Robert Plant With Saving Grace (And Suzi Dian) To Tour ‘Up The Sharp End’

Robert Plant with his new band Saving Grace, celebrating their new album of the same title, have announced a fall tour, “Up The Sharp End,” with stops in the U.S. Midwest and West Coast, kicking off in September and running into the middle of October.

The band, which embarked on two sold-out U.S. legs last fall and this spring, will stop in markets including Saint Louis, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Chicago, among others. Also on the tour is multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Suzi Dian, who, along with her own material, performs in Saving Grace.

Plant and the band also recently performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk, on CBS Saturday Morning, and on NPR’s World Café, and the frontman was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” where he also performed as one of the show’s final guests, playing “Higher Rock” and the Led Zeppelin favorite “Ramble On.”

“Up The Sharp End” artist presales begin Wednesday, June 10 at 10 a.m. local time, with general onsale beginning Friday, June 12 at 10 a.m. local time.

The Saving Grace album was six years in the making, with Plant and the group — vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown — “exploring the evolution of roots music both vintage and modern,” according to the announcement. The project began at Plant’s home on the Welsh borderlands in 2019.

Robert Plant is represented by High Road Touring.

Robert Plant & Saving Grace with Suzi Dian Tour Dates 

Friday, September 18	St. Louis, MO	The Pageant
Saturday, September 19	Kansas City, MO	Helzberg Hall at The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, September 22	Colorado Springs CO	Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, September 23	Santa Fe, NM	Santa Fe Opera House
Friday, September 25	Flagstaff, AZ	Pepsi Amphitheater
Saturday, September 26	Highland, CA	Yaamava’ Resort & Casino
Monday, September 28	San Diego, CA	Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
Tuesday, September 29	Paso Robles, CA	Vina Robles Amphitheatre
Thursday, October 1	Santa Barbara, CA	Arlington Theatre
Friday, October 2	San Francisco, CA	Orpheum Theatre
Monday, October 5	Sacramento, CA	SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
Thursday, October 8	Salt Lake City, UT	Abravanel Hall
Sunday, October 11	Rapid City, SD	The Monument
Monday, October 12	Sioux City, IA	Orpheum Theatre
Wednesday, October 14	Minneapolis, MN	State Theatre
Thursday, October 15	Chicago, IL	Chicago Theatre