KRAVIS CENTER to Present Jethro Tull's IAN ANDERSON - Sept 19 in West Palm Beach

KRAVIS CENTER to Present Jethro Tull's IAN ANDERSON - Sept 19

IAN ANDERSON
AT
THE KRAVIS CENTER IN WEST PALM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2012
& THE INTIMATE FILLMORE MIAMI BEACH AT THE JACKIE GLEASON THEATRE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2012
TICKETS ON SALE FRI., MARCH 9TH!


(West Palm Beach, FL - March 5, 2012) The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce the addition to its performance schedule of musician Ian Anderson, perhaps best known as the singer, flautist and composer for '70's "progressive rock" sensation Jethro Tull, with his 40-year follow-up to the best-selling album Thick As A Brick. Tickets go on sale to the public next Friday, March 9, at 10 a.m.

September 19 - 8 p.m. (Wednesday)
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Plays
THICK AS A BRICK 1 & 2
One of the best-known and most popular progressive rock bands of all time, Jethro Tull released the groundbreaking album Thick As A Brick in 1972. A 45-minute continuous piece of music about a lad named Gerald Bostock, the album was a worldwide success, reaching the number one spot on the American Billboard chart. Four decades later, Jethro Tull flautist and composer Ian Anderson is revisiting the musical genre, imagining the various characters young Gerald might have become in his journey to adulthood.

"Unlike the original Thick As A Brick, the mood of the new concept is not really a spoof. Some of it is quite heart-aching and serious, and sometimes a bit intellectual, and sometimes a bit upbeat and amusing, but not in a spoof-fun way. It's an altogether rather more serious work, even when you think it's being light-hearted and funny, there's a seriousness behind it," says Anderson. "It is a concept album that I think is fairly grown-up and mature, but I think it should ring bells for people of all ages... (And) it all wraps up into a big package that I think will give people a lot of fun."
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall
Tickets start at $25

How to Get Tickets:
Tickets for Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson go on public sale on Friday, March 9 at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets, please visit the Kravis Center box office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in downtown West Palm Beach; online at www.kravis.org; by phone at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471; or via TicketMaster.

Reminder: Kravis Center Donors should identify themselves when ordering tickets to guarantee priority seating. Membership begins at $75. For more information about becoming a Donor, call (561) 651-4320 or visit www.kravis.org/membership.

Please Note: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Plays THICK AS A BRICK 1 & 2 will also be performed in Miami Beach, FL on September 18 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater.

About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:
Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community, the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County.

The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. For more information, please call (561) 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.


For Photos:
To download images of Ian Anderson, go to the Kravis Center's online pressroom at http://pressroom.kravis.org.

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