Jethro Tull News

(4/17/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Jethro Tull has announced the first dates of its 2000 North American tour -- it begins on June 6 at the Backyard in Austin, Texas, and currently runs through August 13 at the Stanley Theatre in Utica, New York. The group has also announced that there will be more shows added to the itinerary throughout the summer and into September.

Frontman Ian Anderson told LAUNCH that Jethro Tull does its best to keep it interesting for the fans: "It's never the same from tour to tour. We're always having fun with some different old songs. You know, we try and switch 'em around. It's just that when we come back to visit a town again a couple a years later, you know, we really try and change 80% of the set. So things go in and out of the show all the time, and you can't please everybody all of the time. We just have to try and make sure that we cover 'the big picture' of Jethro Tull and make sure we play a selection of the stuff."

Jethro Tull tour dates (subject to change):

6/6 Austin, TX The Backyard

6/8,9 Fort Worth, TX Bass Performance Hall

6/10 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre

6/11 Houston, TX Ariel Theatre

6/13 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre

6/14 Chattanooga, TN Riverbend Festival

6/15 Biloxi, MS Grand Casino

6/16 Robinsville, MS Grand Casino Tunica

6/17 Birmingham, AL City Stages Festival

6/18 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park

6/20 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre

6/21 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

6/23 Sunrise, FL Sunrise Musical Theatre

6/25 Orlando, FL House of Blues

6/27 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

6/28 Greenville, CS Peace Center

6/29 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre

7/1 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek (w/ the Chieftains)

7/2 Charlotte, NC Blockbuster Pavilion (w/ the Chieftains)

7/3 Virginia Beach, VA GTE Amphitheatre (w/ the Chieftains)

7/17 Newark, NJ New Jersey PAC

7/19 New York, NY Beacon Theatre

7/20 Hershey, PA Star Pavilion

7/21 Ledyard, CT Foxwoods Resort

7/23 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook Farm

7/25 Quebec City, QUE L'Agora

7/26 Montreal, QUE St. Dennis Theatre

7/28 Rochester, NY Fingerlakes PAC

7/29 Danbury, CT Charles Ives Center

7/30 Vienna, VA Wolftrap

8/1 Elmira, NY Clemens Center

8/2 Easton, PA State Theatre

8/3 Erie, PA Warner Theatre

8/4 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion

8/5 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre

8/6 Youngstown, OH Stanbaugh Auditorium

8/8 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Pavilion

8/9 Interlochen, MI Interlochen Center

8/10 Green Bay, WI Oneida Casino

8/11 Ft Wayne, IN Embassy Theatre

8/12 Hamburg, NY NY Erie County Fair

8/13 Utica, NY Stanley Theatre

-- Bruce Simon, New York