ROBERT PLANT RETURNS WITH A NEW STUDIO ALBUM "CARRY FIRE"

ROBERT PLANT RETURNS WITH A NEW STUDIO ALBUM “CARRY FIRE”, TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 13^th

 “Carry Fire”, his eleventh solo album and first full-length release since 2014’s acclaimed lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar was produced by Plant in the west of England and Wales, at Top Cat studio in Box, Wiltshire with additional recordings at Real World and Rockfield studios. As with lullaby, Plant is accompanied by The Sensational Space Shifters: John Baggott on keyboards, moog, loops, percussion, drums, brass arrangement, t’bal, snare drum, slide guitar, piano, electric piano, bendir; Justin Adams on guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, E-bow quartet, percussion, snare drum, tambourine; Dave Smith on bendir, tambourine, djembe, drum kit; and Liam “Skin” Tyson on dobro, guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, twelve-string.

Plant and the Space Shifters are also joined on Carry Fire by a number of special guests. Chrissie Hynde joins Plant on the duet “Bluebirds Over The Mountain” (written by rockabilly legend Ersel Hickey and later recorded by both Richie Valens and The Beach Boys). Albanian cellist Redi Hasa performs on three tracks, as does the celebrated Seth Lakeman on viola and fiddle.

Plant and the Space Shifters (which now includes Lakeman) will celebrate Carry Fire’s release by beginning a world tour in November 2017 starting in UK & Ireland and touring all corners of the globe from thereon.

The Irish dates are;

Sat 2^nd December 2017      Northern Ireland, Belfast Ulster Hall

Sun 3^rd December 2017      Dublin, Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre