UK proggers Big Big Train have announced their wish to continue following the death of their lead vocalist David Longdon last year. This is in accordance with Longdon’s wishes.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Ian Anderson has dismissed the music of the Rolling Stones and The Who as “generic”, suggesting that both bands were prepared to “sit comfortably backpedalling in order to keep on an even keel.” Anderson claimed that to have pursued same path with Jethro Tull would have made him “restless”.