Robert Plant’s been busy lately promoting the forthcoming Led Zeppelin live set, “Celebration Day.”
This past week, however, Robert returned to solo business as he kicked off a South American tour on Thursday with a show at the Live Music Rocks HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters will play three weeks of dates that wrap on November 9 in Lima, Peru.
All gigs from the tour will be made available for download in a variety of formats; for full details, click here.
The Sensational Space Shifters are:
Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
Juldeh Camara of JuJu – ritti (one-stringed African Violin), kologo (African Banjo), talking drum, vocals
Justin Adams of JuJu, Jah Wobble – guitar, bendir, vocals
John Baggott of Massive Attack, Portishead – keyboards
Liam “Skin” Tyson of Cast – guitar, vocals
Dave Smith of JuJu, Outhouse Ruhabi – drums and percussion
Billy Fuller of JuJu, Beak – bass guitar, vocals
Robert Plant presents Sensational Space Shifters
South American tour 2012
Oct 18 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Live Music Rocks HSBC Arena
Oct 20 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil – Mirante Olhos D’Agua
Oct 22 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Espaco das Americas
Oct 25 - Brasilia, Brazil – Nilson Nelson Arena
Oct 27 - Curitiba, Brazil – Teatro Positivo
Oct 29 - Porto Alegre, Brazil – Gigantinho
Nov 01 – Buenos Aires, Argentina - Luna Park
Nov 02 – Buenoes Aires - Luna Park
Nov 04 – Cordoba, Argentina - Orfeo Superdomo
Nov 07 – Santiago, Chile - Arena Movistar
Nov 09 – Lima, Peru - Jockey Club
Robert Plant
Robert Plant – Black Dog
Live Music Rocks HSBC Arena – Rio de Janeiro – October 18, 2012
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