Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Tour Dates Just Announced
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7/22/08: PRE-SALE INFO for 9/23 - 10/5 dates added to the bottom of this post
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
2008 Raising Sand World Tour: US Dates
April 19 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 20 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 22 - Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum
April 23 - Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium
April 25 - New Orleans LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 26 - Birmingham AL - BJCC Arena
June 2 - Roanoke VA - Roanoke Civic Center
June 4 - Uncasville CT - Mohegan Sun
June 5 - Boston MA - Bank Of America Pavilion
June 7 - Canandaigua NY - CMAC
June 8 - Atlantic City NJ - Borgata
June 10 - New York NY - Madison Square Garden Theatre
June 13 - Columbia MD -Washington - Merriweather Pavilion
June 14 - Asheville, NC Asheville Civic Center
June 15 - Manchester TN - Bonnaroo
June 17 - Detroit MI - Fox Theatre
June 19 - St. Louis MO - Fox Theatre
June 21 - Denver CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 23 - Los Angeles CA - Greek Theatre
June 24 - Los Angeles CA - Greek Theatre
June 25 - Santa Barbara CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
June 27 - Berkeley CA - Greek Theatre
June 28 - Lake Tahoe (Stateline NV)- Harvey's
June 30 - San Diego CA - Humphrey's
July 1 -Phoenix AZ - Dodge Theatre
More dates will be announced soon and we hope everyone can attend a show this year!
EDIT: MORE DATES ADDED IN POST#7 OF THIS THREAD
EDIT: July 14th - More tour dates announced:
Confirmed ‘Raising Sand’ North American Fall 2008 Tour Dates :
September 23th – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
September 24th – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre
September 26th – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 27th – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
September 30th – Portland, OR – Theatre Of The Clouds
October 1st – Seattle, WA -WaMu Theater at Qwest Fields Event Center
October 3rd – San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 4th – Kelseyville, CA – Konocti Harbor
October 5th – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
EDIT: July 22 Pre-sale info for 9/23 - 10/5 dates
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Pre-Sale Info | 2008-07-21
Pre-Sale Ticket for the fall Raising Sand Tour dates will go on sale Wednesday, July 23rd. Due to numerous tickets being bought and re-sold over the course of the summer, new passwords have been created for each individual show and will be e-mailed out to everyone in a 200 mile radius of the show Tuesday evening. Please note that you must be signed up on the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss mailing list to receive the password. If you don’t have a current address including zip code included in your profile you may not receive the e-mail.
On Friday at 10am (CST) the passwords will be posted on RobertPlantAlisonKrauss.com for anyone to purchase.
There are a limited number of pre-sale tickets available in each market. Once the pre-sale tickets are sold out, you’ll have to wait until the general on-sale to purchase tickets.
Please look at each individual show listing for exact pre-sale dates and times.
7/22/08: PRE-SALE INFO for 9/23 - 10/5 dates added to the bottom of this post
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
2008 Raising Sand World Tour: US Dates
April 19 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 20 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 22 - Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum
April 23 - Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium
April 25 - New Orleans LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 26 - Birmingham AL - BJCC Arena
June 2 - Roanoke VA - Roanoke Civic Center
June 4 - Uncasville CT - Mohegan Sun
June 5 - Boston MA - Bank Of America Pavilion
June 7 - Canandaigua NY - CMAC
June 8 - Atlantic City NJ - Borgata
June 10 - New York NY - Madison Square Garden Theatre
June 13 - Columbia MD -Washington - Merriweather Pavilion
June 14 - Asheville, NC Asheville Civic Center
June 15 - Manchester TN - Bonnaroo
June 17 - Detroit MI - Fox Theatre
June 19 - St. Louis MO - Fox Theatre
June 21 - Denver CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 23 - Los Angeles CA - Greek Theatre
June 24 - Los Angeles CA - Greek Theatre
June 25 - Santa Barbara CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
June 27 - Berkeley CA - Greek Theatre
June 28 - Lake Tahoe (Stateline NV)- Harvey's
June 30 - San Diego CA - Humphrey's
July 1 -Phoenix AZ - Dodge Theatre
More dates will be announced soon and we hope everyone can attend a show this year!
