In 1973, Jethro Tull disbanded following the bad reviews of “A Passion Play”. Why?
No, we didn’t! Our then manager decided to respond to a bad review in the influential pop newspaper Melody Maker by cutting a deal with the editor for a front page “scoop” involving the band’s supposed decision to quit. We knew nothing about it until we read it in the paper ourselves, and we were furious. It made us look petulant and silly. Which we probably were, but we didn’t need the wrong kind of publicity. Tull have never disbanded, even for a moment. No come-back tours for us, thank you very much. We haven’t yet been away!
