Tuesday 12 August 2014


IAN ANDERSON'S "HOMO ERRATICUS" TO BE AVAILABLE AS A SPECIAL CD/DVD TOUR EDITION ON SEPTEMBER 30

(Special CD/DVD Tour Edition of Acclaimed Hit Album from Jethro Tull Frontman

To coincide with Ian Anderson's BEST OF JETHRO TULL & HOMO ERRATICUS North American tour (commencing September 12th), Kscope is pleased to announce a new tour edition of Ian's acclaimed new studio album, HOMO ERRATICUS. This 2 disc (CD DVD) package features the exclusive videos to each album track, as seen at the shows, set to hi resolution 24 bit stereo audio. The DVD features a live performance of album favorite "Enter the Uninvited" and new interview footage with Ian discussing the live visuals.

"Rock Cellar" says HOMO ERRATICUS offer songs that "address those same modern realities that give rise to my impertinent Why?, and in an honest, thought-provoking, entertaining manner.  Compared to whatever else is out there right now, that’s definitely an improvement."  "The strongest Ian Anderson album ever," writes Music Street Journal. Rolling Stone online states, "Ian Anderson—unlike many, many,
many of his contemporaries—hasn’t really shown the signs of aging that most of us have taken for granted in our ‘60s-era pop stars."

In 2012 Ian Anderson released THICK AS A BRICK-2, the follow-up to Jethro Tull's legendary concept album, THICK AS A BRICK. TAAB-2 was a critical and commercial success, charting around the world. In April 2014 he returned with the hit album HOMO ERRATICUS which--according to BILLBOARD MAGAZINE--entered the UK album charts at number 14.

The original THICK AS A BRICK album, released in 1972, was based around the poem of disgraced child prodigy Gerald Bostock. For HOMO ERRATICUS Anderson is reunited with Bostock, using lyrics written by Gerald based on an old historical manuscript. The manuscript examines key events from throughout British history before going on to offer a number of prophecies for the future. Ian says the album deals with migration as a theme.

Suitably dramatized and exaggerated by Bostock as metaphors for modern life, he presented Anderson with ideas for 14 songs, which have now been set to music. The result is
HOMO ERRATICUS. The CD / DVD tour edition of the album will be released on Anderson's own Calliandra Records label in conjunction with Kscope on September 30th.


CD Tracklist
1 Doggerland
2 Heavy Metals
3 Enter The Uninvited
4 Puer Ferox Adventus
5 Meliora Sequamur
6 The Turnpike Inn
7 The Engineer
8 The Pax Britannica
9 Tripudium Ad Bellum
10 After These Wars
11 New Blood, Old Veins
12 In For A Pound
13 The Browning of the Green
14 Per Errationes Ad Astra
15 Cold Dead Reckoning

DISC 2 - ADDITIONAL BONUS DVD MATERIAL
Enter the Uninvited (live at Swan Theatre UK - 2014)
New Ian Anderson 'Homo Erraticus' tour visuals interview

Fans can check out a clip from a UK show and see all the tour dates here: 

 http://jethrotull.com
Tour Dates
9/12/14          Seattle             WA         McCaw Hall
9/13/14          Goldendale     WA         Maryhill Winery Amphitheater
9/15/14          Redding          CA         Cascade Theater
9/17/14          Oakland          CA         Fox Theater    
9/18/14          Costa Mesa   CA         Segerstrom Hall
9/19/14          Las Vegas     NV          Pearl Concert Theater
9/20/14          Mesa              AZ           Mesa Arts Center
9/21/14          Albuquerque  NM          Kiva Auditorium
9/23/14          Dallas             TX           Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
9/24/14          Midland          TX           Wagner Noel PAC
9/26/14          Austin             TX            Austin City Limits    
9/27/14          San Antonio   TX            Tobin PAC
9/28/14          Stafford          TX            Stafford PAC
9/30/14          Atlanta           GA            Symphony Hall
10/1/14          Nashville       TN              Ryman Auditorium
10/3/14          Charlotte      NC              Blumenthal PAC
10/4/14          Durham        NC              Durham PAC
10/5/14          Richmond    VA               The National Theater
10/16/14        Naperville     IL                Pfeiffer Hall
10/17/14        Springfield    IL               Sangamon Auditorium
10/18/14        Milwaukee    WI              Pabst Theater
10/19/14        Cedar Falls   IA              Gallagher Bluedorn PAC    
10/21/14        Minneapolis   MN           State Theater    
10/23/14        Elizabeth       IN              Horshoe Casino
10/24/14        Charleston    WV           Clay Center
10/25/14        Greensburg   PA           The Palace Theatre    
10/26/14        Bethlehem     PA           Sands Bethlehem Event Center
10/28/14        Burlington      VT            Flynn Center
10/29/14        Providence    RI             Providence PAC
10/30/14        Ridgefield     CT            The Ridgefield Playhouse
11/1/14          Lynn               MA            Lynn Auditorium    
11/2/14          Albany            NY            Palace Theatre
11/4/14          Buffalo            NY           Center For the Arts
11/6/14          Washington   DC           Lincoln Theater
11/7/14          Atlantic City   NJ            Caesars - Circus Maximus
11/8/14          Huntington     NY            The Paramount    
11/9/14          Red Bank      NJ            Count Basie Theater
11/10/14        Montclair       NJ             Wellmont Theatre

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