Robert and Alison Krauss have announced the first tour dates of the much anticipated Raising Sand Tour. 
Confirmed so far are: 
May 5–Birmingham NIA 
May 7–Manchester Apollo 
May 8–Cardiff International Arena 
May 10–Düsseldorf Philipshalle 
May 11–Brussells Forest National Club 
May 13–Paris Le Grand Rex Theatre 
May 14–Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 
May 16–Stockholm Hovet (Ice Hall) 
May 18–Oslo Spektrum 
May 19–Bergen Bergenshalle 
May 22–London Wembley Arena 
All tickets are now on sale and are available from the normal agencies. 
It’s also rumored that the pair will also appear at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The festival takes place on April 25-27 and May …

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This press release rounds up the pair’s latest news: 
‘Raising Sand’ RIAA Certified Gold Video For First Single “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” To Debut Tomorrow.
‘Raising Sand’ – the widely praised and bestselling album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, produced by T Bone Burnett – has been certified gold by the RIAA. A surprise hit of the season, ‘Raising Sand’ has shown little sign of slowing down since a remarkable #2 debut on the Billboard 200 four weeks ago, and remains within the top 25 on the chart. Raising …

The Virgin 1 (Sky Channel 153) satellite channel is showing Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation live from the Cornbury Festival 2006 this Saturday November 24th at 11pm.

Jimmy Page has signed a special GIbson SG O2 guitar depicting a painting of the 02 Arena to auction for the Gibson Guitartown Auction alongside a host of other guitars including a 10 ft replica Les Paul signed by Robert Plant. 
This item can be seen HERE
The auction to win these guitars will take place on Tuesday 20th November between 6.30 and 10.30pm at the IndigO2 at The O2 Arena in London.
You can also go online and pre-bid for all featured Gibson Guitartown guitars by visiting http://www.londonguitartown.com/ or using the link …

Raising Sand has been enjoying massive first week sales and looks set to enter the US Billboard chart at number 2. A similar position is also likely in the UK. 
Robert and Alison were due to appear on the Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie radio show on October 30 at 8:00pm on BBC Radio 2. The show normally has a listen again feature on-line, allowing you to catch the show if you miss it first time round.
They are also lined up for TV appearances on BBC2’s Culture Show and BBC Breakfast.

Robert and Alison recorded a TV special for CMTCrossroads last Thursday (Oct 18th) in The Mill, Lebanon, Tennessee. As well as featuring tracks from the forthcoming Raising Sand CD, the duo also performed When The Levee Breaks and Black Dog. The backing band consisted of band leader T-Bone Burnett, guitar player Buddy Miller, guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Dennis Crouch. No air date for the Krauss-Plant Crossroads episode, has not been announced yet.
Further TV appearances are expected with an appearance lined up on Wednesday for the Today …

Plant & The Strange Sensations

Plant & The Strange Sensations

Plant & The Strange Sensations