PORTLAND – Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame will perform Sept. 30 at the Merrill Auditorium. He will play the well-known music of Jethro Tull with an orchestra for this one-night event. Tickets – $50, $40 and $30 – are now available at the Merrill box office, by calling 842-0800, or online at www.porttix.com.

Anderson, known throughout the world of rock music as the flute and voice behind the legendary Jethro Tull, celebrated his 42nd year as a recording and concert musician in 2005. Still enjoying a lengthy and ongoing career, Jethro Tull has released 30 albums, selling more than 60 million copies since the band first performed at London’s famous Marquee club.

Widely recognized as the man who introduced the flute to rock music, Anderson remains the crowned exponent of the popular and rock genres of flute playing. He also plays ethnic flutes and whistles together with acoustic guitar and the mandolin family of instruments.

Anderson has recorded three solo albums in his career: 1983’s eclectic-electric “Walk Into Light;” the flute instrumental “Divinities” album for EMI’s Classical Music Division in 1995, which reached No. 1 on the relevant Billboard chart; and an acoustic collection of songs, “The Secret Language of Birds,” released in 2000.

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