''Thick as a Brick – Live in Iceland'' is a live album and

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by Jethro Tull frontman

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist w ...

. The live concert was recorded in

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concert hall,

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on 22 June 2012. It was part of the '' Thick as a Brick Tour'' by

and his touring band in Europe and the United States throughout 2012 and 2013.

Track listing

Disc one

# Thick as a Brick

Disc two

#From a Pebble Thrown #Pebbles Instrumental #Might Have Beens #Upper Sixth Loan Shark #Banker Bets, Banker Wins #Swing It Far #Adrift and Dumfounded #Old School Song #Wootton Bassett Town #Power and Spirit #Give Till It Hurts #Cosy Corner #Shunt and Shuffle #A Change Of Horses #Confessional #Kismet in Suburbia #What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens

Blu-ray/DVD only

#Interview with Ian Anderson #Workshop performance of “Someday The Sun Won’t Shine For You” with Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs #“Banker Bets, Banker Wins” filmed live at Montreux 2012

Personnel

– flute, Steel-string guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals *

Florian Opahle Florian Opahle (born 1983) is a German guitarist, best known for his work with progressive rock musician Ian Anderson and later his band, Jethro Tull. He played with Anderson from 2003 to 2019 and with a reformed Jethro Tull from 2017 to 201 ...

– electric guitar *

David Goodier David Goodier (born 1954) is an English musician. He has been the bassist for the rock band Jethro Tull from 2007 until the band went on a hiatus in 2012, and again from 2017 when Ian Anderson started to tour again using the Jethro Tull name, ...

– bass guitar, glockenspiel *

Anna Phoebe Anna Phoebe McElligott (born 18 February 1981) is a London-based violinist, composer, and broadcaster who performs in musical genres including contemporary classical music, contemporary classical, rock music, rock, folk music, folk, jazz music, ...

– violin *

John O'Hara John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent ''The New Yorker'' magazine short story style.John O'Hara: Stories, Charles McGrath, ed., The L ...

– keyboards, accordion * Scott Hammond – drums, percussion *

Ryan O'Donnell Ryan O'Donnell (born 20 November 1982 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England) grew up in Germany. After earning a degree in animation at the Surrey Art Institute he joined the metal band 2 Degree Field as a singer and guitarist. The band broke up w ...

– singing, dance and mime

References

External links

"Thick as a Brick - Live in Iceland" on Jethro Tull website
Concert films Ian Anderson albums 2014 live albums Albums produced by Ian Anderson Jethro Tull (band) live albums Jethro Tull (band) video albums Eagle Records live albums {{music-documentary-film-stub