BETTYE LAVETTE TO JOIN ROBERT PLANT'S TOUR

Bettye Invited by Robert Plant to Open on His July Tour; "All of My Love"

The stars are aligning for Bettye LaVette and the May 25 release of "INTERPRETATIONS: The British Rock Songbook," as Robert Plant has invited Bettye to open for his July tour. Bettye's 3rd album for Anti-, and the follow-up to her Grammy-nominated "Scene of the Crime," is earning considerable praise from both the press and her artist peers, and she's already booked for a performance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" for June 23.

The request to join the legendary Led Zeppelin vocalist on tour is not so much a notch in Bettye's belt as it is another link in the chain: Her latest work is an impassioned dissertation on the much-documented influence that American blues and soul had on British rock n' roll -- but more than that, it's an exploration of how those echoes from a foreign shore in turn influenced and reshaped American blues and soul. Fittingly, Bettye's rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic "All of My Love," was premiered exclusively on AOL's "Spinner" on April 27.

Tour dates with Robert Plant are as follows:
DATE CITY/STATE VENUE:
7/20 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
7/21 Tucson, AZ Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
7/23 Dallas, TX Meyerson Symphony Center
7/24 Houston, TX Woodlands
7/26 Austin, TX Stubb's
7/28 Mobile, AL The Saenger Theatre
7/30 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Theatre
7/31 Miami, FL Bayfront

"Bettye LaVette’s amazing rendition of the Led Zeppelin song ‘All My Love’ is currently available for free download on Spinner.com I guarantee this version will give you a whole new appreciation of the song. I can’t stress how good this track is – seriously". To listen go here.