Barrie Barlow's first gig with Tull.
Apart from Martin, this reproduced the 1963 line-up of 'The Blades'.

The Red Rocks riot, at which Tull played (a full set) through tear gas.
A full account from the LA Free Press.
Barrie Barlow's second gig with Tull!
Support: Livingston Taylor. Tull played for 80 mins., to over 10,000 people.

Support: Mott The Hoople.

My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), With You There To Help Me/By Kind Permission Of..., Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, To Cry You A Song, Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)

Support: Livingston Taylor

Support: Fanny, Livingston Taylor
First verified appearence of 'Hard-Headed English General'.
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), With You There To Help Me/By Kind Permission Of..., Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, Nothing Is Easy, To Cry You A Song, Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Wind-Up/Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)

Support: Livingston Taylor
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), With You There To Help Me/By Kind Permission Of..., Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, To Cry You A Song, Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath,Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)

Support: Livingston Taylor
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), With You There To Help Me/By Kind Permission Of..., Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, To Cry You A Song, Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up (15 min), Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
Italicised tracks unconfirmed.

Nominally a rest day, Ian spent it doing press and radio interviews.

Support: Yes - their first ever North American concert.

Support: Yes.

Support: Yes.

Support: Kimberley, Yes.

Without Yes.

Support: Yes.

Support: Yes.

Support: Yes.
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), With You There To Help Me, Piano Solo, Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, To Cry You A Song, Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Nothing Is Easy, Wind Up/Guitar Solo/Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
Italicised tracks presumed, but unconfirmed; they're not on these bootlegs, anyway.

Support: Yes.

Support: Yes (who played for 30-45 mins.).

Support: Yes (confirmed by an audience member and the promoter, disproving earlier reports that Yes were elsewhere).

Also appearing: Black Sabbath, Yes.
One audience member recalls that Ozzy was too 'ill' for Black Sabbath to play, but another recalls all three bands appearing.

Support: Yes.

Support: Yes.
Riots due to oversold tickets led to the closure of the venue for five years.

Support: Yes.

Without Yes.

3 pm show, supported by Yes.

Set began with 'My God'.

Recording 'Thick As A Brick'. A September press article reported that the band recorded 'Side 1' in this period. This material comprised four sections, provisionally entitled 'Thick As A Brick', 5/4, 'The Poet And The Painter' and 'Shuffle'.
'Tomorrow Was Today' presumably derived from this period, though it's not known whether it was ever recorded.

Fall '71 US tour - their eleventh N.American tour

Support: Freedom (at 8 pm; Tull at 9). Audience: 10,000.
Tull's sound equipment was accidentally sent to Miami; the soundcheck was with rented equipment.
Set began with 'My God'

The first of Tull's eighteen dates at this venue.
Sold-out three weeks before the concert. Audience: 23,000. Several tried to invade the stage.
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Thick As A Brick (Poet & Painter), Aqualung, With You There To Help Me, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)
Italicised tracks unconfirmed.

The tour schedule has this as Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Or., but NYC to RI. via Or. seems rather unlikely! That show must have been in June, if at all.
A recording exists of Tull at Springfield, apparently on 16/10. That date is wrong, but could well have been 19/10.
Support: Curved Air.
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen), Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)
'Sossity/Reasons...' unconfirmed.

Originally reported as having been at MSU's Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, supported by Catfish and with the following (slightly unlikely) partial setlist. However, a press report exists, of this show having been at the Cobo Hall, sold out (12,500 seats) weeks in advance.
A different source says the support band was Freedom.
Included:
Flute Solo (In 'My God'?), Drum Solo (in 'Cross-Eyed Mary'?), Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, A Song For Jeffrey (this seems unlikely: no other 1971 show included it.).

My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen), Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)

My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen), Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary, Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)

Support: Freedom
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), Thick As A Brick ('Edit 4'), Aqualung, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary (w. drum solo), Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Sweet Dream, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)

This concert seems to have been scheduled for 20/10/71, but an audience member with a ticket stub proves otherwise.

Tull were late on stage.
This, and poor crowd control, meant that when Tull started their sound check, people at the back inadvertently crowded those at the front, and someone was accidently pushed through a plate glass window
Support band included a violinist – presumably Curved Air.

Support: Curved Air.
Not listed on tour schedules, but a used ticket stub dated 22/4/71 exists.
However, two separate audience members recall the concert as having been in November – if Curved Air really were the support band, that seems more likely. It's possible that the April concert was postponed, with tickets printed with that date being honoured later in the year. This is the only likely date, but it's unverified.

Support: Curved Air.

Support: Curved Air.
Tour schedules put this show in the Palace Theatre, Albany, NY. but an audience member with a ticket stub says otherwise! See 16/11/71.

Support: Curved Air
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary, Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)

Exact date unconfirmed. The official tour schedule lists Tull as being here on 14/11/71, but they were known to be in Boston that night. A recording entitled 'Albany '71' exists, and there is a gap in the official schedule between 15 and 18 Nov., so this date or 17/11 seem credible.
My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, To Cry You A Song, A New Day Yesterday, Cross-Eyed Mary, Up To Me, Tomorrow Was Today, Hymn 43, Nothing Is Easy, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up (reprise)
Italicised tracks unconfirmed.

Recording the remainder of 'Thick As A Brick'.
If 'Hard-Headed English General' was ever recorded, it's likely it was during this period.