This month’s upcoming
Rolling Stone has a quick
interview with Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, covering many of the recent activities he’s been up to, as well as his thoughts on a reunion with his beloved band. Seemingly, it’s not happening any time soon…
Plant recently told the magazine, that not only does he not have intentions for playing with his band any time soon, but he’s more worried about getting old. When noting the band’s 2007 reunion show at the O2 Arena in the UK he shared,
“It was an amazing evening. The preparations for it were fraught and intense, but the last rehearsal was really, really good, for all that it represented and all that we were trying to capture. But I’ve gone so far somewhere else that I almost can’t relate to it ... It’s a bit of a pain in the ass to be honest. Who cares? I know people care, but think about it from my angle – soon, I’m going to need help crossing the street.”
In the meantime, Plant has been doing a number of other projects, including attempting to record the follow up to the Grammy winning, best album of 2009
Raising Sand, written with Alison Krauss. When talking about the sessions, he explained, “The sound wasn’t there. Alison is the best. She’s one of my favorite people. We’ll come back to it.”
He also noted why he quit writing songs lately,
“The last time I lifted a pen was when Tony Blair became a Roman Catholic. We were supposedly going into the Gulf, determined to sort the world out in the name of tyranny. Then, once he had to leave the throne, he became a Roman Catholic and became a peace envoy in the Middle East. That’s when I knew the world was completely upside down.”
Finally, the legend explained his thoughts on his old contemporaries and their newer aspirations.
“There’s nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that’s a fact. People who have written their story – they’ve gotten to the point where nothing moves. I don’t deal in that, and I don’t deal with anybody who deals in that.”
Plant is currently on tour with his Band of Joy, supporting their album of the same name which came out last year. Check the tour dates out below:
January:
18 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
19 Pittsburgh, PA - Peterson Events Center (University of Pittsburgh)
21 Ann Arbor, MI - Hill Auditorium
22 Toronto, ONT - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
23 Toronto, ONT - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
25 Boston, MA House of Blues
26 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
28 Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Theater at MGM Grand at Foxwoods
29 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
30 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
February:
1 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
2 Raleigh, NC Raleigh - Memorial Auditorium
4 North Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing Arts Center
5 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
7 Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium
8 Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium
9 Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium
June - 2011 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Colorado (TBA)
