Editing Robert Plant (section)

===Sensational Space Shifters (2012–2018)===
It was first reported that Robert Plant's new band, the Sensational Space Shifters, would be debuting at 2012's [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]] festival in [[Wiltshire]], England. An intimate warm up gig was then announced in Gloucester on 8 May 2012 to a crowd of 400. Although it was initially reported that there were 10 members of the band, along with Plant the band consists of former Strange Sensation members, [[Cast (band)|Cast]] guitarist [[Liam Tyson|Liam "Skin" Tyson]], [[Justin Adams]], Billy Fuller and John Baggott along with Dave Smith and [[Juldeh Camara]]. [[Patty Griffin]] was the special guest on the first few shows prior to her new album release and subsequent tour.<ref>{{cite web |author=Leonie Cooper |url=https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/63585 |title=Robert Plant announces one-off London show for July – ticket details |website=NME |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Festival des Vieilles Charrues 2018 - Robert Plant - 023.jpg|thumb|right|Plant performing live on stage at a music festival in July 2018]]

On 13 July 2012, the band released a download live album called ''[[Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)]]''. This album featured a mix of Strange Sensation and Led Zeppelin reinterpretations as well as covers and a spot by Patty Griffin.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Matthew Wilkening |title=Robert Plant Releases New Live Album Featuring Sensational Space Shifters Band |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-2012-live-album/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=16 October 2017 |date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="itunes.apple.com Sensational Space Shifters Live in London July 12">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sensational-space-shifters-live-in-london-july-12/545027287 |title=Sensational Space Shifters (Live In London July '12) |date= 13 July 2012 |website=[[iTunes]] |access-date= 16 October 2017}}</ref> In addition to WOMAD and the Gloucester show, the Sensational Space Shifters were scheduled for the free [[Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival]]'s 25th anniversary in [[Clarksdale, Mississippi]] on 10–12 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=Shauna Wright |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-new-band-womad/ |title=Robert Plant to Play With New Band at WOMAD Festival |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=23 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brian Guardner |url=http://www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon/?p=1737/ |title=Robert Plant to Unveil the Sensational Space Shifters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801030125/http://www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon/?p=1737%2F |archive-date=1 August 2013 |work=Ramble on Radio |date=16 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ken Kelley |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-to-debut-new-band-at-intimate-show/ |title=Robert Plant to Debut New Band at Intimate Show |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/tblweb09/?p=13120 |title=TBL News Round Up: Robert Plant for Sunflower Festival/ JPJ at Abbey Road Sound and Vision Cancer Research UK Event/ Bombay '72/ You Tube Clips |website=Tight But Loose |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=16 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029113615/http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/tblweb09/?p=13120 |archive-date=29 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Nigel Tassell |url=http://womad.org/performances/3840/ |title=Robert Plant's latest open-eared musical excursion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223212628/http://womad.org/performances/3840/ |archive-date=23 December 2014 |website=World of Music, Arts and Dance |date=March 2011 }}</ref>

Released in 2014, ''[[Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar]]'' is Plant's tenth solo album and the first studio recording with his band the Sensational Space Shifters.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 June 2014|title=Robert Plant announces new album and UK tour|url=https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/78080|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625050926/https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/78080|archive-date=25 June 2014|access-date=30 November 2021|website=NME}}</ref> 
On 28 June 2014, Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters played at the [[Glastonbury Extravaganza]]. The band featured West African musician [[Juldeh Camara]], guitarists [[Skin Tyson]] and [[Justin Adams]], drummer Dave Smith, [[Massive Attack]] keyboardist John Baggott, and bassist Billy Fuller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/14/140109c.shtml#61r2PVW6clClchK1.99|title=Sensational Space Shifters ft Robert Plant for Glastonbury Extravaganza – eFestivals.co.uk|access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> On 7 August 2014, Plant announced an [[Robert Plant concert tours#2014|autumn 2014 7-date North American tour]] from 25 September (in Port Chester, NY) to 7 October 2014 (in Los Angeles, CA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-2014-tour/ |title= Robert Plant Announces 2014 North American Tour (by Dave Lifton) |date= 7 August 2014<!--, 12:56 PM--> |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>

