Robert Plant: London Forum, September 2, 2010

Yesterday, Michael posted a review of Robert Plantโ€™s secret London show on Wednesday. Heading back from holiday in France, I missed that one โ€“ luckily, it turns out, since Plant only played seven songs then, and the show I caught last night at the Forum stretched to 20-odd.

Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy, One Mayfair, London, September 1, 2010

โ€œThis,โ€ says Robert Plant, gesturing round the former church that heโ€™s chosen as the venue for tonightโ€™s gig, โ€œused be a house of the holy, now itโ€™s obsolete. But itโ€™s available for wedding receptionsโ€ฆโ€ Itโ€™s funny the way Plant puts a slight tremble in his voice when he says โ€œhouse of the holyโ€, the only reference he makes all night to his other band. Zepwatchers might also chose to read plenty into Plantโ€™s use of โ€œobsoleteโ€, especially after his comment in The Independent last week โ€“ โ€œI feel so far away from heavy rockโ€ โ€“ further reiterated his position that more Zeppelin activity is about as likely as a Beatles reunion.
Advertisement

Editor's Picks

Advertisement