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Ian Anderson's Thick as a Brick 2

Thick As A Brick sequel
now released!

TAAB2 - Whatever HappenedTo Gerald Bostock? - is a full length Progressive Rock "concept" album worthy of its predecessor. Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Or, perhaps, any of us. To be released in two formats: the simple jewel case CD with 8-page booklet and the Special Edition with CD, audio-visual DVD and 16-page booklet. The DVD contains 5.1 surround mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, videos covering the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and the lyric reading where Ian Anderson reads the lyrics in various settings. Also on the DVD are the pages of StCleve.com, the online update of the St Cleve Chronicle, fabled newspaper of the original album, and the multilingual lyric translations in Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian as well as the native English.

The 2012 tours feature the performance of Thick As A Brick One AND Two in most of the concerts.

> Ian's comments, project details
> TAAB2 video promo
> TAAB2 album review
> www.StCleve.com a glimpse of life in the slow lane

Designer and fan Leon Alvarado, has created a special download for you all to print out at your leisure -- the last print issue of the St Cleve Chronicle (PDF)

>TAAB artwork

Thick as a Brick 2 Sample Edits

Check out these new samples from TAAB2 (mp3) in the actual album running order. Look for more here soon as well as on Tull web radio.

> From a Pebble Thrown
> Pebbles instrumental
> Might-have-beens
> Upper Sixth Street Loan Shark
> Banker Bets, Banker Wins
> Swing It Far
> Adrift and Dumbfounded
> Old School Song
> Wootton Bassett Town
> Power and Spirit
> Give till it Hurts
> Cozy Corner
> Shunt and Shuffle
> A Change of Horses
> Confessional
> Kismet in Suburbia
> What-ifs, Maybes, and Might-have-beens

IAN ANDERSON INTERVIEWS
IAN ANDERSON

Ian interviews himself on TAAB2
> Part 1 > Part 2 > Part 3 > Part 4

Aqualung 40th Anniversary Collector's and Special Editions Released

A fantastic new limited collection celebrating the snotted one's arrival into middle age! New stereo mixes including previously unreleased material on blu-ray, 5.1 surround DVD, vinyl, a 48-page booklet with band memoirs, and much, much more will be released Oct 31st in the UK and Nov 1st in the USA along with a companion special edition set with two of the CDs from the full set.
> details > Ian's comments

Collectors Edition:
> buy Amazon® USA > UK

Special Edition:
> buy Amazon® USA > UK

last update: May 9/12

Thick as a Brick and Sequel
Live in 2012

Ian will perform the classic concept album in its entirety for the first time since 1972 along with the new sequel TAAB2 going out for a world tour commencing in the UK in mid-April. Then, it's on to European countries in the late Spring and Summer before landing in the USA for two tours spanning September to early November.
> details

News and Features

Ian on Flutes, Microphones (audio)

Interview with Florian Ophale

Gerald's Top Tip of the Week

Bostock's pleasure, this week, is the 1971 non-spy thriller, "The Naive And Sentimental Lover," by John Le Carre. Check out Shamus, Cassidy and the lovely Helen as they seek to find their souls and destiny. Such a good writer.

Gerald Bostock is Alive and on Facebook®, Twitter®

From time to time fans ask whatever happened to Gerald Bostock, the boy who penned the lyrics to the classic Thick as a Brick album. Actually we didn't know but just happened to hear from him last month and he is now even on Facebook® and Twitter®. Be sure to say hello to the nearly 50 year-old.
> Gerald's Real Facebook® page
> Gerald's Real Twiiter® page

Tull Web Radio Launched!
Now you can listen to Tull worldwide 24-hours a day commercial free via your web browser, Blackberry®, iPhone®, TiVo® and even your car via Live365®. The entire Tull/Anderson catalog plus some songs from Barre are included...plus some rare tracks. Even connect the station to your own web or Facebook®/MySpace® pages.
> listen now! > more details, questions
> how to listen on your home stereo

Ian's Out of this World Concert
When worldwide fame and notoriety have been achieved, taking your music into outer space is the only place left to go. On April 12th Ian will be taking part in a duet with US astronaut Colonel Catherine Coleman to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned space flight in 1961.
> details
> video
> Russian press / concert video