EDIT: MORE DATES ADDED IN POST#7 OF THIS THREAD
EDIT: July 14th - More tour dates announced:
Confirmed ‘Raising Sand’ North American Fall 2008 Tour Dates :
September 23th – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
September 24th – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre
September 26th – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 27th – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
September 30th – Portland, OR – Theatre Of The Clouds
October 1st – Seattle, WA -WaMu Theater at Qwest Fields Event Center
October 3rd – San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 4th – Kelseyville, CA – Konocti Harbor
October 5th – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
EDIT: July 22 Pre-sale info for 9/23 - 10/5 dates
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Pre-Sale Info | 2008-07-21
Pre-Sale Ticket for the fall Raising Sand Tour dates will go on sale Wednesday, July 23rd. Due to numerous tickets being bought and re-sold over the course of the summer, new passwords have been created for each individual show and will be e-mailed out to everyone in a 200 mile radius of the show Tuesday evening. Please note that you must be signed up on the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss mailing list to receive the password. If you don’t have a current address including zip code included in your profile you may not receive the e-mail.
On Friday at 10am (CST) the passwords will be posted on RobertPlantAlisonKrauss.com for anyone to purchase.
There are a limited number of pre-sale tickets available in each market. Once the pre-sale tickets are sold out, you’ll have to wait until the general on-sale to purchase tickets.
Please look at each individual show listing for exact pre-sale dates and times.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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gotta get to that st. louis show. i
just scored two INCREDIBLE tix, going to be a magical night.
good karma shot over to whoever originally posted this.
Per robertplantalisonkrause.com:
7 New Dates Added To July! | 2008-04-02
Seven new shows were announced today as part of the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 2008 World Tour. The tour will stop in Dallas, Raleigh, Philadelphia, Toronto, Cleveland, Lexington, and finishing up in Nashville. Check out the "Tour" section for all the details.
7.07.08 Grand Prairie (Dallas), TX Nokia Theatre 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Nokia Theatre
NOKIA Theatre Grand Prairie
1001 NextStage Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $89.50; $64.50; $49.50
To Purchase Tickets: visit ticketmaster.com
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (CST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (CST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
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7.10.08 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre 8:00pm
**SOLD OUT**
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Chastain Park Amphitheatre
4469 Stella Drive NW at Pool Rd.
Atlanta, GA
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: March 29th @ 10:00am (EST)
Ticket Price: $78.50; $68.50; $38.50
To Purchase Tickets: vist Ticketmaster.com, Publix outlest, by calling 404.249.6400, or click "Tickets"
Please note that this show is a non-table setup and coolers and carry-ins are not allowed.
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Thursday, Feb. 21st at 10:00am (EST) - Saturday, Feb. 23rd at 10:00am (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community, and will be re-sent to everyone in the Atlanta area.
Pre-sale tickets are only available online.
CLICK HERE for pre-sale ticket link.
Venue Link | Tickets Link | VIP Packages
7.11.08 Raleigh, NC RBC Center 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
RBC Center
1400 Edwards Mill Rd
Raleigh, NC 27607
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $65.00; $55.00; $45.00
To Purchase Tickets: visit ticketmaster.com
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (EST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
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7.12.08 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center For Performing Arts 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Mann Center For Performing Arts
5201 Parkside Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $95.00; $80.00; $65.00; $55.00
To Purchase Tickets: info will be coming soon.
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (EST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
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7.14.08 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Molson Amphitheatre
909 Lakeshore Blvd. West
Toronto, ON M6K 3L3
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $99.50; $85.50; $59.50; $39.50
To Purchase Tickets: (TBA)
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (EST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
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7.17.08 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater At Tower City 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Time Warner Cable Amphitheater At Tower City
351 Canal Road
Cleveland, OH 44113
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $89.50; $59.50; $25.00
To Purchase Tickets: visit ticketmaster.com
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (EST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
Venue Link |
7.18.08 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Rupp Arena
430 W Vine St
Lexington, KY 40507
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $65.00; $55.00; $45.00
To Purchase Tickets: visit ticketmaster.com
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (EST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (EST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
A link to the pre-sale will be added shortly.
