Friday, February 22, 2008

Plant & Krauss add Tour Dates

On Jan 3rd I opined that once Robert Plant and Alison Krauss added tour dates into June, Zeppelin was off for the summer. Since then Jimmy Page has said as much, Robert Plant suggested he wasn't really thinking Zeppelin and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have added tour dates into July:

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, DC) – 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

If your looking for a Led Zeppelin tour, fall is the earliest.

Plant & Krauss add Tour Dates

On Jan 3rd I opined that once Robert Plant and Alison Krauss added tour dates into June, Zeppelin was off for the summer. Since then Jimmy Page has said as much, Robert Plant suggested he wasn't really thinking Zeppelin and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have added tour dates into July:

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, DC) – 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

If your looking for a Led Zeppelin tour, fall is the earliest.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Robert Plant's Prioritys

I'm trying to decide if this new release at contact music, Robert Plant: : "Led Zeppelin Not my Priority", is a new quote, or an out of context misquote of his New York Knicks interview a couple of weeks ago. It's close enough to the Knicks quotes to be suspicous, but different enough to wonder. Unfortunately, they don't quote a story source, and a complete quote is unavailable.

None the less, here is what contact music are reporting:

ROBERT PLANT has cast further doubt on a LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour... the singer admits going on the road with the legendary band is not one of his top priorities. He says, "I really enjoyed playing with my friends, and we are a lot closer because of it. But the responsibility, the whole deal…it's a whole different thing to what I'm doing with Alison."

Make of it what you will, but I think Plant sounds like he's focused on the task presently at hand; no more, no less.

Robert Plant's Prioritys

I'm trying to decide if this new release at contact music, Robert Plant: : "Led Zeppelin Not my Priority", is a new quote, or an out of context misquote of his New York Knicks interview a couple of weeks ago. It's close enough to the Knicks quotes to be suspicous, but different enough to wonder. Unfortunately, they don't quote a story source, and a complete quote is unavailable.

None the less, here is what contact music are reporting:

ROBERT PLANT has cast further doubt on a LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour... the singer admits going on the road with the legendary band is not one of his top priorities. He says, "I really enjoyed playing with my friends, and we are a lot closer because of it. But the responsibility, the whole deal…it's a whole different thing to what I'm doing with Alison."

Make of it what you will, but I think Plant sounds like he's focused on the task presently at hand; no more, no less.

Monday, February 11, 2008

And the Winner is...

Congratulations to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss as the winners of the Pop Collaboration With Vocals Grammy for Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On).

This is Plant's 2nd Grammy win, the first being in 1998 with Jimmy Page for the song Most High of the Walking Into Clarksdale CD.

Krauss has won 20 Grammys between 1990 and 2005.

And the Winner is...

Congratulations to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss as the winners of the Pop Collaboration With Vocals Grammy for Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On).

This is Plant's 2nd Grammy win, the first being in 1998 with Jimmy Page for the song Most High of the Walking Into Clarksdale CD.

Krauss has won 20 Grammys between 1990 and 2005.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

One More Time

Update: I have been receiving media releases all morning about the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert at Bonnaro. A more than cursory look at the Bonnaroo line-up, however, will tell you that Lez Zeppelin, the all girl tribute band, and not Led Zeppelin will be playing in Tennessee this June. My apologies for reporting this erroneous story.

Led Zeppelin will do at least one more concert together, as the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee has announced that Led Zeppelin will be performing there this June.

The festival also features Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, which allows Plant to throw in a Led Zeppelin performance while keeping up his tour commitments with Krauss.

The question is, can a tour really be that far behind? Will the band again put all that work into one performance, and not keep the train rolling? A tour seems, in my opinion, more likely today than it did yesterday.

Tickets for Bonnaroo go on sale Saturday Dec 16th.

One More Time

Update: I have been receiving media releases all morning about the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert at Bonnaro. A more than cursory look at the Bonnaroo line-up, however, will tell you that Lez Zeppelin, the all girl tribute band, and not Led Zeppelin will be playing in Tennessee this June. My apologies for reporting this erroneous story.

Led Zeppelin will do at least one more concert together, as the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee has announced that Led Zeppelin will be performing there this June.

The festival also features Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, which allows Plant to throw in a Led Zeppelin performance while keeping up his tour commitments with Krauss.

The question is, can a tour really be that far behind? Will the band again put all that work into one performance, and not keep the train rolling? A tour seems, in my opinion, more likely today than it did yesterday.

Tickets for Bonnaroo go on sale Saturday Dec 16th.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

John Paul Jones: No Idea About Future Plans.

Gigwise is today reporting that John Paul Jones told the BBC regarding future Led Zeppelin plans:

I am obliged to say we have and we have absolutely no idea of what we are going to be doing.

Lets run this down: In the past ten days we have had Robert Plant say "You never know what's around the corner... Right now my whole energy is on another project."

We had Jimmy Page say "Robert Plant also had a parallel project running and he's really busy with that project, certainly until September, so I can't give you any news."

Now we have John Paul Jones' cryptic "obliged to say... no idea of what we are... doing."

Expect Jason Bonham to report, Scrooge like, that he "never did know anything, but now I know that I don't know anything," by Saturday.

Is it just me, or doth these guys protest too much? Then again, maybe we should read between the lines and assume they are waiting to see what Robert Plant wants to do, just like the last thirty years.

John Paul Jones: No Idea About Future Plans.

Gigwise is today reporting that John Paul Jones told the BBC regarding future Led Zeppelin plans:

I am obliged to say we have and we have absolutely no idea of what we are going to be doing.

Lets run this down: In the past ten days we have had Robert Plant say "You never know what's around the corner... Right now my whole energy is on another project."

We had Jimmy Page say "Robert Plant also had a parallel project running and he's really busy with that project, certainly until September, so I can't give you any news."

Now we have John Paul Jones' cryptic "obliged to say... no idea of what we are... doing."

Expect Jason Bonham to report, Scrooge like, that he "never did know anything, but now I know that I don't know anything," by Saturday.

Is it just me, or doth these guys protest too much? Then again, maybe we should read between the lines and assume they are waiting to see what Robert Plant wants to do, just like the last thirty years.