To celebrate [[Record Store Day]] 2015 (Saturday 18 April), Plant released a special 10-inch live EP titled ''More Roar'', which was limited to 10,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1705-robert-plant-to-release-more-roar-live-ep-for-record-store-day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144615/http://www.led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1705-robert-plant-to-release-more-roar-live-ep-for-record-store-day |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Robert Plant To Release 'More Roar' Live EP For 'Record Store Day' |date= 22 March 2015|website=Led-zeppelin.org |access-date= 28 March 2015}}</ref> During a concert at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on 19 September 2015, Plant hinted at plans for a new album with the Sensational Space Shifters, stating, "We'll go make another record and then we'll come see you guys even more."<ref>Isenhart, Olivia. [http://pancakesandwhiskey.com/2015/09/19/robert-plant-stuns-hammerstein-ballroom-with-zeppelin-classics/ "Robert Plant Stuns Hammerstein Ballroom with Zeppelin Classics"], ''Pancakes and Whiskey'', New York City, 20 September 2015. Retrieved on 20 September 2015.</ref>

On 25 April 2015, Plant headlined a special event, "Lead Belly at 125" – a tribute to American Folk Legend [[Lead Belly]] at [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Centre]] in conjunction with the [[Grammy Museum]] and performed with [[Alison Krauss]], [[Viktor Krauss]], [[Buddy Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grammymuseum.org/event/lead-belly-at-125-a-tribute-to-an-american-songster/|title=LEAD BELLY AT 125: A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN SONGSTER|date=25 April 2015|work=[[Grammy Museum]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

Plant covered [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]'s track, "Blanket of Night", featured on the [[British Red Cross]]' compilation LP "The Long Road", released on 4 March 2016. The LP aimed to raise awareness of the "struggles faced by refugees and asylum seekers at a time of increased global conflict and migration". ''"We have a worldwide international catastrophe,"'' says Plant. ''"Talking about it is one thing, doing something about it is another. The position we are in, it's paramount we all do our best one way or another to help."''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/94097/Robert-Plant-Tinariwen-record-exclusive-tracks-for-British-Red-Cross|title=Robert Plant, Tinariwen record exclusive tracks for British Red Cross|date=9 December 2015|work=[Music-News]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> Plant later confirmed that in October he would join artists including [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Patty Griffin]], for select dates{{efn|Eight dates on 11,12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 & 21 October 2016 respectively in [[St. Louis, MO]], [[Milwaukee, WI]], Chicago, Toronto, ON, [[Boston]], New York City, [[Philadelphia]], and Washington, D.C.<ref name="robertplant.com Robert Plant Lampedusa Concert for Refugees tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.robertplant.com/#news |title=Lampedusa Concert for Refugees |date= 19 September 2016 |website=robertplant.com |access-date= 11 November 2016}}</ref>}} on the [[Lampedusa]] Concerts for Refugees tour. The tour across 11 North American cities was a series of acoustic concerts intended to raise awareness of the worldwide refugee crisis and funds to support educational programs for refugees.

Plant's eleventh solo album, ''[[Carry Fire]],'' was released on 13 October 2017 and was the second studio album to be supported by his band the Sensational Space Shifters.<ref name="ultimateclassicrock.com Robert Plant new album Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-carry-fire-album/ |title=Robert Plant Announces New 'Carry Fire' LP, Debuts 'The May Queen' Single |date= 18 August 2017 |website=ultimateclassicrock.com |access-date= 21 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="billboard.com Robert Plant Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7933994/robert-plant-carry-fire-album-may-queen-single |title=Robert Plant Releasing 'Carry Fire' Album in October, Listen to 'The May Queen' Now |date= 18 August 2017 |website=billboard.com |access-date= 21 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="facebook Robert Plant new album Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/robertplant/videos/1630515230316314/ |title='Carry Fire', the new album from Robert Plant, will be released on 13th October. |date= 18 August 2017 |website=Facebook |access-date= 20 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Plant received the AMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[Americana Music Honors & Awards|UK Americana Honors & Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/robert-plant-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-uk-americana-awards-2018/|title=Robert Plant to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at UK Americana Awards 2018 – Entertainment Focus|website=Entertainment-focus.com|date=8 November 2017 |access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> Plant headlined the Sunday night of [[Iceland]]'s Secret Solstice Festival in [[Reykjavík]] on 23 June 2019.<ref name="icelandreview.com Robert Plant Secret Solstice Festival">{{cite web |url=https://www.icelandreview.com/news/robert-plant-at-secret-solstice |title= Robert Plant to Play Secret Solstice (by Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir) |date= 31 January 2019 |website=www.icelandreview.com |access-date= 31 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="secretsolstice.is Robert Plant Secret Solstice Festival">{{cite web |url=https://secretsolstice.is/robert-plant-uk/ |title=Robert Plant and the Sensational Shapeshifters [UK] |date= January 2019 |website=secretsolstice.is |access-date= 31 January 2019}}</ref>

John Blease joined the Sensational Space Shifters in June 2018 and replaced Dave Smith on drums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://johnblease.com/2018/05/30/robert-plant/|title=Robert Plant|work=[John Blease official website]|date=30 May 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>