Robert Plant, the legendary vocalist of Led Zeppelin, on Monday announced a 2015 tour with his band the Sensational Space Shifters. Alternative rock icons The Pixies will serve as the opening act for five of the shows, and JD McPherson will open four of them.
Plant will tour in continued support of his 2014 album "lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar," which he desrcibed as "a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, trance meets Zep," according to a press release. The complete itinerary is below.
"The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood," Plant said. "I am very lucky to work with The Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music."
The Sensational Space Shifters are Justin Adams (bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals), John Baggott (keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabal, background vocals), Juldeh Camara (kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals), Billy Fuller (bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass), Dave Smith (drum set) and Liam "Skin" Tyson (banjo, guitar, background vocals).
Plant's tour will begin May 24 at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, Wash., and includes a return to Bonnaroo the weekend of June 12. It concludes June 17 at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. Each ticket purchase for Plant's shows, excluding the festival dates, will include a CD of the new album, according to the press release.
May
24 - George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
25 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
27 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot #
28 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl #
30 - Napa, CA - BottleRock Festival
31 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl #
June
2 - Los, Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
5 - Hunter, NY - Mountain Jam Festival
7 - Toronto, ONT - Molson Amphitheatre %
9 - Rochester Hills, MI - Meadowbrook Music Festival %
10 - Chicago, IL - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island %
12 - Memphis, TN - Mud Island Amphitheatre
12 - 14 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
15 - Raleigh, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheater %
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center %
# JD McPherson support
% Pixies support