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Robert Plant, Alison Krauss come to Berkeley

By Jim
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 at 12:36 pm in Alison Krauss, Greek Theatre, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant.

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss confirm June 27 date at UC Greek in Berkeley.

Visit www.apeconcerts.com for more information about Berkeley date.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, whose critically-lauded, Gold album ‘Raising Sand’ continues to be a top-seller worldwide, have confirmed an additional 17 North American tour dates through July 1, it was announced today. Tickets for the newly announced shows will begin going on sale March 3rd (details below).

Recipients of the 2007 Grammy award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, for the track “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”, Plant and Krauss - along with ‘Raising Sand’ producer and band leader T Bone Burnett - are creating a show that will feature songs from their collaborative release, as well as from the artists’ extensive career discographies.

Band members for the tour include Jay Bellerose (drums) and Dennis Crouch (bass) - both of whom played on ‘Raising Sand’ - as well as Buddy Miller (guitar) and Stuart Duncan (fiddle, mandolin and other instruments). Burnett will play guitar and 6-string bass, as well as perform several songs.

As previously announced, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss kick-off their Raising Sand World Tour in April with a brief run of shows that includes an April 25 performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. They follow those dates with eleven shows in Europe and the UK that conclude with a performance at Wembley Arena on May 22.

Ticket information for all of the Raising Sand Tour dates is available on the artist’s websites: robertplantalisonkrauss.com, robertplant.com, alisonkrauss.com, and tboneburnett.com.

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3 Responses to “Robert Plant, Alison Krauss come to Berkeley”

  1. Santana Says:

    Spring is always one of the most beautiful season of the year and brings always the best news. This year there will be some of great concerts like that of Alison Krauss and the english rock singer Robert Plant. Such concerts worth attending but before booking one should pay attention to prices of tickets. I come to discover an interesting site which do the comparison for free, this way I may book where prices seems reasonable:
    http://www.ticketwood.com/concerts/Robert-Plant-and-Alison-Krauss-Tickets/index.php
    Alison Krauss Tickets
    Alison Krauss’ performances are so awesome and Robert Plant too is not less than Alsion. Both are really great singers.

  2. Tyler Says:

    Hey, guys –

    I work for Rounder, the label this album came out on, and it’s really great to see such support! “Gone Gone Gone” is up for a CMT award (airing next month), so if you could take a couple of minutes and go to CMT.com to vote, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

  3. Rick Says:

    I just got outta the Birmingham concery. It ROCKED

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