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Robert Plant visits Kathie Lee and Hoda

filed on September 14th, 2010 by Press Officer

Robert Plant joined Kathie Lee and Hoda for drinks and laughs on September 14, 2010.

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Robert Plant Tastes Chicago

filed on June 30th, 2010 by Press Officer

The Chicago Sun Times reports that Robert Plant visited Chicago this week, even making an appearance with Los Lobos at Taste of Chicago on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The evening before he treated guests at the James Hotel to an impromptu jam session.

Article and photos.

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Robert Plant Previews Band of Joy in NYC

filed on June 25th, 2010 by Press Officer

Robert Plant previewed his forthcoming album Band of Joy for critics in New York City on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Kenneth Partridge from Spinner.com reports that Robert attended the preview at the Back Room, a bar in the Lower East Side.

Partridge quoted Robert as saying:

“People say to me, ‘How do we know what you’re going to do next?’” he said. “I have no idea ever what I will do. I just know the first four hours when you meet musicians are the most crucial in your life. You know then whether there’s something really magical there, or whether you’re just churning it out.”

“And I could never go anywhere near that latter condition,” he said.

Posted in News, Sightings |

Sightings: Lunching in NYC

filed on May 15th, 2010 by Press Officer

Robert Plant was spotted having lunch at a New York City eatery on May 14, 2010. While his lunch companions stepped away, Plant teased the photographers.

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Wolves End of Season Awards

filed on May 9th, 2010 by Press Officer

Wolverhampton Wanders held their end of season awards banquet to celebrate their Premier League status. Robert Plant attended in his role of Vice President of the team. A short video from Express and Star outlines the event. Robert Plant can be seen at the :40 mark.

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Robert Plant in the Studio

filed on April 9th, 2010 by Press Officer

Producer and multi instrumentalist Gurf Morlix has some photos of Robert Plant at work on his MySpace page. In the photos, Robert and Gurf are joined by Buddy Miller, Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch, and Jay Bellerose.

Gurf Morlix also worked on the recording of “What You Gonna Do Leroy” for Buddy and Julie Miller’s album “Written in Chalk”.

Posted in News, Sightings |

Sightings: Robert Plant Shopping in Nashville

filed on March 25th, 2010 by Press Officer

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Robert Plant bought a photograph while returning a pair of jeans at a Nashville mall. Columnist Michael Klein writes:

Localite Scott Segelbaum, who tours with his Rock Art Show, was set up in Nashville a few weeks ago when Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin stopped over. Plant happened to be at the mall returning a pair of jeans. Segelbaum showed Plant a photo of himself clowning with Jimmy Page in 1998, taken by Philly photographer Melanie Weiner. Plant bought a print, and Segelbaum got an autograph: a MasterCard receipt. The shot, plus others, will be sold at the WMGK Classic Rock Art Show, tomorrow through April 18 at the Plaza at King of Prussia on the lower level.

Posted in Sightings |

Robert Plant Attends 90th Birthday Bash

filed on February 1st, 2010 by Press Officer

Robert Plant attended the 90th birthday party for former Wolves goalkeeper Bert Williams on January 31, 2010. There were 250 guests present at Molineux to celebrate the event.

Robert, who sat in the back with with Steve Bull, donated a signed guitar for a charity auction. The guitar brought £851 to benefit the Alzheimer’s Society. Robert commented: “I can get tickets for most gigs but there are some events where the tickets are priceless and this is one of them.”

Visit Express and Star for more on the event, including photos.

Posted in Charity, Sightings |

Video: Robert Plant in Tutwiler

filed on November 27th, 2009 by Press Officer

Here is a video taken during Robert Plant’s visit to Tutwiler, Miss. While they were setting the shot up someone asked “how does he look?” Robert quipped “61!”

Posted in News, Sightings |

Sightings: In the Studio with Mark Howard

filed on November 26th, 2009 by Press Officer

In October, Robert was sighted in California, including guest appearances with Buddy Miller for a couple of shows. Also during this time he got in a little studio time with Daniel Lanois and producer Mark Howard. Howard posted a few pictures of the session in his MySpace gallery.

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