Robert Plant will tour the UK with Saving Grace in November, it was announced on August 15.
The band will perform 13 shows across England and Wales starting on November 1, according to the tour announcement.
Tickets for Saving Grace’s upcoming UK tour will go on sale at 10am UK time on Friday, August 18 through this link.
Saving Grace previously announced that the band will appear at the November 4 80th birthday concert in London to honour Bert Jansch.
The band’s November UK tour will follow a European tour due to take place during August and September that will see them perform in Slovenia, Italy and Spain.
Here are the newly announced Saving Grace tour dates:
- November 1 – Brighton
- November 2 – Guildford
- November 5 – Birmingham
- November 7 – Bournemouth
- November 8 – Cardiff
- November 11 – Salford
- November 13 – Oxford
- November 16 – Basingstoke
- November 17 – Cambridge
- November 19 – Grimsby
- November 20 – Gateshead
- November 22 – Bradford
- November 23 – Stoke-on-Trent
Saving Grace has been recording an album
Saving Grace is clearly an important project for Plant, with the band’s debut album on the way. Plant said on stage last year that the band had been recording in Steve Winwood’s studio in England.
LedZepNews revealed in 2021 that a British business owned by Plant secured trademarks for “Saving Grace” across Europe and the US in order to block anyone else from using that band name to release music or merchandise.
Plant has never taken out trademarks for his solo projects before, making this an unusual step that could indicate longterm interest in the Saving Grace project.
On January 23, 2020, lawyers representing a London company named Trolcharm Limited filed applications in Europe and the US to trademark “Saving Grace”.
Plant owns more than 75% of Trolcharm Limited, according to Companies House filings in the UK. His three surviving children are directors of the business along with Plant.
The business owns the copyright to much of Plant’s solo career and is frequently credited in the liner notes of his albums, including “Raise The Roof.”
The trademark applications, which were all eventually approved, include the following fields:
▪ Audio and video recordings including digital downloads and CDs
▪ Live music footage
▪ Posters, stickers and magazines
▪ Bags, wallets, umbrellas and luggage
▪ Clothing including footwear and headgear
Taking out trademarks for his musical projects is a rarity for Plant. He hasn’t applied to trademark the names of his previous solo bands Strange Sensation, the Band of Joy or the Sensational Space Shifters.
Plant hasn’t trademarked his own name, either, unlike Jimmy Page who does own trademarks to protect his personal brand including his name, his autograph and the word “ZOSO.”
The Saving Grace filings are the only trademark applications ever filed by Trolcharm Limited or any other business used by Plant to run his solo career.
The presence of trademark filings don’t always mean that the trademark holder will actually launch the product or service they have the trademarks for.
Any Glasgow dates?
UK tour? England and Wales. Why no Scottish dates?
Any chance Robert and Allison will come back to Cleveland Ohio to do the show that was canceled? There was so looking forward to it with my grandchildren.