Jethro Tull Won't 'Bungle' Tour Opener Tonight
Yahoo! Music, Jun 6, 2000 7:00 am PDT(6/6/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Jethro Tull kicks off its North American tour tonight (June 6) at the Backyard in Austin, Texas, and the trek will have the band on the road until September 20, when the tour wraps up with a show at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. With as many songs as Jethro Tull has recorded, putting together a set list can't be an easy proposition.
However, frontman Ian Anderson told LAUNCH there's one song he can pretty much guarantee you won't hear at a Tull concert. "Well, 'Bungle In The Jungle' would certainly be a chore, 'cause it's not one that we've ever really successfully played," he said. "We tried it back in 1974 when we released that album, Warchild. And although 'Bungle In The Jungle' was successful as a radio single in the U.S.A., it wasn't particularly popular, for example, in Europe. But we did try to play it back then, and it just didn't really click as a live performance number."
When pressed for more details, Anderson told LAUNCH, "I suppose because it is a little more commercial, a little more radio-friendly. And it sounds fine in the context of hearing it on FM radio, but I'm not sure that it works as a live performance piece," he said. "It seems a little bit self-consciously pop, dare I say. You know, it was fun doing it in the studio, but I don't really get a big kick out of doing it live, and from the point of view of the other guys, I wouldn't imagine it's a very challenging piece for them to play."
The Jethro Tull itinerary (subject to change):
June 6 - Austin, TX - The Backyard
June 8,9 - Fort Worth, TX - Bass Performance Hall
June 10 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre
June 11 - Houston, TX - Ariel Theatre
June 13 - Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
June 14 - Chattanooga, TN - Riverbend Festival
June 15 - Biloxi, MS - Grand Casino
June 16 - Robinsonville, MS - Grand Casino Tunica
June 17 - Birmingham, AL - City Stages Festival
June 18 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park
June 20 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre
June 21 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
June 23, 24 - Sunrise, FL - Sunrise Musical Theatre
June 25 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
June 27 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
June 28 - Greenville, SC - Peace Center
June 29 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
July 1 - Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek (w/ the Chieftains)
July 2 - Charlotte, NC - Blockbuster Pavilion (w/ the Chieftains)July 3 - Virginia Beach, VA - GTE Amphitheatre (w/ the Chieftains)
July 17 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey PAC
July 19 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
July 20 - Hershey, PA - Star Pavilion
July 21 - Ledyard, CT - Foxwoods Resort
July 22 - Harrington, DE - Delaware State Fair
July 23 - Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook Farm
July 25 - Quebec City, QUE - L'Agora
July 26 - Montreal, QUE - St. Dennis Theatre
July 27 - Hamilton, ONT - Hamilton Place
July 28 - Rochester, NY - Finger Lakes PAC
July 29 - Danbury, CT - Charles Ives Center
July 30 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap
August 1 - Elmira, NY - Clemens Center
August 2 - Easton, PA - State Theatre
August 3 - Erie, PA - Warner Theatre
August 4 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavilion
August 5 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
August 6 - Youngstown, OH - Stanbaugh Auditorium
August 8 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Pavilion
August 9 - Interlochen, MI - Interlochen Center
August 10 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Casino
August 11 - Ft Wayne, IN - Embassy Theatre
August 12 - Hamburg, NY - Erie County Fair
August 13 - Utica, NY - Stanley Theatre
August 29 - Alpine, CA - Viejas Casino
August 30 - Lancaster, CA - Antelope Valley Fairground
September 1 - San Rafael, CA - Marin County Civic Center
September 2 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Field Amphitheatre
September 4 - Salem, OR - Oregon State Fair
September 6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Deer Valley
September 8 - Colorado Springs, CO - City Auditorium
September 9 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
September 10 - Tucson, AZ - TCC Music Hall
September 12, 13 - Anaheim, CA - Sun Theatre
September 14 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
September 15 - Tulare, CA - Tulare County Fair
September 16 - Thousand Oaks, CA - Civic Arts Plaza
September 17 - TBA
September 19 - Fairbanks, AK - Carlson Arena
September 20 - Anchorage, AK - Sullivan Arena
-- Darren Davis and Bruce Simon, New York
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