ROBERT PLANT On The Possibility Of LED ZEPPELIN Reunion - "Going Back To Get Some Kind Of Massive Applause, It Doesn't Really Satisfy My Need To Be Stimulated"
August 19, 2022, a year ago
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, who launched their 2022 Raise The Roof tour on June 1st, are featured in a new interview with the LA Times. Following is an excerpt.
LA Times: You’ve both been singing for decades. Talk about how you take care of your voices.
Plant: "I don’t. I just go out and sing. I know a guy from a famous band that Alison’s quite friendly with — he’s gonna pour some sugar on me or something — who creates a complete hullabaloo backstage. I was back there one time and he was making such a bloody noise. I said, 'Why are you doing that?' He said, 'I’m warming up.' I said, 'Well, you won’t have anything left by the time you get there.'"
LA Times: A voice changes over time.
Plant: "I know that the full, open-throated falsetto that I was able to concoct in 1968 carried me through until I was tired of it. Then that sort of exaggerated personality of vocal performance morphed and went somewhere else. But as a matter of fact, I was playing in Reykjavík, in Iceland, about three years ago, just before COVID. It was Midsummer Night and there was a festival, and I got my band and I said, 'OK, let’s do 'Immigrant Song'.' They’d never done it before. We just hit it, and bang — there it was. I thought, 'Oh, I didn’t think I could still do that.'"
LA Times: Plenty of fans would love to hear you do it with Led Zeppelin.
Plant: "Going back to the front to get some kind of massive applause — it doesn’t really satisfy my need to be stimulated."
Read the complete interview here.
On June 24th, Plant and Krauss performed at Glatonbury 2022 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, England. Pro-shot video of their set closer, the Led Zeppelin / Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy classic "When The Levee Breaks", can be viewed below.
Plant and Krauss recently announced a new string of US dates in support of Raise The Roof. The new leg launched on August 15 in San Diego, CA, and concludes on September 4 in Austin, TX. Dates below.
August
20 - Stateline, NV - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s
21 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre
23 - Napa, CA - Oxbow Riverstage
25 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
27 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield Amphitheater
28 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Sandy Amp
September
1 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
3 - Grand Prairie, TX - Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie
4 - Austin, TX - Moody Amphitheater
