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On this day, 25 November 1974, prog rockers Jethro Tull played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre on the band’s War Child tour.
War Child was the seventh studio album by the band, released in October 1974. It was released almost a year and a half after the release of A Passion Play.
The turmoil over criticism of the previous album surrounded the production of War Child, which obliged the band to do press conferences and explain their plans for the future.
Originally meant to accompany a film project (the album was planned as a double-album set), it was reinstated as a ten-song, single-length rock album after failed attempts to find a major movie studio to finance the film.
The "War Child" movie was written as a metaphysical black comedy concerning a teenage girl in the afterlife, meeting characters based on God, St. Peter and Lucifer portrayed as shrewd businessmen. Notable British actor Leonard Rossiter was to have been featured, Margot Fonteyn was to have choreographed, while Monty Python veteran John Cleese was pencilled in as a "humour consultant".
Formed in Blackpool, England in 1967. Initially playing blues rock and jazz fusion, the band soon incorporated elements of classical music, hard rock and folk, forging a signature progressive rock sound.
The group’s bandleader and primary composer is Ian Anderson, a multi-instrumentalist who mainly plays flute and acoustic guitar, and is also the lead vocalist.
