Musings on the byways of popular culture
Ian Anderson is not well.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/05/14/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-frontman-reveals-incurable-lung-disease/5189354002/
Although perhaps not quite as unwell as the “my days are numbered” quote might suggest:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ian-anderson-copd-diagnosis-statement-999484/
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Yes, It’s the Jethro Cell / Soft Tull collaboration the world has been crying out for, as Ian Anderson and Marc Almond combine on Lord of Misrule. It does sound rather like they recorded it in different rooms, possibly without reference to what the other one was bringing to the party, but YouTube also boasts a video of Almond joining Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull onstage at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013 for a rattle through Locomotive Breath, so it could well be that they’re old pals.
You’re unlikely recording partners are of course more than welcome in the comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTVrBN7JvPQ&feature=push-fr&attr_tag=hBTtFVl3ye3devUl%3A6
Having trawled through the Companies House site, an interesting little titbit is how much money it’s possible to make from touring.
In 2012, Ian Anderson was on the road a LOT (http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/setlist/12.htm), mostly in smaller venues which, I suspect, generally didn’t sell out.
Guess how much he paid himself as his share of touring profits? I was surprised…..
