Set lists of Jethro Tull live concerts in 1972, at the Ministry Of Information

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1972

There were 161 scheduled Jethro Tull concerts in 1972.
This page lists June-December, whilst January-May dates are here.

We're still unsure of several setlists - can you help? Please also let us know if you can identify any of the 3 unidentified venues.
2/6/72	Coliseum	Quebec, Canada
	Support: Claire Hamill. Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
3/6/72	Civic Center	Ottawa, Canada
	Support: probably Claire Hamill.
4/6/72	Maple Leaf Gardens	Toronto, Canada
	Flute-topia or The First Half Support: Claire Hamill. Thick As A Brick Pt.1/ Flute Solo (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée (fragment))/ Thick As A Brick Pt.1 contd./ News & Weather/ Thick As A Brick Pt.2/ Drum Solo/ '218 Babies'/ Thick As A Brick Pt.2 contd., Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up/Guitar Solo/Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
6/6/72	Arena	Milwaukee, Wi. USA
	Thick As A Brick, Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-headed English General/Wind Up (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed.
7/6/72	?	Duluth, Mn. USA
8/6/72	Gardens	Edmonton, Canada
9/6/72	Stampede Corral	Calgary, Canada
10/6/72	Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum	Vancouver, Canada
11/6/72	Seattle Center Coliseum	Seattle, Wa. USA
	Support: The Eagles Recorded for broadcast by KTAC FM, Tacoma Sold-out show Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
12/6/72	Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Or. USA
	Broadcast by KTAC-FM.
14/6/72	State Fairgrounds	Oklahoma City, Ok. USA
	Thick As A Brick 1-3 (incl. flute solo, w. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée), News & Weather, Thick As A Brick 4/Drum Solo, Thick As A Brick 5, Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind Up/Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
15/6/72	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Mo. USA
	Support: The Eagles. Thick As A Brick, Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-headed English General/Wind Up (reprise)
16/6/72	Coliseum	Oakland, Ca. USA
	Support: The Eagles.
17/6/72	Convention Center	Las Vegas, Nv. USA
18/6/72	Memorial Coliseum	Dallas, Tx. USA
19/6/72	Sam Houston Coliseum	Houston, Tx. USA
	Support: The Eagles. Tour schedules list this as having been at the Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, but an audience member with a ticket stub proves otherwise.
20/6/72	Convention Center Arena, Hemisfair	San Antonio, Tx. USA
	Support: The Eagles.
21/6/72	Civic Center	El Paso, Tx. USA
22/6/72	U. of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM. USA
23/6/72	UK release of 'Living In The Past' Highest chart position: 13
23/6/72	LA Forum	Inglewood, Ca. USA
	Support: Head, Hands & Feet, whose 'folky' set seemed out-of-place. Thick As A Brick 1-3, News & Weather, Thick As A Brick 4/Drum Solo, Thick As A Brick 5, Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind Up/Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
24/6/72	LA Forum	Inglewood, Ca. USA
	Support: Head, Hands & Feet.
25/6/72	Sports Arena	San Diego, Ca. USA
26/6/72	Coliseum	Tucson, Az. USA
27/6/72	Veterans Coliseum	Phoenix, Az. USA
28/6/72	Salt Palace	Salt Lake City, Ut. USA
29/6/72	Coliseum	Denver, Co. USA
	According to a journalist, Ian walked on stage wearing a gas mask, as a reference to Tull's previous concert in Denver.
30/6/72	Coliseum	Denver, Co. USA
1/7/72	HIC Arena	Honolulu, Hi. USA
	Surfin' With Don Ho Boot claims the date of the show was 29/6/72, but that's incorrect. Show began at 22:00 or 22:30, due to the State Fair at the same venue earlier in the day. Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)

5/7/72	Town Hall	Auckland, New Zealand
	No support.
7/7/72	Festival Hall	Melbourne, Australia
	Thick As A Brick 1-3, Non Rabbits, Weather Forecast, Thick As A Brick 4/Drum Solo, Thick As A Brick 5, Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday (w. 'Sloane Rangers' (taped 'upper-class' female voices) intro.), Aqualung, Wind Up/Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
8/7/72	Apollo Stadium	Adelaide, Australia
9/7/72	Festival Hall	Melbourne, Australia
11/7/72	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, Australia
12/7/72	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, Australia
13/7/72	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, Australia
	Show added by popular demand.
14/7/72	Festival Hall	Brisbane, Australia
15/7/72	Koseinenkin-Kaikan (Sinjuku)	Tokyo, Japan
	Complete Performance 1972 or Thick As A Stage or Thicker Than A Thousand Bricks or SLuRP 002 or Roll Over Japan Pile of Bricks (aka Whole Lotta Brick) may also have been from this show. These recordings and the 16/7/72 one may really be from the same concert; it's not known which it is. Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise) Intro tape was apparently 'Only Solitaire'.
16/7/72	Budokan	Tokyo, Japan
	Thick As A Brick Tour Japan '72 This recording and the 15/7/72 ones may really be from the same concert; it's not known which it is. Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
17/7/72	Kousei Nenkin Kaikan Dai Hall	Osaka, Japan
	The tour schedule claimed this show was another at Budokan, Tokyo, but an audience member suggests otherwise. Thick As A Brick (w. flute, organ and drum solos, plus spoken interludes), Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)


