Doane Perry’s Diary – November 2000 OK, so it’s October…no need to work yourself up into a lather. There’s a lot of stuff going on and I’m a “bit” behind with the update on my activities. We’re going take a little journey in the Way Back Machine, so stop complaining about my tardiness and enjoy the ride! First, let me … Read More
News Update: August 2000
News Update: August 2000 We are nearing the end of the second leg of our North American tour with a total of forty shows played. The third leg, taking in the west coast of the USA, begins in Las Vegas on Sunday 27th August and the rest of the dates are found elsewhere on this website. No great recent dramas … Read More
News Update: June 2000
News Update: June 2000 Tull are now launched upon their US tour and currently concluding the Texan dates at the end of the first week. A total of 64 concerts are to be played over the next three months or so and the band cover most of the continental US and Eastern Canada, with the Far Alaskan Surprise to put … Read More
Another Programme, Another Tour
Another Programme, Another Tour Looking back over the thirty years of “proper” tours which J. Tull have carried out, there has been a bewildering array of programmes to accompany them. The earliest were produced by third parties in almost laughable disregard for accuracy or value for money, in a cheesy, amateurish parody of British show-biz values. Later, when the tours … Read More
News Update: December 1999
News Update: December 1999 It has been a long seven months since we began the touring schedule for 1999: Europe, USA, Europe again and the UK tour which ended two weeks ago. Our UK dates took us to many old haunts — Classic British venues such as the Newcastle City Hall, Shepherds Bush Empire, Oxford Apollo, Bristol Colston Hall and … Read More
News Update: October 1999
News Update: October 1999 The busy period of touring continues with the band returning from the USA to play concerts in Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, Italy and the UK. The US dates were punctuated by the odd hurricane, as usual, and some unseasonal cold weather (so the promoter tried to assure us) in Boise, Idaho and Missoula, … Read More
News Update: August 1999
News Update: August 1999 Half way through the US tour, Tull are briefly back in the UK to enjoy much-needed rest for some, and non-stop promo for others! The US dates began in Hampton Beach, at the Casino — a glorified club with tables arranged in the Germanic tradition for the beer drinking fraternity to get neck-ache from, given the … Read More
Ian’s Diary: July 1999
Ian’s Diary: July 1999 It was a hot night in Budapest…… And in Brno, Prague, etc., all the way to Freiburg, Germany some weeks later. Summer in mainland Europe, and now summer in the sultry July heart of these most British of Isles. Captain Beefheart is singing “Bluejeans and Moonbeams” to me as I type this on my return from … Read More
News Update: July 1999
News Update: July 1999 Tull have completed the first major series of tours for 1999. These consisted of 33 shows in five countries from Budapest, Hungary to Roseto, Italy. The majority of these have been outdoor dates in amphitheatres and castle grounds with a few town centres and an industrial wasteland thrown in for good measure. A TV show of … Read More
Ian’s Diary: June 1999
Ian’s Diary: June 1999 It has been almost a month of transition from studio work to preparing for concert touring again. The final mix having been completed with the added vocals of Najma Akhtar, I took the masters down to Chop ‘em Out – a London production mastering studio – where the edited and compiled production master reference CD was … Read More