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Robert Plant and Saving Grace—vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown—were on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform "Higher Rock," from their 2025 debut album, Saving Grace, and the Led Zeppelin tune "Ramble On" last night. You can watch both performances here. Plant was on the show on the release of Saving Grace last fall. He and the band, who concluded their US spring tour in NYC this week, head to Latin America in May and back to Europe in June. They release a vinyl EP, Saving Grace: All That Glitters..., on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18. Plant is this year's Record Store Day Record Store Legend. 

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Robert Plant and Saving Grace—vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown—were on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform "Higher Rock," from their 2025 debut album, Saving Grace, and the Led Zeppelin tune "Ramble On" last night. You can watch both performances here:

Last night's performance marked Plant's return to the show following his conversation with Colbert on the release of Saving Grace last fall. You can revisit that conversation here:

Robert Plant and Saving Grace concluded their US spring tour at New York City’s iconic Cathedral of St. John the Divine earlier this week. They head to Latin America in May and back to Europe in June. For details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Robert Plant and Saving Grace will release a vinyl EP, Saving Grace: All That Glitters..., on Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, taking place on Saturday, April 18. It was announced yesterday that Plant is this year's Record Store Day Record Store Legend. The EP's four tracks, recently recorded especially for RSD, explore the folk and Americana songs that Plant and the band love: the traditional tunes "The Blackest Crow" and "Two Coats," arranged by Robert Plant and Saving Grace, as well as Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl" and Bert Jansch's "Poison."

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Robert Plant and Saving Grace: 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' April 2026
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    Watch: Robert Plant and Saving Grace Perform on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
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    Robert Plant and Saving Grace—vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown—were on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform "Higher Rock," from their 2025 debut album, Saving Grace, and the Led Zeppelin tune "Ramble On" last night. You can watch both performances here:

    Last night's performance marked Plant's return to the show following his conversation with Colbert on the release of Saving Grace last fall. You can revisit that conversation here:

    Robert Plant and Saving Grace concluded their US spring tour at New York City’s iconic Cathedral of St. John the Divine earlier this week. They head to Latin America in May and back to Europe in June. For details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    Robert Plant and Saving Grace will release a vinyl EP, Saving Grace: All That Glitters..., on Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, taking place on Saturday, April 18. It was announced yesterday that Plant is this year's Record Store Day Record Store Legend. The EP's four tracks, recently recorded especially for RSD, explore the folk and Americana songs that Plant and the band love: the traditional tunes "The Blackest Crow" and "Two Coats," arranged by Robert Plant and Saving Grace, as well as Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl" and Bert Jansch's "Poison."

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