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7.19.08 Nashville, TN Sommet Center 8:00pm
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Sommet Center
501 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Friday, April 18th @ TBA
Ticket Price: $65.00; $55.00; $45.00
To Purchase Tickets: visit ticketmaster.com
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 7th at 10:00am (CST) - Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00pm (CST). Passwords have been e-mailed out to all memebers of the Robert and Alison community. A reminder e-mail will be sent to everyone in the area of the show. Passwords will be the same as previous pre-sales.
p.s. Zanne, Candlebox was awesome, thank you again!
gets to me every time
do you know the set list by any chance?
Louisville, KY - The Palace
April 18, 2008
Lineup:
Robert Plant - Vocals
Alison Krauss - Vocals and Fiddles
T-Bone Burnett - Guitars and Vocals
Stewart Duncan - Guitars and Mandolins
Buddy Miller - Guitars, Mandolins, Pedal Steel, Autoharp Dennis Crouch - Bass, Banjo Jay Bellerose - Drums and Percussion
Disc 1
1 - Rich Woman 5:30
2 - Leave My Woman Alone 5:02
3 - Black Dog 6:08
4 - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us 4:01
5 - Through The Morning, Through The Night 4:07
6 - Fortune Teller 4:46
7 - Black Country Woman 5:12
8 - Twentynine Palms 6:01
9 - Waiting For A Long Time 3:25
10 - Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler 6:02
11 - Trampled Rose 6:21
12 - Green Pastures 3:39
13 - Down In The River To Pray 4:16
14 - Nothing 6:05
Disc 2
1 - Killing The Blues (4:31)
2 - When The Levee Breaks (6:04)
3 - The Battle of Evermore (6:21)
4 - Please Read The Letter (6:03)
5 - Gone Gone Gone (3:26)
6 - Crowd Noise (3:17)
7 - Stick With Me Baby (3:15)
8 - One Woman Man (3:05)
9 - Your Long Journey (2:40)
Member since day 1 here in August 2003
Just scored two tickets for June 7 - Canandaigua NY - CMAC.
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"Remember, death is a natural part of the workplace. So, when you see a dead body at work, don't freak out, just ring your death bell." "ting"-Toki Wartooth
By JEFFREY LEE PUCKETT
Louisville Courier-Journal
As their impeccable band swung into "Rich Woman" with an easy flourish, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss took the stage Saturday night at the Louisville Palace to the first of several standing ovations.
Plant, still the god king of rock 'n' roll, strolled out with a quietly confident swagger, his hair in that tangle of curls so familiar to Led Zeppelin fans. Krauss looked like she was headed to a prom in her pink dress, maybe one with "Stairway to Heaven" as its theme.
And when they began singing, it was clear they still felt the chemistry so evident on their "Raising Sand" album, his well-traveled yowl blending perfectly with her pristine voice. There were a few goose bumps, and not the last.
This was the first night of the "Raising Sand" tour but both the singers and the band sounded fully warmed up. Krauss didn't hit a bad note all night, almost flaunting her perfect pitch, and the band, led by T Bone Burnett, was nearly flawless. Plant was Plant, and that was plenty.
Krauss and Plant performed nearly all of "Raising Sand," a handful of Led Zeppelin classics and a couple of songs associated with Krauss' solo career. They also threw in a George Jones cover just because they could.
As expected, the Zeppelin songs drew a huge response -- one guy screamed "Led Zeppelin rules!" barely five minutes into the show -- but they weren't the highlights (although "Black Dog," with the world's spookiest banjo, was pretty amazing).
"Fortune Teller" was better, with drummer Jay Bellerose exploding the song from the inside out, and Krauss broke every heart in the place with "Through the Morning, Through the Night." "Killing the Blues" and "Trampled Rose" were also contenders.
But the most unexpected song might have also been the night's finest. Krauss, backed by Plant, Buddy Miller and Stuart Duncan, soared through an a capella version of "Down to the River to Pray," from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," that was so beautiful it sucked the air out of the room.
Everyone who went back for Sunday's second sold-out show should be so lucky.
Louisville, KY - 4/20/08
By PETER COOPER
Staff Writer - The Tennessean
REVIEW: Krauss, Plant show is pure genius
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The between-song shouts of adoration, glee and inebriation halted for a moment as Robert Plant spoke Sunday night.
“This is the second night of a new career,” he said, with a grin that may have left a few in the Palace Theatre audience of 2,700 wondering if he was serious.There he stood, onstage at one of America’s loveliest halls. He once fronted Led Zeppelin, the loudest and wildest band in the world, yet Sunday he performed with duet partner Alison Krauss and a group of music-makers that included producer and roots music visionary T-Bone Burnett and Nashville-based master players Buddy Miller, Dennis Crouch and Stuart Duncan.
The Plant/Krauss tour, which kicked off Saturday night and which is slated to end at the Sommet Center on July 19, is an unlikely and in fact unprecedented melding of musicians, sounds and styles. No act has ever had the commercial heft, musical depth and expansive vision that would enable a tour through major venues that includes authentic and powerful versions of songs from Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” to Doc Watson’s plaintive “Your Long Journey.” Several years ago, Burnett was musical director for the Down From The Mountain tour that featured Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, blues man Chris Thomas King and many more. That was variety. This is… insane. Or it was, until the just-passed weekend. At this point, it seems closer to genius. Through these hands, minds and voices, rock, bluegrass, blues, country and soul (really, all of it is soul music) are all of a piece. It sounds ancient, and it’s something new under the sun.
“Who knows about the ‘Singing Fisherman?’ Plant asked, introducing an encore version of “One Woman Man,” a song first popularized by the singing fisherman in question, the late, great country star Johnny Horton. It has come to this: Robert Plant heads to the American South and spreads the word about Johnny Horton. Strange world, this one.
Even apart from the people on stage, Horton is far from the only Nashville connection in this show.
The tour is in support of Raising Sand, the album Plant and Krauss made in Nashville, with Burnette producing. Sunday night’s songs included: A ferocious and harrowing version of Nashvillian Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin’,” with instrumental sections that sounded close enough to Zeppelin to make Jimmy Page nervous, wherever he was; some Everly Brothers excursions, including the Grammy-winning collaboration “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” and the Mel Tillis-penned “Stick With Me Baby”; a heart-stopping take on Rowland Salley’s “Killing The Blues,” a song first popularized by Nashville’s John Prine; Krauss and Stuart Duncan performing “Green Pastures,” a song Emmylou Harris featured on her groundbreaking Roses in the Snow album.
The Louisville crowd was full of dignitaries (David Fricke from Rolling Stone among them) and full of Zeppelin fans. One ticket-holder said he had ticket stubs to prove he’d been to four Zeppelin shows, though he could only remember three of them. It’s hard for a 21-time Grammy winner to sneak up on anyone, but Krauss’ pitch-perfect singing induced some audible gasps.
In fact, Krauss has never sung like this before. It takes a particular sort of bravery to do what she’s doing here: Having reached great heights by developing a distinctive and much-loved way of singing, she has found a new way to sing. On the Zeppelin standard “Black Country Woman,” her full-throated, bluesy harmonies were something entirely new. And the romp through “One Woman Man” was something the meticulous Krauss has never approached before onstage: Good, sloppy fun.
Bass man Crouch, a member of the every-Monday Station Inn band The Time Jumpers, found a way to make the upright bass sound like a heavy rock instrument on some songs, while playing rhythmic, “slap bass” on up-tempo numbers and providing lovely, melodic note choices on ballads.
Miller played guitar and pedal steel, and there were several points in the show when Plant just stood and stared at what Miller was doing during solos.
Duncan, whose studio work includes some of the sweetest bluegrass fiddling to be heard, often took the Jimmy Page part in the rock songs, playing high, loud and sometimes distorted. Then he played ghostly banjo on “Black Dog,” mandolin on others, and guitar on still others.
