It's not everyday that we music fans here in Ro-noke, Vuh-jin-ya, can say that the announcement of a Steve Earle concert in the Star City is NOT the biggest music news of the day.
Wednesday, though, was one of those days.

Just a couple of hours after the Jefferson Center announced that Earle and wife Allison Moorer are coming April 14, word came that Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are bringing their "Raising Sand" tour to the Roanoke Civic Center on June 2.
Talk about a great day for the concert scene. Both shows should do big business here. I've been waiting for the JeffCenter to get Steve Earle for years. He's perfect for Shaftman Performance Hall.
And Plant and Krauss -- well, that's huge. Led Zeppelin never played here (although they got as close as Greensboro a couple of times, in addition to Hampton, Charlotte and Raleigh) and I ain't expecting any reunion tours to sweep through the RCC, so this might be the only time we see Plant anywhere near Williamson Road.
Anyway, it was a good day. In fact, 2007-2008 has been a good season across the board, musically speaking. When you draw those circles wider to include Charlottesville and Greensboro, we've had a lot of shows pass within hollerin' distance of the Star City. Let's hope for more.

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