Saving Grace (Photo: Ian Burgess; used with permission)
Robert Plant has announced a brief U.S. tour, where he’ll be introducing American audiences to new faces, and a new sound, with Saving Grace. The band’s tour begins on May 12 and ends May 23. Tickets to most of the performances go on sale Friday, March 6 at 10 a.m. local time.
The new cooperative is comprised of Suzi Dian (vocals), Oli Jefferson (percussion), Tony Kelsey (mandolin, baritone and acoustic guitars), Plant (vocals), and Matt Worley (banjo, acoustic and baritone guitars, cuatro). Saving Grace made its debut in early 2019 with a series of surprise gigs in small venues across England, Wales, and Ireland and later, a trio of U.K. dates supporting Fairport Convention.
The intimate performances saw the band drawing from a repertoire of “music inspired by the dreamscape of the Welsh Marches,” songs that span Plant’s diverse tastes and influences, notably his lifelong passion for British and American folk, spirituals, and traditional blues, including a number of beloved standards and longtime favorites by Doc Watson, Donovan, Moby Grape, and Low, among others.
Watch Plant perform Low’s “Everybody’s Song” with Saving Grace
The March 3 announcement made no mention of new recordings.
Robert Plant, Saving Grace, 2020 Tour (Tickets will be available here)
May 12 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theatre*
May 13 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom*
May 15 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music**
May 17 – Charleston, WV – Mountain Stage at The Clay Center*
May 19 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre*
May 20 – New York, NY – The Town Hall*
May 23 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre*
* Catfish Keith supporting
** General On Sale March 16
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2 Comments so far
Jump into a conversationYawn. Come on, Robert. Led Zeppelin reunion or stay home. Enough is enough.
Man Jamie, that’s quite unkind comment considering the Plant at 72 is still making music after Zep days and still doing gigs. We should be so lucky to have such brilliance. Most rock icons his age are done or dead. Having did that, long live Zeppelin