Great instrumentalists are by nature adaptable, but lead singers are often less so. As it turns out, Robert Plant is a harmony singer of significant range and nuance. He did the high, not-long-for-lonesome Zeppelin stuff on occasion, but his note choices on duets with Krauss were the kinds of things that cannot be sung without considerable study and a willingness to subvert ego and star-turns in service of the greater good. It seems that under Burnett’s stewardship, Krauss has learned to howl and Plant has taken the less-is-more thing to heart. The rock legend seemed equally at home taking the strutting lead on “Black Country Woman” and working as part of a gospel quartet on “Down To The River To Pray.”
At night’s end, after the sad and pure ballad “Your Long Journey,” Plant seemed to feel that his business was unfinished.
“Come along for Lexington,” he said, referring to the other Kentucky show on this tour. “I’ll tell you more about the ‘Singing Fisherman.’”
Set list for the Sunday-night show in Louisville, Ky.:
“Rich Woman”
“Leave My Woman Alone”
“Black Dog”
“Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us”
"Through the Morning, Through the Night”
"Fortune Teller”
"Black Country Woman”
"Hey Hey What Can I Do”
" T Bone Burnett sings – “The Rat Age”
"T Bone Burnett sings “Bon Temps Rouler”
“Trampled Rose”
“Green Pastures”
“Down To The River To Pray”
“Nothin’”
“Killing the Blues”
“Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson”
“When the Levee Breaks”
“The Battle of Evermore”
“Please Read The Letter”
“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”
ENCORE
Instrumental, featuring Krauss and Stuart Duncan
“Stick With Me Baby”
“One Woman Man”
“Your Long Journey”
Knoxville, TN - 4/22/08
By WAYNE BLEDSOE
Knoxnews.com
Being at some concerts just feels like a good time. Some feel like musical events. And a very few feel like being a part of musical history.
Tuesday's concert at the Civic Coliseum felt like one of those historical moments.
The concert was the third show by the unlikely combination of legendary Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and acoustic music diva Alison Krauss. Yet, the show was not only a blending of two of the most distinctive vocalists in music, but a full band of music greats coming together to put on a terrific show.
The key to making the concert work, as it was on the 2007 Plant and Krauss album "Raising Sand," is to throw all expectations out the window. The show featured the moody blend of old-school R&B, rockabilly and country music of the disc and adapted the sound to some surprising numbers.
There was a definite air of graciousness throughout the evening. Neither singer tried to outshine the other. On many songs the two blended their voices into one lead vocal. On others, one singer would gamely add background vocal textures.
Guitarists, and seasoned frontmen in their own right, T-Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller took some turns at vocals, and multi-instrumentalist ace-in-the hole Stuart Duncan had plenty of time to shine as well. The rhythm section, upright bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose, provided a solid and tasteful foundation.
While the group performed all the tracks from "Raising Sand," when Duncan kicked off the opening riff to "Black Dog," one of Led Zeppelin's signature songs, on banjo three songs into the set, the audience knew that this was not going to simply be a rehashing of the duo's album. After Duncan's lead- in, "Black Dog" was adapted into a swampy stroll with Plant and Krauss trading vocal lines. Further along, the group performed the Zeppelin songs "Black Country Woman," "Hey, Hey What Can I Do," "The Battle of Evermore" and a terrific version of "When the Levee Breaks," which featured Krauss and Duncan playing twin fiddles.
There was a low-key delicacy about the entire show that was slightly marred by the logistics of putting it on at the coliseum. The hall's boomy sound was in contrast to the intimacy of many of the songs, and Krauss' voice was sometimes met with jarring feedback. Oddly, it was Burnett's two fine numbers, "Bon Temps Rouler" and "Shut It Tight," that worked best in the environment.
While the "event" moments were the Zeppelin numbers, Krauss' rendition of "Green Pastures," followed by a pristine a cappella version of "Valley to Pray" with Plant, Duncan and Miller as a backing trio, was easily one of the show's finest moments. And it was Plant's emotional take on Townes Van Zant's sad "Nothing," that provided the show's most dramatic performance.
