Robert Plant, Alison Krauss map US tour
One month after unveiling plans for a handful of April concerts in the South, recent Grammy winners Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have rolled out the itinerary for a full-blown spring and summer US tour in support of their joint album, "Raising Sand."
The pair will follow the aforementioned April engagements with a month-long string of US shows that kicks off June 2 in Virginia and hits about 20 cities from coast to coast.
Meanwhile, Plant and Krauss have added to their April schedule a second performance in Louisville, KY, which pushes the tour's launch date up one day to April 19, and an April 25 appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Sandwiched between the two batches of US dates is an 11-date run through Europe and the UK. Details for all of the upcoming US shows are listed below, and those for the overseas dates are available at the official Plant/Krauss website.
Tickets for the newly announced US shows will hit the box office March 3, according to organizers.
Backed by a full band led by "Raising Sand" producer T-Bone Burnett, Plant and Krauss will perform selections from their joint album, along with material from their respective catalogs.
Released last October, "Raising Sand" debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 album chart. The set spawned the cut "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)," which earlier this month scored Plant and Krauss a Grammy in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category.
On April 11, Country Music Television (CMT) will air a preview of Plant and Krauss' upcoming tour in the form of a special dubbed "CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss," which will feature performances of several songs from "Raising Sand."
April 2008
19, 20 - Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
23 - Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium
25 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
26 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
June 2008
2 - Roanoke, VA - Roanoke Civic Center
4 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
5 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
7 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC
8 - Atlantic City NJ - Borgata
10 - New York, NY - MSG Theatre
13 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Pavilion
14 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Civic Center
15 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
17 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
19 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
21 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
23, 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
25 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
27 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
28 - Lake Tahoe, NV - Harveys
30 - San Diego, CA - Humphreys
July 2008
1 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
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