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Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters announce their 2015 North American tour. Kicking off May 24 at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, WA, the dates include his return to Bonnaroo and finish off in Philadelphia June 17. Tickets go on sale starting this Friday. Each ticket to the non-festival shows will include a CD of the band’s latest album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar. The Pixies open five of these shows, and JD McPherson five. Citi cardmembers have access to presale tickets for the Santa Barbara and LA shows starting Wednesday.

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Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters have announced their 2015 North American tour. Kicking off Sunday, May 24, at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, WA, the dates include his return to Bonnaroo the weekend of June 12, and finish off at the Mann Center in Philadelphia on June 17. The complete itinerary is below. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, March 20, at 10 AM ET. Each ticket to the non-festival shows will include a CD of the band’s latest album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar. The Pixies will be opening five of these shows, and JD McPherson five, as noted below in the itinerary. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles performances from Wednesday, March 18, at 10 AM PT, through Thursday, March 19, at 10 PM PT. For more information, please visit citiprivatepass.com.

The tour is in support of Robert Plant’s lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, which was released September 2014 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records. The record was named one of the top 50 albums of the year by NPR, which said, “At 66, the singer is still a majestic rock presence, at peace with the legacy of his hard-rock-defining band Led Zeppelin, while remaining relentlessly creative in his solo work. But on his 10th solo album, Plant does pause by those waters to consider the aesthetic, emotional and spiritual currents that have shaped his illustrious life. He finds himself, characteristically, not saddened but renewed… Not one of these songs sounds precisely like its source; that's the genius of this album. It lovingly layers elements in ways that mirror memory, creating new constructs from floating shards of the musical past.”

Plant described lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar as, “a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep.” He continues, “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with the Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…” The Sensational Space Shifters are Justin Adams: bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals; John Baggott: keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabal, background vocals; Juldeh Camara: kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals; Billy Fuller: bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass; Dave Smith: drum set; and Liam “Skin” Tyson: banjo, guitar, background vocals.

The album received some of the best reviews of Plant’s solo career, with the Wall Street Journal saying, "Robert Plant knows where rock's past begins and he's pulling it into the future,” and the New York Times stating that “On lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, Mr. Plant often sings in an otherworldly voice: sustained, androgynous, balanced between serenity and ache.” Pitchfork noted that “Lullaby sees Plant stepping up with his first batch of original songs in nearly a decade, answering his band’s derring-do with some of the most bravely confessional writing of his career,” while Noisey raved, “Plant’s aged gracefully, growing into a sound that’s more finessed and even, at times, elegant. These aren’t the recordings of some old dude lost in a music studio messing around with the funny-shaped knobs on a mixer. Plant’s still got it, using his experience and vision to blend sounds of the world with blues to form music that’s weirdly cohesive and progressive, all supporting his distinguished and defined voice.”

Nonesuch/Warner Bros. releases a Record Store Day exclusive EP by Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters on Saturday April 18. Entitled More Roar, the record features three tracks on black 10” vinyl recorded live during the group’s World Tour 2014: Side A will be “Turn It Up” / “Arbaden” and side B will be “Poor Howard” and “Whole Lotta Love (Medley).” The EP will be limited to 10,000 copies.

ROBERT PLANT AND THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS ON TOUR

May 24 Sasquatch! Festival George, WA
May 25 Les Schwab Amphitheater* Bend, OR
May 27 The Depot* Salt Lake City, UT
May 28 Brooklyn Bowl* Las Vegas, NV
May 30 BottleRock Festival Napa, CA
May 31 Santa Barbara Bowl* Santa Barbara, CA
Jun 2 Greek Theatre* Los Angeles, CA
Jun 5 Mountain Jam Festival Hunter, NY
Jun 7 Molson Amphitehatre** Toronto, ON
Jun 9 Meadowbrook Music Festival** Rochester Hills, MI
Jun 10 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island** Chicago, IL
Jun 11–14 Bonnaroo Festival Manchester, TN
Jun 12 Mud Island Amphitheatre Memphis, TN
Jun 15 Koka Booth Amphitheater** Raleigh, NC
Jun 17 Mann Center** Philadelphia, PA
     