	Tour support 13/10-13/11: Gentle Giant. However, John Weathers of Gentle Giant recalls that when Tull played two consecutive dates in the same city on this tour, Giant only supported one of them, Wild Turkey doing the other.
13/10/72	Memorial Auditorium	Buffalo, NY. USA
14/10/72	War Memorial	Rochester, NY. USA
	Thick As A Brick (incl. By Kind Permission Of, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée, Soirée), Cross-Eyed Mary, Left Right, Only Solitaire, Aqualung, Wind-Up, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General Sole known live performance of 'Only Solitaire'.
15/10/72	Auditorium	Bangor, Me. USA
16/10/72	Civic Center	Springfield, Ma. USA
	Supported by Gentle Giant, but Captain Beefheart may also have appeared.
17/10/72	Civic Arena	Pittsburgh, Pa. USA
	Supported by Gentle Giant, but Captain Beefheart may also have appeared.
18/10/72	Civic Center	Charleston, WV. USA
19/10/72	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia, SC. USA
21/10/72	Public Hall	Cleveland, Oh. USA
	Support: definitely Gentle Giant. Thick As A Brick, Cross-Eyed Mary, Audition, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Instrumental, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
22/10/72	Mid-South Coliseum	Memphis, Tn. USA
	Support: definitely Gentle Giant.
23/10/72	Barton Coliseum	Little Rock, Ar. USA
	Thick As A Brick (incl. By Kind Permission Of, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée, Soirée), Cross-Eyed Mary, Left Right, Audition, Aqualung, Wind-Up, Instrumental, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed.
24/10/72	Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, Tn. USA
	Support: definitely not Gentle Giant, possibly Brewer and Shipley.
25/10/72	Convention Center	Louisville, Ky. USA
	Support: definitely Gentle Giant.
26/10/72	Diddle Arena, W. Ky. U.	Bowling Green, Ky. USA
27/10/72	Mississippi Coliseum	Jackson, Ms. USA
28/10/72	State University	Baton Rouge, La. USA
	Support: Gentle Giant.
29/10/72	Coliseum	Macon, Ga. USA
30/10/72	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pa. USA
	Without Gentle Giant.
31/10/72	US release of 'Living In The Past' Highest chart position: 3
31/10/72	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pa. USA
	Without Gentle Giant.
1/11/72	Garden	Boston, Ma. USA
2/11/72	Garden	Boston, Ma. USA
	Support: Gentle Giant.
3/11/72	Bayfront Center	St Petersburg, Fl. USA
	Thick As A Brick (incl. flute solo, news & weather reports, drum solo), Cross-Eyed Mary, Left Right/Audition, Aqualung, Wind-Up, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
4/11/72	Convention Hall	Miami Beach, Fl. USA
5/11/72	Coliseum	Jacksonville, Fl. USA
6/11/72	Civic Center	Savannah, Ga. USA
7/11/72	Allen County Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, In. USA
8/11/72	Cobo Hall	Detroit, Mi. USA
	Sold out, in a near-riot, within three hours of the box office opening.
9/11/72	Cobo Hall	Detroit, Mi. USA
	Sold out, the day after the box office opened.
10/11/72	Chicago Stadium	Chicago, Il. USA
	Support: Wild Turkey. Thick As A Brick (incl. flute solo, news & weather reports, drum solo), Cross-Eyed Mary, Left Right/Audition, Aqualung, Wind-Up, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise)
11/11/72	Chicago Stadium	Chicago, Il. USA
	Support: Gentle Giant (now confirmed).
12/11/72	Civic Center	Baltimore, Md. USA
	Thick As A Brick (incl. flute solo, news & weather reports, drum solo), Cross-Eyed Mary, Left Right/Audition, Aqualung, Wind-Up, No Rehearsal, Guitar Solo, Locomotive Breath, Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise) Italicised tracks and precise running order unconfirmed, but near-certain.
13/11/72	Madison Square Garden	NYC, NY. USA

7/12/72	Convocation Center, Ohio U.	Athens, Oh. USA
	Support: Roxy Music.
8/12/72	Madison Square Garden	NYC, NY. USA
	Additional show, not originally scheduled. Support: Roxy Music, who for their New York debut played an abbreviated 25-min set; Tull played for 130 mins.