I used the blues to open doors into the music business, to get an audience,” Tull’s frontman tells us. “And a record deal.” ...

The Blackpool rock band’s new album, a nine-track record titled Curious Ruminant, will be released on March 7.

Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson said he felt a sense of “desperation ... the band have released some 30 albums and had hits including Aqualung, Locomotive Breath and Cross-Eyed Mary.