Ian Anderson can’t stand the audience screaming while playing

The leader of Jethro Tull Ian Anderson Interviewed by the Classic Album Review, he externalized his frustration towards fans who are not very respectful during the concerts.

The 77 -year -old British musician said: “I want to be free from the feeling of having to somehow satisfy the desires and requests of others.

The more demanding the audience, the less I like it. There are occasions when, sometimes, in certain places you have an unstable audience due to cultural orientation. In reality I find it incredibly rude and I don’t really like it. “

He still continued by further developing his thoughts. “People think it’s nice to scream and whistle. It’s not good. I try to focus on playing music sometimes rather difficult and I don’t like being harassing. I like to have flexibility to be able to do it. If the audience starts manipulating you or Influence your way of playing, it is not good for me.

Ian Anderson He also spoke of how he sees the relationship between artists and the public. “It happens to everyone. We are the controllers and yet, in a fun sense, we are also controlled in a sadomasochistic way. Maybe to us, or at least to some of us, it might like it. (…) But since 1969, when I started To play in the theaters of the United Kingdom, I took on a different label. that I can be in that way. It makes it to do it?

In this period i Jethro Tull they are engaged on a European tour and, in days, They will hold three concerts in Italy: on 17 February at the Tam Teatro Arcimboldi Milan, on 18 February at the Gran Teatro Geox in Padua and on February 20 at the Teatro Cartiere Carrara (ex Tuscany Hall) in Florence.