Editing Robert Plant (section)

===Band of Joy (2010–2011)===
[[File:BandOfJoy.jpg|thumb|Plant performing live with the [[Band of Joy]] (including, most notably, [[Patty Griffin]] and [[Buddy Miller]]) at [[Birmingham Symphony Hall]] on 27 October 2010]]

In July 2010, Plant embarked on a twelve-date summer tour in the United States with his newly formed group called [[Band of Joy]] (reprising the name of his first band in the 1960s). The group included singer [[Patty Griffin]], singer-guitarist [[Buddy Miller]], multi-instrumentalist and vocalist [[Darrell Scott]], bassist-vocalist Byron House, and drummer-percussionist-vocalist [[Marco Giovino]].

A one-off show in the United States on 12 September 2010 at the [[Bowery Ballroom]] in New York City, was followed by an eleven-date autumn 2010 tour in Europe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertplant.com/tour/ |title=Robert Plant Official Website / Tour |publisher=Robertplant.com |access-date=5 September 2010}}</ref> and a North America tour in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rounder.com/artist/news/detail.aspx?nid=4485&aid=8790 |title=Rounder Records Website / Tour |publisher=rounder.com |access-date=16 November 2010 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A new studio album called ''[[Band of Joy (album)|Band of Joy]]'' was released on 13 September 2010 on the [[Rounder Records]] label.<ref>{{cite web |title=Band Of Joy |url=https://www.amazon.com/Band-Joy-Robert-Plant/dp/B003NWS5AO |website=Amazon |access-date=17 October 2018 |date=14 September 2010}}</ref> The album was nominated for Best Americana Album in the 2011 Grammy Awards, and Plant's performance of "Silver Rider" on the album (a cover from the [[Low (band)|Low]] album ''[[The Great Destroyer]]'') was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.

The band played their final scheduled show together at the Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in [[Herefordshire]] on 7 August 2011. The show ended with Plant bidding his bandmates "a fond farewell".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2011/08/08/review-robert-plants-last-concert-with-the-band-of-joy/ |title = Review – Robert Plant's last concert with the Band of Joy | newspaper = Express & Star | location = Wolverhampton, England | date = 8 August 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>

In September 2011, Plant played in [[Marfa, TX]] at El Cosmic Trans – Pecos Festival as part of a band called Crown Vic consisting of [[Patty Griffin]], Dony Wynn, [[David Grissom]], Glenn Fukunaga, Michael Ramos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-possible-new-band/|title=Robert Plant Debuts Possible New Band|date=24 September 2011|work=[Ultimate Classic Rock]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

On 30 September 2011, Plant and Band of Joy played in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, as part of the 11th [[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass]] festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/events/2011/09/your-guide-hardly-strictly-bluegrass-music |title=Your guide to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music |newspaper=The Examiner |location=San Francisco |date=30 September 2011 |access-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210112912/http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/events/2011/09/your-guide-hardly-strictly-bluegrass-music |archive-date=10 December 2011}}</ref>

Released in October 2011, Plant duetted with [[Alfie Boe]] on "[[Song to the Siren]]" for Alfie's sixth album, [[Alfie (Alfie Boe album)|Alfie]], which he also recorded himself on 2002's [[Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|''Dreamland'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-alfie-boe-song-to-the-siren-clip-debuts/|title=Robert Plant, Alfie Boe 'Song to the Siren' Clip Debuts|date=6 November 2011|work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>