There's no telling if Plant and Krauss will collaborate after the current tour. Some magic can happen only once. But being able to witness it as it happens is a wonderful thing.
Chattanooga, TN - 4/23/08
By BARRY COURTER
Chattanooga Times Free Press
It may be difficult to know exactly what fans expected, or hoped for, at tonight’s Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert at Memorial Auditorium.
It is a safe bet, however, that many among the sold-out crowd were hoping to see and hear some magic from one of rock’s royalty figures and one of Americana’s most-decorated artists, and if that is the case they were not disappointed.
Seeing a star of Mr. Plant’s stature on a Chattanooga stage is a rare treat, and while Ms. Krauss is a regular visitor here, she also is one of the few artists who consistently sells out her local shows.
Throw in T Bone Burnett, who produced the Grammy-winning Plant and Krauss collaboration “Raising Sand,” Buddy Miller, Union Station alumnus Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch and Jay Bellerose, and the odds of a memorable show swing heavily in the fans’ favor.
It was, in fact, one of those rare performances in which the band was every bit the equal of the star attractions, who were stellar.
Mr. Plant, the former lead singer for one of rock’s iconic power groups, Led Zeppelin, perhaps was the biggest curiosity for fans, but it became apparent quickly that the evening would be about traditional, or Americana, or whatever you want to call it, music.
Even the Led Zeppelin numbers such as “Black Dog” were deconstructed and then reconstructed, T Bone style. Rebuilt around a heavy drum and fiddle foundation, it was a show highlight.
The evening’s best moment came from Ms. Krauss.
Blessed with one of the purest and sweetest voices in music, she brought chills to the skin and tears to the eyes during “Down To the River To Pray,” a song she performed with Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou” soundtrack. Last night, she was joined by Mr. Miller, Mr. Duncan and Mr. Plant.
No matter the expectations, tonight’s show was special.
Posted by Mary Colurso -- Birmingham News April 27, 2008
Review rating: Five out of five stars
It's an odd collaboration that, on the face of it, really shouldn't work.
Few would think of teaming Alison Krauss, an angelic, exacting singer and bluegrass-folk fiddler, with hard-rock pioneer and passionate yelper Robert Plant.
They have vastly different energies and attitudes, not to mention a 23-year age difference.
But producer T Bone Burnett has a peculiar genius: He sees, hears and conceives things that others could hardly imagine. He's out of the box. He's ahead of the curve. Heck, he's the creator of his own musical geometry.
Krauss and Plant? Perfect, in Burnett's hands -- and perfectly wonderful on Saturday during a 9 p.m. concert in Birmingham.
The two stars, just a few shows into their tour, played for two hours at the BJCC Arena. Burnett -- long, lanky and looking like a character from "Deadwood" in his black duster -- was part of their five-member band.
In case you hadn't heard, Burnett helmed a Krauss-Plant CD collaboration, "Raising Sand," that was one of the top sellers of 2007. It continues to stir up interest in 2008 and is the impetus for an international trek.
On disc and on stage, Krauss, 36 and Plant, 59, lent their talents to a wildly diverse selection of cover material, from a gypsy-tinged Tom Waits ballad ("Trampled Rose") to a bouncy Everly Brothers song ("Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)").
Much of "Raising Sand" has a low-key, hipster vibe -- all smoky voices and shimmying shoulders -- and Burnett reinvents each song with cool, clever arrangements or bold changes in instrumentation.
In general, the principals don't operate as traditional, melody-swapping partners; they alternate as the frontman or frontwoman.
At the BJCC, Krauss and Plant started their set with the opening track of the disc, "Rich Woman," and sent the audience home with its final song, "Your Long Journey." They played nearly everything else from "Raising Sand," as well, shuffling the order of about 10 tunes and blending in signature songs from their separate careers.
Krauss provided a pitch-perfect rendition of "Down to the River to Pray," from the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" This a cappella version, sweet and haunting, swelled to fill the arena with spiritual conviction.
Plant took the lead on radical reworkings of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" and "The Battle of Evermore," massaging a gentler, earthier tone into those formerly piercing, fast-moving hits. He also took "When the Levee Breaks" back to its soulful blues roots.
