Robert Plant has announced a date at Newport Centre on November 9, following the release of his new album, ‘lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar’, which will be released September 8th on Nonesuch/East West Records.

Produced by Robert Plant, the album is his label debut and features 11 new recordings, 9 of which are original songs written by Robert Plant with his band, The Sensational Space Shifters—Justin Adams: bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals; John Baggott: keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabal, background vocals; Juldeh Camara: kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals; Billy Fuller: bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass; Dave Smith: drum set; and Liam “Skin” Tyson: banjo, guitar, background vocals.

‘lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar’ is Robert Plant’s first record since 2010’s ‘Band of Joy’, which followed 2007’s six-time Grammy Award–winning collaboration with Alison Krauss, ‘Raising Sand’. Justin Adams and John Baggott of The Sensational Space Shifters appeared on Plant’s 2002 release ‘Dreamland’, while all but Camara and Smith appeared on 2005’s ‘Mighty Rearranger’. The new-album line-up recently toured the world before recording ‘lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar’ at Helium Studios in Wiltshire and Real World Studios in Bath, UK. ‘Rainbow’ was recorded in Contino Rooms in London. Tchad Blake mixed all but three tracks on the album.

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant says.

“The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships,” Plant explains, “…and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidescope of sound, colour and friendship.”

The first single from the album, ‘Rainbow,’ will be released this summer.

All tickets are priced at £40 (except London which are £55/£40 and Cambridge, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle and Blackpool are £45/£40) and go on sale

Friday 27th June 9am and are available from:

www.gigsandtour.com / 0844 811 0051 / www.robertplant.com