Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy took part in the final  show of the current series of BBC2’s Later With Jools Holland last night. They appeared alongside Arcade Fire, soul legend Mavis Staples, Nashville four piece Mona, Adele and Indian folk singer Raghu Dixit.
For the Later Live edition aired last night on BBC2, Robert and the band performed House Of Cards and Robert also conducted an interview with Jools Holland. During the segment a vintage clip of Robert performing Big Log on Top of The Pops was aired. ‘’Nice …

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy have announced a 15 date North American tour for January and February 2011. These are the first dates in the US since the 12 date tour in July and the one-off New York show in September.
The dates include a two night stint at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville.
The dates are as follows:
January: 18: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, N.C.
January: 19: Peterson Events Centre (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, Pa.
January: 21: Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Mich.
January: 22: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ont.
January: 25: …

Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy continue their European promotional tour with an appearance on Later With Jools Holland this week.
The show is aired live from 10pm on Tuesday night (November 16th) on BBC2 for half an hour. The complete show is then broadcast on Friday night (November 19th) from midnight and repeated on Saturday evening (November 20th) at 11.20pm. All are UK timings on BBC2.

Robert Plant & Band of Joy – Angel Dance – Live@CheTempoCheFa
RaiTre (Italian Tv) November 14th , 2010

DL with the Classic Rock’s Oustanding Contributor – Photo by Lisa Bardsley
Well it’s been an eventful three weeks.  Crikey ..where to start?
Apologies in advance for all the name dropping here which must look like I’m on some huge liggers ego trip but it’s just the way things have been these past few days.
Well firstly the Classic Rock Awards on Wednesday night. Going back to the Roundhouse was another memorable night out. Not surprising with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones both in the house . My good friend Jerry was …

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John Paul Jones and |Jimmy Page were in both attendance at the sixth annual Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards staged at London’s Roundhouse last night.
Following sets by The Union and Alter Bridge (the latter featured guest guitarist Slash), the awards got underway with Alice Cooper as master of ceremonies along with co presenter Sarah Cawood.
Ronnie Wood accepted the Reissue of the Year award for The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street, Julian Temple made the evening’s longest speech in accepting the Best DVD/Film award for his Dr …

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Black Country Communion, the critically acclaimed rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and keyboardist Derek Sherinian have announced details of two long-awaited UK concerts for December.
Fittingly, the first concert will take place right in the heart of the Black Country at the legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday 29th December, followed by a concert at London’s 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Thursday 30th December.
Planet Rock Radio will launch an exclusive 4-day ticket pre-sale from Monday 15th November, for full details visit www.planetrock.com/bcc. Tickets …

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The Robert Plant series of programmes aired on BBC2 last night offered a feast of visual delights that spread into the early hours of the morning.
The newly commissioned documentary Robert Plant By Myself proved to be a compelling study of his life in music. Mark Radcliffe’s commentary was concise and to the point, leaving Robert to chronicle his remarkable journey through a series of perceptive interview segments told with his usual integrity and wit.

The documentary began with a scene setting focus on Robert’s early musical inspirations and …

Saturday  night (November 6th) over on BBC 2 is the place to be for any right-minded Robert Plant fan as the channel is turning over two and an half hours of viewing time for “An Evening With Robert Plant”.
Kicking off at 22:15 with a new documentary which aims  to shed light on Robert Plant’s solo ventures.
‘Robert Plant: By Myself’ is a unique insight into the singer’s life featuring some rare and very personal interviews.
The singer discusses his earliest days as a stamp-collecting grammar school kid in Stourbridge to the world …

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October 20th, 2010 | Riverside Theatre
Milwaukee Wisconsin
I had the concert experience of a life time Tuesday, October 20 when the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience landed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My nephew and I had Meet & Greet tickets. Jason, his tour manager and the girl handling PR were all very friendly. There were approximately 30 people or so in line to meet the man and get his autograph on the Remo drum heads provided as part of the Meet & Greet – or anything else you wanted signed. My option …

Jimmy Page with Roy Harper – Elms Lesters Painting Rooms London, November 4th 2010.  Photo copyright Ross Halfin.
Genesis Publications officially launched the Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page book last night at a special reception held at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London.
Jimmy was in attendance amongst a host of guests. Fellow musicians on hand included Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Roy Harper, Mick Ralphs and Luke Morley. I spotted Zep tour manager Richard Cole and soundman Benji Lefevre looking at the array of images from the book that adorned the …