Besides being tirelessly put in the media as a "Jethro Tull" concert, even using photographs of 2007 of the band (only one article treat the subject with clarity), besides the fact that, for this reason, people in the theatre found it awkward a story line in the projector... Ian Anderson came, saw and conquered Porto Alegre.
Jethro Tull has always been regarded in Brazil as a heavy rock band, acid and almost psychedelic. This makes the audience in the show to count with people wearing shirts of Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, etc. The challenge for Ian Anderson in Porto Alegre (a real "rock city") was to atend to this people expectations. The audience was crushed with "Heavy Horses", "Wind Up" and "Aqualung" from the begning. And all the suspicion that the tour "Thick as a Brick" had putted disbanded. Not that people had not liked the 2013 show, but would like to listen to a "best of", certainly (one have to remember that we never know if the artist will come back again!). Again, "Songs From the Wood", "Living in the Past" and "New Day Yesterday" fulfilled this role. The crowd went wild (really!) With "Locomotive Breath", while Florian
Opahle also fulfilled with the expectations of those who have always associated Jethro Tull and heavy rock,
going from side to side of the stage, playing in a very heavy manner and being
a real "guitar hero".
I did not notice absolutely no issue involving "playback", taking the obvious parts that appeared in the big screen - but not during the parts the band played and Anderson sang. And, from my personal viewpoint, alreedy knowing that would be a story line and the telling of the story of Jethro Tull agriculturalist, I LOVED the sciense fiction atmosphere created. I went mad with the idea Anderson had (simple, but involving).
Concerts in Brazil tend to be expensive, in fact I have to save some money to managed the whole thing (and buy the ticket for my brother as well!)... but, being my birthday in October 5th and Ian Anderson giving me this whole thing... worth every penny.
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