Living in the past

Published December 5, 2007 5:00am ET



‘Purely Personal’  

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Ian Anderson

, the legendary flute-toting front man of Jethro Tull, had a few choice words for a certain former world leader Monday night.

On stage for his band’s show at Strathmore, the English classic rocker said of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, “If King Blair turns up in your neck of the woods begging for money for a speech, tell him to [expletive] off. And no, that is not a political statement. It’s purely personal.”