Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 2024-06-04
Ozarks Amphitheater,, Camdentown, MO
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss aren’t ready to stop singing together just yet. “We’ve been doing this on and off since 2007,†says Krauss, “and it’s just gotten better every time we’ve gotten together.†behind their second album, 2021’s Raise the Roof, they’re adding 28 more tour dates this year, beginning in June.
In a joint interview a few days before the June 2 launch of another summer of touring behind “Raise the Roof,†their 2021 acclaimed follow-up to the Grammy-winning “Raising Sand,†the pair begin by disagreeing about when their last tour ended (it was July) and tease each other while answering how they might change the setlist for this run of dates.
“We haven’t started yet, but we have 39 shows so I think we’ll consolidate and play to our strengths initially,†Plant says.
“And then we’ll play to our weaknesses,†Krauss jokes.
“See what I’m dealing with?†Plant responds with mock exasperation.
Krauss and Plant jumped on a Zoom with Rolling Stone for their only interview about the new tour, explaining why they just can’t quit each other, discussing future plans, breaking down their set list, and much more.
Rolling Stone: Robert, you sang “Stairway to Heaven†for the first time in many years at a charity event last year. What did that feel like?
Plant: It was cathartic. People go, “Oh, that’s good. He never was going to do that.†But I didn’t really do it! I just blurted it out. ‘Cause it’s such an important song to me for where I was at the time and where I was with Jimmy and with John and Bonzo. So on that night, it was what it was. It was a trial by fire, but I felt better at the end than at the beginning.
I was thinking it could be the last time you ever sing that song. Would you be OK with that?
Plant: Yeah, I think you’re probably right. I haven’t got around to doing the ice-skating rinks in Finland yet with a small orchestra [laughs]. So I don’t think I’ll be doing that, but I don’t know. Who knows? Something could change somewhere. Spirit and heart could come back in the soul. It’s a long song. Who can remember all those words?
Robert Plant: Well, we’ve been growing from the nervous formality of the very initial kicking it off after so many years of being apart and not really being sure, or even imagining that we would ever get back together.
If you go back to all that time ago, in the beginning of the Raise the Roof recordings, the idea of taking it beyond there was it was very tentative, really, but nerve-wracking. And if I don’t know if you think this, Alison, but when we doing some TV clips [early on] with Duane Eddy and James Burton and stuff, how are we to know from that kind of formal delivery, very neatly done, that we would end up as a particularly far-out, loose band, quite funky and extending all our songs? I think that’s the thing. We just grew more and more into a new place, and that’s what gave us the impetus to try this again.
Can’t Let Go Tour 2024
June 2 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
June 4 – Camdenton, MO – Ozarks Amphitheater*
June 5 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater*
June 7 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater*
June 8 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field*
June 11 – Des Moines, IA – Lauridsen Amphitheater at Waterworks Park*
June 12 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival*
June 14 – Toledo, OH – Toledo Zoo & Aquarium – Amphitheater*
June 15 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake*
June 18 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap*
June 19 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap*
Aug. 8 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater*
Aug. 9 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater*
Aug. 11 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Aug. 13 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
Aug. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
Aug. 16 – Seattle, WA – Venue TBD*
Aug. 17 – Seattle, WA – Venue TBD*
Aug. 19 – Eugene, OR – The Cuthbert Amphitheater*
Aug. 21 – Murphy’s, CA – Ironstone Amphitheatre*
Aug. 22 – Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater*
Aug. 24 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
Aug. 25 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Theater*
Aug. 26 – Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Amphitheater*
Aug. 28 – Santa Fe, NM – The Santa Fe Opera*
Aug. 29 – Santa Fe, NM – The Santa Fe Opera*
Aug. 31 – Colorado Springs, CO – Sunset Amphitheater*
Sept. 1 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater*
Alison Krauss: It’s felt great. I’m really glad that we’ve been able to revisit this as many times as we have. The band has more room, and I get a little more consistency with what’s happening when it’s time for me to jump in and sing harmony. And I thought, “Oh, it’ll be too long in between…†But it’s amazing how quickly the months go by before we go out again. I’m really looking forward to doing it again.
