ROBERT PLANT, ALISON KRAUSS Confirmed For Hurricane Ike Benefit; Video Available
September 19, 2008, 15 years ago
According to Gene Triplett from The Oklahoman, ROBERT PLANT and ALISON KRAUSS will play a special benefit concert at the Zoo Amphitheatre on Friday, Sept. 26, to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Ike, it was learned today.
The singers were scheduled to perform at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston on that date but the show was canceled due to the storm's devastation in that city.
Howard Pollack, head of Innervisions, which produces shows at the Zoo, said he received a call early today from Plant's management, inquiring about the availability of the venue.
"Yeah, it's going to happen," Pollack said. "They called me up in my sleep. They said, 'Howard, we want to do a benefit.' What Robert Plant just found out is how devastated Houston and the surrounding areas are. They just said, 'Hey, we want to make this a benefit. Can we pull this off in a week?'"We're going to get everybody behind this. I think we can sell 6 or 7,000 tickets and all the money goes to the victims. Tickets.com is kicking in. They're kicking in a major portion of their service charges."
Pollack said he expects several major corporations to offer sponsorship for the event as well.
General admission and reserved-seat tickets will go on sale Monday at Tickets.com or by phone at (800) 511-1552.
Plant and Krauss took top honors Thursday night (September 18) at the Americana Music Association’s seventh annual Honors and Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Both were present to accept their trophies, and Plant joined the awards show’s bandleader, Buddy Miller, onstage to sing a new song which will be featured on Miller’s upcoming album. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant won Album Of The Year (for Raising Sand) and Duo/Group of the Year.
