June 10, 2008, Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, NY

Opening Act: Sharon Little

Set List:
Rich Woman
Leave My Woman Alone
Black Dog
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
So Long Goodbye To You
Fortune Teller
In the Mood/Maddy Grove/In the Mood
Black Country Woman
Bon Temps Roulez
Shut It Tight
Green Pastures
Down To the River To Pray
Killing The Blues
Nothin’
Battle of Evermore
Please Read the Letter
Gone Gone Gone
Don’t Knock
I’m a One Woman Man
Your Long Journey

from theenchanter:
Robert Plant is clearly right where he belongs. Seeing the show tonight (2nd one of the tour) and the energy and smiles from him and really from all of them is incredible. They’ve clearly found their groove together and I noticed with this show more improvising and playing off each other. There are so many moments when either Alison or T Bone or someone in the band has a solo and you can see his face just taking it all in and being so moved by it.

Even though many of these songs were not originally penned by Robert or Alison, you pretty well forget that. They’ve made it their own. The root and meaning of the song is clearly there, but they’ve added their own interpretation to make it something so unique.

So many highlights - I really love hearing Robert sing Leave My Woman Alone, Don’t Knock and I’m a One Woman Man. He’s got a great way with them and it’s yet another example as I’ve said so often, how diverse and talented a singer he is to move through so many genres and it “fit” so well. Fortune Teller is one of my favorites - Robert gets that little twinkle in his eye when he sings it. Great fun. Nothin’ is more intense live. In the Mood into Maddy Grove is gorgeous and it’s nice to revisit his earlier work and hear it in a totally different manner. Probably the most moving part of the show was Your Long Journey. The song is a tear jerker on the album and to watch him sing it just intensifies the words that much more.

Alison’s voice was stunning. To hear her sing Down to the River without accompaniment and so on key is great. Special nods really need to go out to T Bone for his vision bringing this project to life the way he did. At the end when they bowed, he just hugged Robert and smiled at him like a proud papa. It was really sweet to see.

It’s hard to believe they were on for 2 hours because it went way too quickly.

This time I was able to see the full merchandise table - they have in addition to the tourbook (which I would suggest if you only get one thing, buy that), a few different t-shirt styles, a poster of them but it’s done in an artistic treatment, a tote bag (white) and I think that was it.