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ROCK fans have today been given the opportunity of a lifetime to see the legendary star Robert Plant play a unique and intimate gig in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Sound & Vision, sponsored by Shepperton, takes place at Abbey Road Studios on 25 February 2010. The event, which is now in its fifth year, has raised over £700,000 for Cancer Research UK’s lifesaving work since it started in 2006. Robert’s set will include support from American singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and the London Oriana Choir, in what promises to be a completely unique, one-off performance.
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Dear Mr. Plant,

On behalf of everyone at the Old Country Store Restaurant and Casey Jones Village in Jackson Tennessee, thanks for joining us for lunch the day after Thanksgiving. We hope you enjoyed our traditional southern cookin’ and that you will return again next time you’re in the area. I saw you were in the Memphis area on your website for the Blues Tribute. We love the Blues too. In fact, we met you in a little restaurant we had in downtown Jackson about 10 years ago. You were looking for information on the Sonny boy Williamson that hailed from here.  [Read more]

Mississippi Blues Trail Marker dedication honoring W.C. Handy and the town of Tutwiler. Robert Plant talks about how the blues of Sonny Boy Williamson affected his life and career. [Read more]

2009 Q Awards - Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
Robert Plant wins:  Outstanding Contribution to Music Award

RP’s Acceptance Speech:

In 1963 most bands passing through my town worked off the same sheet – Chicago R&B and early Motown identikit – packed with mail order arrogance and a taste for our local girls –
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Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has admitted he has spoken to festival organiser Michael Eavis about performing at Glastonbury next year.

Speaking to BBC 6 Music at the Q Awards, he said: “I’ve just been talking to Michael. There’s place for me there, but I have no idea who with.”

Plant picked up the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

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