Tom Dunne's Music & Me: Triggered by tales of very very bad gigs 

Jethro Tull spat the dummy at Shea Stadium, but we've all been there in terms of those awful live shows we'd much rather forget 
 Ian Anderson in action with Jethro Tull. Picture: Fred Tanneau,  Getty Images

 Ian Anderson in action with Jethro Tull. Picture: Fred Tanneau,  Getty Images

I reacted very badly to a ‘worst ever gig’ article in a newspaper recently. Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull, began his with a mention of being onstage at Shea Stadium.

“Onstage! At Shea Stadium!” I exploded, “That CANNOT, by definition, be a bad gig!” I had thrown the paper out the window before I’d finished the sentence.

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