Lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters recently announced earlier today their 2015 tour schedule in support of their new album “Lullaby and…the ceaseless roar. The album quoted as being “Stirring, often melancholic and thoroughly modern, lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar throbs with ambition and subtlety and rewards replays” by the Associated Press, has also received some of the best reviews of Plant’s solo career.
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 groups tour is set to kick off May 24th at the Sasquatch festival in George WA, from which they will make a return to Bonnaroo the weekend of June 12 and will be finishing off on June 17th in Philadelphia P.A. at the Mann Center.The complete itinerary is below. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, March 20 at 10am ET via robertplant.com. Each ticket to the non-festival shows will include a CD of the band’s latest album, lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar.
Tour Dates
May
24 – George, WA – Sasquatch! Festival
25 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater
27 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
28 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
30 – Napa, CA – BottleRock Festival
31 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
June
2 – Los, Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
5 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam Festival
7 – Toronto, ONT – Molson Amphitheatre
9 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadowbrook Music Festival
10 – Chicago, IL – FirstMerit Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island
12 – Memphis, TN – Mud Island Amphitheatre
12 – 14 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
15 – Raleigh, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheater
17 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
( JD McPherson & Pixies support)
****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:
