Robert Plant Hits the Road for a Spring Tour
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 9:02PM 
The ageless Robert Plant will return to the road in April to continue to support his fine September album, “Band of Joy.”
The road band is the same collection of musicians who appeared on the album: Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi-instrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals, and co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals.
The tour will begin in April and when more dates are added, it will stretch into the Summer.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman, who lives in England is up for the title of Best British Male Solo Artist 2011.
In 2009 Plant’s collaboration with Alison Krauss won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Country Collaboration with Vocals and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.
Here are the announced tour dates:
April 8 - Louisville, KY - The Palace
April 9: - Chicago, IL - The Auditorium Theatre
April 11 - Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Ballroom
[Tickets TBA]
April 12 – Minneapolis - The State Theatre
April 15 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena
[Tickets TBA]
April 17 - Vancouver, BC – The Queen Elizabeth Theater
April 19 - Portland, OR - The Schnitzer
April 20: - Seattle, WA - The Paramount
[Tickets TBA]
April 22 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek
April 23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek
[Tickets TBA]
April 25 - Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Bowl
[Tickets TBA]
April 27 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore
[Tickets TBA]
Seeing Plant in person is highly recommended.
