shuffle
14 A Change Of Horses
15 Confessional
16 Kismet In Suburbia
17 What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens
 
‘Thick As A Brick 2’ will be released in three formats: a standard jewel case CD and digital download, and a Special Edition 2-disc format with DVD featuring 5.1 stereo mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, video of the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and Ian Anderson reading  the lyrics in various locations.

Ian Anderson 'Thick As A Brick' UK Tour Dates are as follows:

Apr 14th - Concert Hall, Perth
Apr 15th - Glasgow Royal Theatre
Apr 17th - Newcastle City Hall
Apr 18th - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Apr 19th - City Hall, Sheffield
Apr 20th - King George’s Hall, Blackburn
Apr 21st - Royal Hall, Harrogate
Apr 22nd - Opera House, Manchester
Apr 24th - Assembly Rooms, Derby
Apr 25th - Regent Theatre, Ipswich
Apr 27th - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Apr 28th - Colston Hall, Bristol
Apr 29th - Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
Apr 30th - Symphony Hall, Birmingham
May 2nd - New Theatre, Oxford
May 3rd - Reading Hexagon
May 4th - G Live, Guildford
May 5th - St David’s Hall, Cardiff
May 6th - Guildhall, Southampton

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