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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BBC Sport Live Text-Saturday football features fans texting in events as they happen at various matches. At the Wolves vs West Ham match on August 15, 2009 someone reported:

1452: Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant is on the pitch at Molineux, not sure what that was all about but he wasn’t singing.

The Birmingham Mail (UK) relates a tale of Robert Plant being turned away at the inn. In a travel piece about Ynyshir Hall in Wales, writer Adrian Caffery quotes Joan Reen, the owner of the establishment:

“One winter’s night an old Volvo roared up the hotel drive and a guy jumped out with a long mane of wild, curly hair.

“He wanted a room but he was dressed, well, rather casually. There was no one booked in so I told him we were closed and sent him away.

“My son had seen the man approach reception from his room and came rushing down the stairs. ‘Don’t you know who that was?’ he said. ‘It was Robert Plant!’ I had no idea.”

Luckily, Robert, who owns a property nearby in Artists Valley, returned to Ynyshir Hall and has been a regular visitor ever since, taking great delight in teasing Joan about the incident.

Rita’s Reviews reports that Robert Plant was spotted at Scott Matthews’ Birmingham Glee Club gig on May 19, 2009. She reports:

Wolverhampton’s very own Scott Matthews debuted some of his much anticipated new material at Birmingham’s Glee Club last night, to a captivated crowd that included old friends, family, and his most famous local fan - the legendary Robert Plant.

Plant features on Scott’s upcoming second album, Elsewhere, but the gig saw him shy away from the stage, allowing the singer songwriter to enjoy his deserved place in the spotlight alone.

Roland Hughes writing for The National reports that Robert Plant was attending the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 26, 2009. He writes:

Former Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant has been seen milling around the paddock, although so far it’s been a Grand Prix short of the traditional big names. Plant is here less than a day after headlining at Womad festival in Abu Dhabi.

Robert Plant was in attendance when Wolves defeated Derby on April 13, 2009.

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Caitlin Moran writes a humorous piece about the festival-going experience in Times Online. In it she outlines some good and bad points about the inevitable mud soaking you’ll get. One of the good points? Watching “Robert Plant patiently queue for a whole barbecued fish at the Yam The Cassava Caribbean snack-stall.”

The British Speedway Promoter’s Association reports a Robert Plant sighting at Wolverhampton on March 15, 2009:

RETIRING Speedway superstar Billy Hamill has fulfilled one of his lifelong ambitions… by meeting his hero Robert Plant.

Hamill hosts his farewell meeting at Wolverhampton on Sunday and met music legend Plant at the city’s football ground over the weekend.

Said Hamill: “It was a thrilling moment for me. I took the bike around the pitch and also got to meet my hero after the match!”

Cris Brunson, blogging in Moo Dog Media, reports that Robert visited Mermaid’s Cove Jewelers in Mystic, CT. Mermaid’s Cove specializes in nautical designs. Robert reportedly took home a Neptune figure.

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