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Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters 2014 cw by Frank Melfi
  • Monday, March 16, 2015
    Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters Announce 2015 North American Tour
    Frank Melfi

    Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters have announced their 2015 North American tour. Kicking off Sunday, May 24, at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, WA, the dates include his return to Bonnaroo the weekend of June 12, and finish off at the Mann Center in Philadelphia on June 17. The complete itinerary is below. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, March 20, at 10 AM ET. Each ticket to the non-festival shows will include a CD of the band’s latest album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar. The Pixies will be opening five of these shows, and JD McPherson five, as noted below in the itinerary. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles performances from Wednesday, March 18, at 10 AM PT, through Thursday, March 19, at 10 PM PT. For more information, please visit citiprivatepass.com.

    The tour is in support of Robert Plant’s lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, which was released September 2014 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records. The record was named one of the top 50 albums of the year by NPR, which said, “At 66, the singer is still a majestic rock presence, at peace with the legacy of his hard-rock-defining band Led Zeppelin, while remaining relentlessly creative in his solo work. But on his 10th solo album, Plant does pause by those waters to consider the aesthetic, emotional and spiritual currents that have shaped his illustrious life. He finds himself, characteristically, not saddened but renewed… Not one of these songs sounds precisely like its source; that's the genius of this album. It lovingly layers elements in ways that mirror memory, creating new constructs from floating shards of the musical past.”

    Plant described lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar as, “a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep.” He continues, “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with the Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…” The Sensational Space Shifters are Justin Adams: bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals; John Baggott: keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabal, background vocals; Juldeh Camara: kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals; Billy Fuller: bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass; Dave Smith: drum set; and Liam “Skin” Tyson: banjo, guitar, background vocals.

    The album received some of the best reviews of Plant’s solo career, with the Wall Street Journal saying, "Robert Plant knows where rock's past begins and he's pulling it into the future,” and the New York Times stating that “On lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, Mr. Plant often sings in an otherworldly voice: sustained, androgynous, balanced between serenity and ache.” Pitchfork noted that “Lullaby sees Plant stepping up with his first batch of original songs in nearly a decade, answering his band’s derring-do with some of the most bravely confessional writing of his career,” while Noisey raved, “Plant’s aged gracefully, growing into a sound that’s more finessed and even, at times, elegant. These aren’t the recordings of some old dude lost in a music studio messing around with the funny-shaped knobs on a mixer. Plant’s still got it, using his experience and vision to blend sounds of the world with blues to form music that’s weirdly cohesive and progressive, all supporting his distinguished and defined voice.”

    Nonesuch/Warner Bros. releases a Record Store Day exclusive EP by Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters on Saturday April 18. Entitled More Roar, the record features three tracks on black 10” vinyl recorded live during the group’s World Tour 2014: Side A will be “Turn It Up” / “Arbaden” and side B will be “Poor Howard” and “Whole Lotta Love (Medley).” The EP will be limited to 10,000 copies.

    ROBERT PLANT AND THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS ON TOUR

    May 24 Sasquatch! Festival George, WA
    May 25 Les Schwab Amphitheater* Bend, OR
    May 27 The Depot* Salt Lake City, UT
    May 28 Brooklyn Bowl* Las Vegas, NV
    May 30 BottleRock Festival Napa, CA
    May 31 Santa Barbara Bowl* Santa Barbara, CA
    Jun 2 Greek Theatre* Los Angeles, CA
    Jun 5 Mountain Jam Festival Hunter, NY
    Jun 7 Molson Amphitehatre** Toronto, ON
    Jun 9 Meadowbrook Music Festival** Rochester Hills, MI
    Jun 10 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island** Chicago, IL
    Jun 11–14 Bonnaroo Festival Manchester, TN
    Jun 12 Mud Island Amphitheatre Memphis, TN
    Jun 15 Koka Booth Amphitheater** Raleigh, NC
    Jun 17 Mann Center** Philadelphia, PA
         
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