Is it true that the band Jethro Tull was one of the original bands slated to play at Woodstock?

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True: Jethro Tull declined to perform. Ian Anderson is reported to have later said he "didn't want to spend [his] weekend in a field of unwashed hippies".[22] Another theory proposes that the band felt the event would be "too big a deal" and might kill their career before it started.[22]. However, other artists from the time have expressed the view that, before the festival, there was little indication of the importance the event would eventually come to assume. Although Jethro Tull did not perform, their music was played over the public address system. In the film, during the interview with the promoters (where they are discussing how much money they will be losing on the venture), the songs "Beggar's Farm" and "Serenade to a Cuckoo", from the album This Was, can be heard in the background. Jethro Tull did perform at the Isle of Wight Festival. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival Aug 14 09, 9:19 PM