Jethro Tull – The Curiosity Tour brings new German dates in late 2026

Jethro Tull return to German stages in late 2026 with new dates on their extensive The Curiosity Tour. According to an updated route outlined by Ultimate Classic Rock and the band’s current listings, Berlin’s Tempodrom and Magdeburg’s GETEC Arena have been added for November 5 and 6, 2026.

New German stops on The Curiosity Tour

The most recent tour extension places Jethro Tull at Berlin’s Tempodrom on November 5, 2026, followed by GETEC Arena Magdeburg on November 6, 2026, both as part of The Curiosity Tour with evening start times around 8:00 p.m. on German ticketing platforms. Ultimate Classic Rock’s late-summer update on the band’s ongoing route confirms these dates as part of an extended European leg that now stretches into December 2026.

The same route overview lists additional German shows, including an earlier night at Munich’s Isarphilharmonie on February 11, 2026, and a year-end concert at Bonn’s Beethovenhalle on December 18, 2026, framing Germany as one of the tour’s key markets with four major city stops. This gives German audiences a spread of options from the winter opener in Munich to the November Berlin and Magdeburg additions and the December finale in Bonn, underlining how strongly the band still draws in the German-speaking world.

How the 2026 tour unfolds across Europe

Beyond Germany, The Curiosity Tour runs as a dense European itinerary beginning in early 2026 and continuing well into 2027. Classic rock outlets such as Ultimate Classic Rock and specialist tour guides detail a February start with a show in Munich, followed by March concerts in Torino and Trieste in Italy, Lisbon in Portugal and Vigo in Spain, then a series of spring dates in Dresden, Leipzig, Dillingen, Stuttgart and Nuremberg before the band moves on to Scotland and England.

Through April and May 2026, Jethro Tull play venues such as Perth Concert Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and London’s Palladium, plus regional British halls in cities like Newcastle, Birmingham and Eastbourne, rounding out a substantial UK run. Later in the year the tour resumes with dates including Savonlinna, Tampere and Helsinki in Finland, Banská Bystrica in Slovakia, Budapest’s Congress Hall, Belgrade’s Sava Centar, Banja Luka’s Kastel Fortress, Zagreb’s KD Vatroslav Lisinski, and a Dutch cluster in Groningen, Nijmegen, Hoorn and Rotterdam.

Anniversary echoes – Too Old To Rock ’n’ Roll at 50

A parallel story in 2026 is the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull’s concept album Too Old To Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!, originally released in April 1976. Australian music outlet Noise11 revisited the record this spring, framing it as one of the band’s most debated releases and summarizing how, fifty years on, it captures a moment when progressive rock met industry upheaval and cultural change in the mid?1970s.

The anniversary sits neatly alongside the current tour. Many of the venues on The Curiosity Tour – from halls in Dresden and Leipzig to British theatres and Nordic concert spaces – resemble the mid-size European rooms in which Jethro Tull originally built their reputation. For fans, seeing the band in 2026 means hearing material that spans from late?1960s classics through 1970s concept pieces up to recent works, with the 50?year milestone adding extra weight when songs from that album surface in the set.

Catalog on the move – reissues and German chart history

While the band is on the road, the catalog continues to grow. Jethro Tull’s official site and label InsideOutMusic announced the expanded edition J?Tull Dot Com: Another Cast Of The Net for August 14, 2026, a reworked version of the 1999 studio album with new stereo, surround and Dolby Atmos mixes plus bonus material, produced by Bruce Soord. This reissue arrives in multiple formats, including a 3CD and Blu?ray set alongside a gatefold 2LP version.

On the compilation side, Warner’s Spirit Of ’76 campaign brings back M.U. – The Best Of Jethro Tull as a half?speed mastered vinyl edition with a release date of July 31, 2026. A Rhino press statement notes that M.U. was originally certified Gold in the UK and Platinum in the US, and the new remaster aims at audiophile listeners with lacquers cut at Abbey Road Studios under Ian Anderson’s supervision. For German fans, these reissues complement more recent chart success: the studio album Curious Ruminant entered Germany’s Official Charts on March 28, 2025 and peaked at number 2, confirming that the band’s late-career work still resonates strongly in the country.

The musical core – progressive folk rock with a distinctive edge

Jethro Tull’s current live set builds on a long history of progressive rock and folk?inflected songwriting anchored by Ian Anderson’s flute, acoustic guitar and theatrical stage presence. Landmark albums such as Stand Up, Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and Songs From The Wood established a sound that mixed heavy riffs and pastoral themes, helping the band secure a UK number 1 album in 1969 and a durable presence on European charts.

What’s next for Jethro Tull

The next confirmed live date is November 5, 2026 at Berlin’s Tempodrom on The Curiosity Tour, followed by further European shows through late 2026 and additional dates already announced for early 2027.

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