Plant: I’ve got a Tascam digital recorder, and I sing, and I put the vocals through a guitar pedal, and then I record them on that over there, and it sounds great. Why bother to go to the studio? But I can’t find words. This is a very difficult time to try and wax lyrical out there.
In a joint interview a few days before the June 2 launch of another summer of touring behind “Raise the Roof,†their 2021 acclaimed follow-up to the Grammy-winning “Raising Sand,†the pair begin by disagreeing about when their last tour ended (it was July) and tease each other while answering how they might change the setlist for this run of dates.
“We haven’t started yet, but we have 39 shows so I think we’ll consolidate and play to our strengths initially,†Plant says.
“And then we’ll play to our weaknesses,†Krauss jokes.
“See what I’m dealing with?†Plant responds with mock exasperation.
Krauss and Plant jumped on a Zoom with Rolling Stone for their only interview about the new tour, explaining why they just can’t quit each other, discussing future plans, breaking down their set list, and much more.
Rolling Stone: Robert, you sang “Stairway to Heaven†for the first time in many years at a charity event last year. What did that feel like?
Plant: It was cathartic. People go, “Oh, that’s good. He never was going to do that.†But I didn’t really do it! I just blurted it out. ‘Cause it’s such an important song to me for where I was at the time and where I was with Jimmy and with John and Bonzo. So on that night, it was what it was. It was a trial by fire, but I felt better at the end than at the beginning.
I was thinking it could be the last time you ever sing that song. Would you be OK with that?
Plant: Yeah, I think you’re probably right. I haven’t got around to doing the ice-skating rinks in Finland yet with a small orchestra [laughs]. So I don’t think I’ll be doing that, but I don’t know. Who knows? Something could change somewhere. Spirit and heart could come back in the soul. It’s a long song. Who can remember all those words?
Robert Plant: Well, we’ve been growing from the nervous formality of the very initial kicking it off after so many years of being apart and not really being sure, or even imagining that we would ever get back together.
If you go back to all that time ago, in the beginning of the Raise the Roof recordings, the idea of taking it beyond there was it was very tentative, really, but nerve-wracking. And if I don’t know if you think this, Alison, but when we doing some TV clips [early on] with Duane Eddy and James Burton and stuff, how are we to know from that kind of formal delivery, very neatly done, that we would end up as a particularly far-out, loose band, quite funky and extending all our songs? I think that’s the thing. We just grew more and more into a new place, and that’s what gave us the impetus to try this again.
Can’t Let Go Tour 2024
June 2 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
June 4 – Camdenton, MO – Ozarks Amphitheater*
June 5 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater*
June 7 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater*
June 8 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field*
June 11 – Des Moines, IA – Lauridsen Amphitheater at Waterworks Park*
June 12 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival*
June 14 – Toledo, OH – Toledo Zoo & Aquarium – Amphitheater*
June 15 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake*
June 18 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap*
June 19 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap*
Aug. 8 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater*
Aug. 9 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater*
Aug. 11 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Aug. 13 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
Aug. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
Aug. 16 – Seattle, WA – Venue TBD*
Aug. 17 – Seattle, WA – Venue TBD*
Aug. 19 – Eugene, OR – The Cuthbert Amphitheater*
Aug. 21 – Murphy’s, CA – Ironstone Amphitheatre*
Aug. 22 – Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater*
Aug. 24 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
Aug. 25 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Theater*
Aug. 26 – Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Amphitheater*
Aug. 28 – Santa Fe, NM – The Santa Fe Opera*
Aug. 29 – Santa Fe, NM – The Santa Fe Opera*
Aug. 31 – Colorado Springs, CO – Sunset Amphitheater*
Sept. 1 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater*
Alison Krauss: It’s felt great. I’m really glad that we’ve been able to revisit this as many times as we have. The band has more room, and I get a little more consistency with what’s happening when it’s time for me to jump in and sing harmony. And I thought, “Oh, it’ll be too long in between…†But it’s amazing how quickly the months go by before we go out again. I’m really looking forward to doing it again.
Plant: I’ve got a Tascam digital recorder, and I sing, and I put the vocals through a guitar pedal, and then I record them on that over there, and it sounds great. Why bother to go to the studio? But I can’t find words. This is a very difficult time to try and wax lyrical out there.
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