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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have announced 13 new 2022 tour dates for the U.S. The pair will be supporting their 2021 collaborative album, Raise the Roof. Their tour began on June 1, with bandshell shows in the U.S., followed by many concerts in Europe, including their opening slot for Eagles in London’s Hyde Park.
aise the Roof was produced by T Bone Burnett, who worked with former Led Zeppelin frontman Plant and popular Americana vocalist Krauss, accompanied by drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarists Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell and Buddy Miller, bassists Dennis Crouch and Viktor Krauss, along with pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl, among others.
Plant told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe about the decision to record mostly covers.
“It gives us the opportunity to put our own personality into somebody else’s work,” he says, “which in places it’s quite profound and coming from another time when songwriting and people’s stories and statements and concerns were from a totally different time with a different onus. And I think that gives us a opportunity not to crush the original idea, but to just take it into another place, which is our goal. And it’s been remarkable really. We did exchange music for such a long time but then scuttled on to the next project. And then, slowly but surely, we have this thing where we can explore the less trodden pathways, I think of these songs.”
Krauss adds, “I’m not a songwriter. So my whole life is searching out songs and songwriters and interpreting another person’s story. So getting to hear more wonderful people and tell their story from something of a whole other world to me is really magical.”
About Jay:
Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended the Berklee College of Music where he worked with Paula Cole, Torsten de Winkel and others, and eventually went Los Angeles where he was part of Joe Henry’s band.
Bellerose has been influenced by blues and jazz, and his sound is in part derived from his vintage 1940s Slingerland Rolling Bomber kit. He often performs with shakers strapped to his ankles. He often uses a shallow 32-inch bass drum.
Bellerose is a member of the Band of Sweethearts, which includes Brad Meinerding (guitar), Eric Heywood (pedal steel guitar) and Bellerose’s long-time partner, Jennifer Condos (bass guitar). They frequently accompany Over the Rhine and other artists.
Bellerose performed on the 2007 Raising Sand album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and supported them on tour in 2008.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 2022 Tour:
Jun 06 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 07 – Chicago, IL – Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Jun 09 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
Jun 11 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion @ The Mann
Jun 14 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Jun 16 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Jun 17 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo FestivalJun 24 – Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival
Jun 26 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park
Jun 29 – Roskilde, DK – Roskilde Festival
Jul 01 – Hamar, NO – Tjuvholmen Arena
Jul 02 – Bergen, NO – Bergenhus Fortress
Jul 05 – Rättvik, SE – Dalhalla
Jul 08 – Bruges, BE – Cactus Festival
Jul 10 – Baarn, NL – Royal Park Live
Jul 13 – Montreux, CH – Montreux Jazz Festival
Jul 14 – Lucca, IT – Lucca Summer Festival – Piazza Napoleone
Jul 16 – Stuttgart, DE – JazzOpen Stuttgart 2022
Jul 18 – Sopot, PL – Opera Lesna
Jul 20 – Berlin, DE – ZitadelleAug 15 – San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park*
Aug 17 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl*
Aug 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre*
Aug 20 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*
Aug 21 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley*
Aug 23 – Napa, CA – Oxbow RiverStage*
Aug 25 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater*
Aug 27 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield*
Aug 28 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park*
Aug 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Sandy Amphitheater*
Sep 01 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
Sep 03 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre*
Sep 04 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park
