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Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters - 2015 gigs/tour dates


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^^They are adorable Patrycja!. There is a 30 second video on this link..I am not sure if this is the one you are talking about anniemouse:-)

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-33473837

Ysgol OM Edwards school band opens for Robert Plant gig

10 July 2015 Last updated at 07:26 BST

A primary school band will play to a slightly bigger audience than they are used to on Saturday night when they open a show for Robert Plant.

The former Led Zeppelin front man agreed to let Y Storm perform after hearing of their success at the Urdd Eisteddfod.

The band, from Ysgol OM Edwards in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, was named best rock and pop band for the third year running.

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Revisiting the Mann Center gig in Philly (17-6-2015) for a spell before info about the European leg of the tour pours in, here are some photos from the show, and a link to videos :)

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Photos: Derek Brad

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153289333565210.1073741915.57515580209&type=3

"The Wanton Song"

"Turn It Up"

"Black Dog"

"Rainbow"

http://youtu.be/rxEnyAzaM4w

"Spoonful"

"The Rain Song" & "Trampled Under Foot"

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More from the Philly show (17-6-2015):

"No Place to Go / Dazed and Confused"

"Little Maggie"

http://youtu.be/mTep5nzFevk

"The Lemon Song"

"Crawling King Snake"

"Hoochie Coochie Man / Whole Lotta Love / Mona"

"Rock and Roll"

You can see other videos of the show here if you like: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCxeZc9-Wo_hsfbzS-SL7MI5Pyg5ubvRK

Enjoy! :D

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How adorable and great are these kids..and to open for Robert and SSS !!! :-)

Y STORM - Johnny B Goode - Cannock Chase Forest - 11/7/15

They were great, Skins kids are on drums and guitar.

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And now for the European start of the tour! The first show was for the Forestry Commission Forest Live outdoor concert series at the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK (10-7-2015):

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https://www.facebook.com/robertplant/photos/a.234285106606007.65478.116206108413908/993412644026579/?type=1&theater

There are short video clips of several songs, but hopefully more complete ones will be posted. Might as well wait until the lot is uploaded.

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Here's the first review of the show courtesy of the Swindon Advertiser.

REVIEW: The voice remains the same - Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters

Barry Leighton 03:26 Monday 13 July 2015

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Photo: Peter Dewhirst

“I’VE passed this place so many times” says Robert Plant, admiring the giant, subtly lit broadleaf trees that encompass the grassy arena at Westonbirt Arboretum.

“Prince Charles lives around here,” he muses, before crowning a regal performance crammed with surprises with one of his former band Led Zeppelin’s most bullish songs.

“Been a long time since I rock and rolled…” hollers Plant, giving full rein to a set of lungs as familiar to fans of a certain age as his equally enduring contemporary, Roger Daltrey.

It has been a summer evening to savour as Plant, his golden (though greying) curly locks falling onto a red satin shirt, takes us through a 90-minute career spanner.

We get deep, heavy blues (Spoonful, Crawling King Snake) with appreciative acknowledgements to early inspirations such as Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Mississippi and Sun Studios.

There are choice cuts from recent work notably the infectious Little Maggie which he playfully describes as Appalachian folk by way of Cornwall.

And there is a raft of dramatically re-worked tunes – with African instruments often to the fore – from his ex-band which, with wilful amusement, he never refers to by name.

After the stomping, metallic funk of Trampled Under Foot, as riveting as it is unexpected, he tells us that the song is from “a previous catalogue.”

Also from a previous catalogue, Black Dog has several thousand intoning in unison “dreams of you all through my head.”

The Rain Song – cripes, I’d forgotten all about that one – is suitably mellifluous as the night-time gently descends upon the arboretum.

Meanwhile, that doyen of world music, guitarist Justin Adams can hardly disguise his joy as he cranks out those meaty Jimmy Page riffs on that corner stone of hard rock, Whole Lotta Love.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/13409313.REVIEW__The_voice_remains_the_same___Robert_Plant_and_the_Sensational_Spaceshifters/?ref=rss

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Some beautiful black and white photos of the Westonbirt show (10-7-2015):

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Photos: Peter Dewhirst

Interesting comments on his Twitter about how it's really restrictive for photographers now at Robert's shows. Not the first time I've read this, and wonder what it's all about. Maybe the band has its own in-house photog(s), or they just don't want fans to have to have any obstructed views? It is about the interaction of the band with the fans, after all.

@photopeted

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^^Many thanks to Deb and ledded1 for the links to articles and videos! I think Y Storm were terrific. Bless them for playing their little hearts out, brave young souls!

The second gig was also for Forestry Commission Forest Live, this time at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, UK (11-7-2015):

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(nice bed sheet :D )

https://twitter.com/LedZepNews/status/620241668676018176

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Review and gallery: Robert Plant, Forest Live, Cannock Chase

Sunday 12th July 2015

With that iconic glorious mane and the thudding command of the of the stage, it could only by Robert Plant.

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But he sounded not as you may expect.

The tell-tale signs were there. There was the the grappling and thrusting of the microphone stand, the glaring eyes, and the Black Country burr.

Yet, for the die-hard Led Zeppelin fan it probably did not deliver what they were hoping.

There were flashbacks to past glories such as Black Dog, but this was a gig which was very much about the Robert Plant of here and now.

With his band The Sensational Space Shifters, there was a new sound. Their influences range from British folk, the American deep south, clattering funk, country, and world music.

Tambourine in hand, Plant looked and sounded like a performer you were more likely to stumble upon by chance in a far-flung corner at Glastonbury.

Set in the heart of Cannock Chase, against a forest backdrop, the setting could not have been better.

It felt gritty and raw - a living moment of their honest passion of music.

But I'm not sure it would necessarily have satisfied those wanting to relive the nostalgia years with Stairway to Heaven. Indeed, that track did not even feature.

Plant is rock royalty and a Black Country legend.

With a career spanning more than 50 years, he was always going to bring the house down.

Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar is Plant’s 10th studio album, featuring tracks Rainbow, Little Maggie and Pocket Full Of Golden.

It has charted well across the world.

But I'm not convinced he and the band would have the success they are having with this brand of music was it not for being carried on the coattails of Led Zep.

Ever since Zeppelin’s split in the 80s there have been numerous requests for them to reform, but Plant has said it will never happen - even turning down a reported £100 million.

He is more than happy with his solo career and feels he has created a 'fantastic sound' with The Sensational Space Shifters.

And for that, I can't fault him.

It would be easy to cash in on the thirst there is from audiences worldwide to relive their youth. And I for one am glad he won't cheapen Zeppelin by submitting to the dollar sign motivated demands of the promoters.

His love of music - and the origins of that love is pure.

The new sound is honest. It's not bad. It's just not on the same level as his back catalogue.

Though, I'm sure he'd disagree.
By Rob Golledge
(Check out the comments after the article. It's a positive review overall, but fans took quite the exception with parts of it. People who went were glowing about the gig).
p.s. No word on the photographer. I assume it's the writer who took the photo?
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And finally for the videos! They will, at some point, be out of order which drivers me bonkers, but here are some good ones that have surfaced so far from the Cannock Chase concert (11-7-2015):

"Trampled Underfoot"

"Black Dog"

"Rainbow"

"The Wanton Song" (another version to the great one ledded1 provided)

"The Rain Song" (again, an alternate to the beautiful one posted here by ledded1 earlier)

"No Place to Go / Dazed and Confused"

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