Ian Anderson - Announces tour for his new album 'Homo Erraticus' !!!

Ian Anderson announces a UK tour!

Legendary Prog pioneer Ian Anderson has announced the imminent release of new studio album 'Homo Erraticus'. The record will be out on 14th April on the artist’s own label imprint Calliandra Records in conjunction with Kscope, to coincide with Anderson’s 2014 UK tour.

In 1972 Jethro Tull released iconic concept album 'Thick as a Brick' which was a poem based on a child prodigy Gerald Bostock in 2012. As fans wondered what happened to Bostock, Ian Anderson explored the different paths his life might have taken in 'Thick as a Brick 2'. With Homo Erraticus infant prodigy Gerald is back for real.

Following a fourty year political career, Bostock reunited with Anderson taking the role of tour manager on a string of shows. ‘Homo Erraticus’ marks his return to songwriting, and it’s based on an unpublished manuscript by amateur historian Ernest T. Parritt (1865-1928).

In Homo Erraticus Parritt examines key events of British history with a string of prophecies stretching to the current day and the future; visions of past lives caused by the delirium of malaria generate the characters through whose eyes the stories are told, including a nomadic Neolithic settler, an iron Age blacksmith, a Christian monk, a turnpike innkeeper and even Prince Albert. The album release will be followed by an extensive UK tour, where Homo Erraticus will be performed in its entirety followed by a selection of Tull classics updated with video and theatrics..

2014 UK tour dates Below:

April

28th - Brighton, Dome                                    
29th - Southampton, o2 Guildhall             
 
May
                    
01st - Salisbury, City Hall               
02nd - Liverpool, Philharmonic        
03rd - Birmingham, Symphony Hall         
04th - Oxford. New Theatre            
06th - Bristol, Colston Hall           
07th - High Wycombe, Swan Theatre           
08th - Guildford, G Live                         
09th - Cambridge, Corn Exchange 
10th - Ipswich, Regent Theatre 
11th - Leicester, De Montfort Hall      
13th - Derby, Assembly Rooms   
14th - Manchester, Palace Theatre        
15th - York, Royal Opera House 
16th - Gateshead, Sage Theatre         
18th - Edinburgh, Festival Theatre       
19th - Perth, Concert Hall            
20th - Aberdeen, Music Hall                 
21st - Inverness, Eden Court               
24th - London, o2 Shepherds Bush Empire
25th - London, o2 Shepherds Bush Empire

Check Out! a Video for Ian Anderson talking about 'Thick as a Brick 2' on BBC breakfast TV Below...