There were 130 scheduled Jethro Tull concerts in 1971. |
We're still unsure of several setlists - can you help? | ||
| 9/6/71 | Salt Palace | Salt Lake City, Ut. USA |
Barrie Barlow's first gig with Tull. Apart from Martin, this reproduced the 1963 line-up of 'The Blades'. | ||
| 10/6/71 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison (Denver), Co. USA |
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. | ||
| 11/6/71 | Civic Auditorium | Albuquerque, NM. USA |
Support: Mott The Hoople. | ||
| 12/6/71 | HIC Arena | Honolulu, Hi. USA |
| 16/6/71 | Convention Center | San Diego, Ca. USA |
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) | ||
| 17/6/71 | Community Concourse | San Diego, Ca. USA |
Support: Livingston Taylor | ||
| 18/6/71 | LA Forum | Inglewood, Ca. USA |
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) | ||
| 19/6/71 | Convention Center | Anaheim, Ca. USA |
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) Italicised tracks unconfirmed. | ||
| 20/6/71 | Community Theater | Berkeley, Ca. USA |
| Wind Up
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. | ||
| 21/6/71 | - | San Francisco, Ca. USA |
Nominally a rest day, Ian spent it doing press and radio interviews. | ||
| 24/6/71 | Gardens | Edmonton, Canada |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 25/6/71 | Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum | Vancouver, Canada |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 26/6/71 | Seattle Center Coliseum | Seattle, Wa. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 27/6/71 | Memorial Auditorium | Sacramento, Ca. USA |
Support: Kimberley, Yes. | ||
| 29/6/71 | Auditorium | Kansas City, Mo. USA |
Without Yes. | ||
| 30/6/71 | State Fairgrounds | Oklahoma City, Ok. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 1/7/71 | Municipal Auditorium | San Antonio, Tx. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 2/7/71 | Memorial Coliseum | Dallas, Tx. USA |
| Wind Up In Dallas or Dallas Memorial 1971
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. | ||
| 3/7/71 | Sam Houston Coliseum | Houston, Tx. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 4/7/71 | Warehouse | New Orleans, La. USA |
Support: Yes (who played for 30-45 mins.). | ||
| 5/7/71 | National Guard Armory | Indianapolis, In. USA |
Support: Yes (confirmed by an audience member, disproving earlier reports that Yes were elsewhere). | ||
| 7/7/71 | Sports Stadium | Orlando, Fl. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 8/7/71 | Casino Ballroom | Hampton Beach, NH. USA |
Support: Yes. Riots due to oversold tickets led to the closure of the venue for five years. | ||
| 9/7/71 | Convention Center | Wildwood, NJ. USA |
Support: Yes. | ||
| 10/7/71 | Convention Hall | Asbury Park, NJ. USA |
Without Yes. | ||
| 11/7/71 | Roller Rink | Alexandria, Va. USA |
3 pm show, supported by Yes. | ||
| 14/7/71 | Fox Theatre | Hackensack, NJ. USA |
Set began with 'My God'. | ||
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| Aug. '71 | Morgan Studios | London, UK |
Recording 'Thick As A Brick'. A September press article reported that the band recorded 'Side 1' in this period. This material comprised three sections, provisionally entitled 'Thick As A Brick', '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. | ||
| 3/9/71 | UK release of 'Life Is A Long Song' EP | |
Fall '71 US tour - their eleventh N.American tour | ||
| 15/10/71 | Bayfront Center | St Petersburg, Fl. USA |
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' | ||
| 16/10/71 | Civic Center | Jacksonville, Fl. USA |
| 17/10/71 | Coliseum | Charlotte, NC. USA |
| 18/10/71 | Madison Square Garden | NYC, NY. USA |
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. | ||
| 19/10/71 | Civic Center | Springfield, Ma. USA USA |
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. | ||
| 20/10/71 | Rhode Island Auditorium | Providence, RI. USA |
| 21/10/71 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pa. USA |
| 22/10/71 | Jenison Fieldhouse, MSU | East Lansing, Mi. USA |
Support: Catfish 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.). | ||
| 23/10/71 | St. John Arena | Columbus, Oh. USA |
| 24/10/71 | Hara Arena | Dayton, Oh. USA |
| 25/10/71 | Sports Arena | Toledo, Oh. USA |
| 26/10/71 | International Amphitheatre | Chicago, Il. USA |
| 27/10/71 | Assembly Hall, U. of Illinois | Champaign, Il. USA |
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) | ||
| 28/10/71 | Arena | New Haven, Ct. USA |
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) | ||
| 29/10/71 | Exposition Center | Portland, Me. USA |
| 30/10/71 | War Memorial | Rochester, NY. USA |
| 31/10/71 | Harper College | Binghamton, NY. USA |
Venue uncertain. | ||
| 1/11/71 | Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, NY. USA |
| 3/11/71 | Technological Institute | Lowell, Ma. USA |
This concert seems to have been scheduled for 20/10/71, but an audience member with a ticket stub proves otherwise. | ||
| 5/11/71 | William & Mary College Fieldhouse | Williamsburg, Va. USA |
| 6/11/71 | Carmichael Auditorium, U. of NC | Chapel Hill, NC. USA |
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. | ||
| 7/11/71 | Minges Coliseum, E. Carolina U. | Greenville, NC. USA |
| 8/11/71 | Coliseum | Greensboro, NC. USA |
| 9/11/71 | Robertson Memorial Field House, Bradley U. | Peoria, Il. USA |
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. | ||
| 10/11/71 | IMA Sports Arena | Flint, Mi. USA |
| 11/11/71 | Mid-South Coliseum | Memphis, Tn. USA |
| 12/11/71 | Convention Center | Louisville, Ky. USA |
Support: Curved Air. | ||
| 13/11/71 | Public Hall | Cleveland, Oh. USA |
| 14/11/71 | Civic Center | Baltimore, Md. USA |
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. | ||
| 15/11/71 | Garden | Boston, Ma. USA |
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) | ||
| 16/11/71 | Palace Theatre | Albany, NY. USA |
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. | ||
| 18/11/71 | Madison Square Garden | NYC, NY. USA |
| Dec '71 | Morgan Studios | London, UK |
Recording the remainder of 'Thick As A Brick'. If 'Hard-Headed English General' was ever recorded, it's likely it was during this period. | ||
