To coincide with Ian Anderson's BEST OF JETHRO TULL & HOMO ERRATICUS North American tour (commencing September 12th), Kscope is pleased to announce a new tour edition of Ian's acclaimed new studio album, HOMO ERRATICUS. This 2 disc (CD DVD) package features the exclusive videos to each album track, as seen at the shows, set to hi resolution 24 bit stereo audio. The DVD features a live performance of album favorite "Enter the Uninvited" and new interview footage with Ian discussing the live visuals.
"Rock Cellar" says HOMO ERRATICUS offer songs that "address those same modern realities that give rise to my impertinent Why?, and in an honest, thought-provoking, entertaining manner. Compared to whatever else is out there right now, that’s definitely an improvement." "The strongest Ian Anderson album ever," writes Music Street Journal. Rolling Stone online states, "Ian Anderson—unlike many, many, many of his contemporaries—hasn’t really shown the signs of aging that most of us have taken for granted in our ‘60s-era pop stars."
In 2012 Ian Anderson released THICK AS A BRICK-2, the follow-up to Jethro Tull's legendary concept album, THICK AS A BRICK. TAAB-2 was a critical and commercial success, charting around the world. In April 2014 he returned with the hit album HOMO ERRATICUS which--according to BILLBOARD MAGAZINE--entered the UK album charts at number 14.
The original THICK AS A BRICK album, released in 1972, was based around the poem of disgraced child prodigy Gerald Bostock. For HOMO ERRATICUS Anderson is reunited with Bostock, using lyrics written by Gerald based on an old historical manuscript. The manuscript examines key events from throughout British history before going on to offer a number of prophecies for the future. Ian says the album deals with migration as a theme.
Suitably dramatized and exaggerated by Bostock as metaphors for modern life, he presented Anderson with ideas for 14 songs, which have now been set to music. The result is HOMO ERRATICUS. The CD / DVD tour edition of the album will be released on Anderson's own Calliandra Records label in conjunction with Kscope on September 30th.
CD Tracklist
1 Doggerland
2 Heavy Metals
3 Enter The Uninvited
4 Puer Ferox Adventus
5 Meliora Sequamur
6 The Turnpike Inn
7 The Engineer
8 The Pax Britannica
9 Tripudium Ad Bellum
10 After These Wars
11 New Blood, Old Veins
12 In For A Pound
13 The Browning of the Green
14 Per Errationes Ad Astra
15 Cold Dead Reckoning
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Tour Dates
9/12/14 Seattle WA McCaw Hall
9/13/14 Goldendale WA Maryhill Winery Amphitheater
9/15/14 Redding CA Cascade Theater
9/17/14 Oakland CA Fox Theater
9/18/14 Costa Mesa CA Segerstrom Hall
9/19/14 Las Vegas NV Pearl Concert Theater
9/20/14 Mesa AZ Mesa Arts Center
9/21/14 Albuquerque NM Kiva Auditorium
9/23/14 Dallas TX Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
9/24/14 Midland TX Wagner Noel PAC
9/26/14 Austin TX Austin City Limits
9/27/14 San Antonio TX Tobin PAC
9/28/14 Stafford TX Stafford PAC
9/30/14 Atlanta GA Symphony Hall
10/1/14 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium
10/3/14 Charlotte NC Blumenthal PAC
10/4/14 Durham NC Durham PAC
10/5/14 Richmond VA The National Theater
10/16/14 Naperville IL Pfeiffer Hall
10/17/14 Springfield IL Sangamon Auditorium
10/18/14 Milwaukee WI Pabst Theater
10/19/14 Cedar Falls IA Gallagher Bluedorn PAC
10/21/14 Minneapolis MN State Theater
10/23/14 Elizabeth IN Horshoe Casino
10/24/14 Charleston WV Clay Center
10/25/14 Greensburg PA The Palace Theatre
10/26/14 Bethlehem PA Sands Bethlehem Event Center
10/28/14 Burlington VT Flynn Center
10/29/14 Providence RI Providence PAC
10/30/14 Ridgefield CT The Ridgefield Playhouse
11/1/14 Lynn MA Lynn Auditorium
11/2/14 Albany NY Palace Theatre
11/4/14 Buffalo NY Center For the Arts
11/6/14 Washington DC Lincoln Theater
11/7/14 Atlantic City NJ Caesars - Circus Maximus
11/8/14 Huntington NY The Paramount
11/9/14 Red Bank NJ Count Basie Theater
11/10/14 Montclair NJ Wellmont Theatre
