ROBERT PLANT NEW ALBUM AND UK TOUR DETAILS ARE HERE 24th August 2017
Robert Plant's eleventh studio album, 'Carry Fire', will be released on October 13th and the former Led Zeppelin frontman will undertake a thirteen date UK tour throughout November and December.
'Carry Fire' will be Plant's first full-length release of new music since 2014 and was produced by the man himself at Top Cat Studio in Wiltshire.
As with his previous releases, the singer has been accompanied by accomplished musicians The Sensational Space Shifters including John Baggott on keyboards, moog, loops, percussion, drums, brass arrangements, t'bal, snare drum, slide guitar, piano, electric piano, and bendir.
Justin Adams plays guitar, acoustic guitars, oud, E-bow quartet, percussion, snare drum, and tambourine, Dave Smith is on bendir, tamourine, djemebe, drum kit and Liam 'Skin' Tyson is on dobro, guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel and twelve string.
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The diverse instrumentation of the band goes some way to showcasing the exciting music being generated by Robert Plant. His musical career has seen him team up with a venerable roster of artists, some of which feature as guests on his new album including Chrissie Hynde, Albanian cellist Redi Hasa and violinist Seth Lakeman, who will also join Plant on tour.
Plant says of his new record:
"It's about intention. I respect and relish my past works but each time I feel the trawl and incentive to create new work. I must mix old with new.
"Consequently, the whole impetus of the band has moved on its axis somewhat, the new sound and different space giving way to exciting and dramatic landscapes of mood, melody and instrumentation."
UK tour dates: 16th November: Plymouth Pavilions 17th November: Bristol Colston Hall 20th November: Wolverhampton Civic 22nd November: Llandudno Cymru 24th November: Newcastle City Hall 25th November: Liverpool Olympia 27th November: Glasgow SEC Armadillo 28th November: Perth Concert Hall 30th November: Manchester O2 Apollo 6th December: Sheffield City Hall 8th December: London Royal Albert Hall 11th December: Portsmouth Guildhall 12th December: Birmingham Symphony Hall
'Carry Fire' tracklist: 1. The May Queen 2. New World... 3. Season's Song 4. Dance With You Tonight 5. Carving Up The World Again... A Wall And Not A Fence 6. A Way With Words 7. Carry Fire 8. Bones Of Saints 9. Keep It Hid 10. Bluebirds Over The Mountain 11. Heaven Sent