Austin City Limits has announced new tapings, among them singer and songwriter Robert Plant, who returns to their stage for the first time in more than a decade on March 21st.

Plant travels to ACL as part of his “Southern Journey”, visiting the “places that gave birth to so much of the music I love,” with a select run of live dates dubbed the Blues…Roots And Hollers tour. The music icon celebrates the American South as a continuation of the eclectic soulful journey he began since leaving Led Zeppelin decades ago. He has spent many years exploring Americana music and America itself, traveling though the US and collaborating with roots musicians, including Alison Krauss for 2009’s six-time Grammy-winning album Raising Sand.

Plant’s acclaimed 10th solo album, 2014’s lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar, combines his love of everything from American country blues and rockabilly to British folk, Moroccan trance music and West African griot into a vision all his own.

Joined by his diverse, versatile six-piece band The Sensational Space Shifters for this appearance, Plant adds, “Having just begun work on our new album, we thought we’d take time out to raise a little sand and welcome springtime with one more adventure, another celebration of life and song.”  

Plant’s tour kicks on March 4th at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, see the full dates below.

March
4 – Okeechobee, FL – Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival
6 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
7 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre
9 – Jackson, MS – Thalia Mara Hall
10 – Baton Rouge, LA – River Center Theatre
11 – Shreveport, LA – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
13 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
15 – The Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX
17 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
18 – Midland, TX – Wagner Noel Center Performing Arts Center
20 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at Moody Theater