Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Part 2 vs. Iron & Wine & Califone

Since their Sunday April 20 show sold out at, basically, light speed, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss will play a second gig Saturday night, April 19, at The Palace. T. Bone Burnett, producer of their duet, Raising Sand, which has been lauded by everyone, including our music desk. Tickets are are $67, $57 and $47 (plus fees) go on sale at noon this Friday, Feb. 8 at the Palace Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 502-361-3100 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

And if you think your Sunday still belongs to HBO … well, Iron & Wine are returning to Headliners Music Hall on Sunday, April 20 with Califone opening. I&W founder Sam Beam's The Shepherd's Dog was probably the best record to come out in 2007 (hear "Wolves" for proof). Tickets for the 18-and-over show are $23 (advance), $25 day of, and they also go on sale at 10 a.m. Tickets can be bought at Ear X-Tacy or Ticket Web. —MH

1 comment:

Cory said...

Everyone keeps saying how great I&W's new album was. I thought it was crap personally, compared with the first two. Nevertheless, I'm really excited for the show. I've seen Sam twice & both were really good.

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