Some technical wizard must have worked a bit of magic at the arena, because the BJCC's sound was clear, clean and resonant -- exactly as a listener would wish it.
This made it possible to distinguish contributions made by the excellent musicians backing Plant and Krauss: guitarist and band leader Burnett, guitarist and pedal steel player Buddy Miller, bassist Dennis Crouch, drummer Jay Bellerose and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Duncan.
Somewhat disappointed to not see "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" on the set, as I thought that was amazing on the Crossroads broadcast a little while back. But "Down To The River To Pray" could very well make up for that when I see them live. "Battle of Evermore", too... Also, no Marc Ribot??? That's too bad, too.
Seriously, I haven't been this excited for a show like this in a long, long time.
They're playing Ravinia on June 18th.
Featuring T Bone Burnett
Ravinia Festival Pavilion
418 Sheridan Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Thursday, April 17th at 10:00am (CST)
Ticket Price: $200; $125; $80
To Purchase Tickets: http://www.ravinia.org (tickets are not available via Ticketmaster)
Artist Pre-Sale Info:
Pre-sale ticktes will be available from Monday, April 14th at 10:00am (CST) - Wednesday, April 16th at 10:00pm (CST). No passwords are needed and a link to pre-sale tickets has been e-mailed to all RobertPlantAlisonKrauss.com members in the Chicago area.
Pre-sale tickets are only available online.
Oooh,, can't wait, can't wait, can't wait, can't wait
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Announce Fall Tour Dates
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have just announced additional fall dates for
their wildly successful ‘Raising Sand’ tour. With an all-star band led by
producer T Bone Burnett, the Grammy winning duo has crisscrossed North
America and Europe performing songs from their platinum selling ‘Raising
Sand’ (Rounder Records) collaboration. Here’s what we’ve been reading:
* “Their wide-ranging, two-hour concert here was nothing short of
spellbinding.”
- Washington Post
* “They sent chills up the spine again and again, blending distinct and
distinctly different voices into something that can only be called
otherworldly.”
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
* “The live show was endlessly dynamic.”
- Boston Globe
* “Not one song disappointed”
– Chicago Sun-Times
* “Exquisite”
- New York Daily News
“Pure genius.”
-The Tennessean
Confirmed ‘Raising Sand’ North American Fall 2008 Tour Dates :
September 23th – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
September 24th – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre
September 26th – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 27th – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
September 30th – Portland, OR – Theatre Of The Clouds
October 1st – Seattle, WA -WaMu Theater at Qwest Fields Event Center
October 3rd – San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 4th – Kelseyville, CA – Konocti Harbor
October 5th – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
when they on sale?
At least they play Seattle; Pearl Jam never seems to as of late.
The article I posted which is the post just before yours, was a copy/paste from their website and included everything as of today. I'd keep checking 2 sites:
http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com is their website for the tour and Raising Sand album. When dates become available, they'll probably be posted in this site first.
http://www.robertplant.com is Robert's site. The webmaster in this site is very quick and very complete with regard to posting articles and news. There is a mountain of reviews from this tour and this would give you a flavor of the show.
I personally was at the LA Greek Theatre on night 2 (6/24/08). All I can say is that if you like Raising Sand, don't miss this show. By the way, Zeppelin tunes in the regular rotation are Black Dog (radically changed), Black Country Woman, and Battle of Evermore (!!!). Sometimes, they'll include When the Levee Breaks. They do Plant's 1983 In the mood. A bunch of Raising Sand stuff, and a bunch of other stuff. I loved the show.
EDIT: The http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com site has on sale dates. Here is Seattle info:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Featuring T Bone Burnett
WaMu Theater
800 Occidental Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98134
Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets On Sale: Saturday, July 26th @ 10:00am (PST)
Ticket Price: $135.00; $79.50; $69.50
To Purchase Tickets: TBA
Pre-Sale Tickets: Information will be posted soon.
battle of evermore would be nuts and worth admission alone. thanks! i will be there. please share the presale codes if you have em.....