VELVET REVOLVER drummer
Matt Sorum has posted the following message regarding the band's March 22 concert at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England:
"After the last couple of days and
all the craziness, [we] had a really cool surprise:
Robert Plant [
LED ZEPPELIN] came into our dressing room and we had a nice sit-down with him for a least an hour. It's so weird, even though here I am playing in bands for all these years and meeting so many famous musicians and people. This was really a highlight. What a great guy. [I] have met him before when I was with
THE CULT. He came to a show at Manchester Apollo. As well as last time with
VR there. Tonight was just cool and more intimate, I guess. We just shot the shit. A few road stories and he told me he wrote
'Black Country Woman' about a girl that was from the area we were playing in called Wolverhampton. Wow, trivia from the man himself. His son was in the opening band and Dad was playing roadie for the night. The band is called
AURA and they were young and rockin'. Very blues-based — a lot like
ZEP. Also on the bill is
Scott Ian's [
ANTHRAX] band with his girl
Pearl, another kid of rockstar
Meat Loaf. Awesome singer and great performer. Cool to hang with
Scott; good friend and cool dude. So pretty cool night all in all. Got more good news from L.A. after getting on the bus on the way back to Birmingham.
Mike Inez from
ALICE IN CHAINS went in my new clothing store and bought one of my leather jackets. Like I said, keepin' the rock alive and very well."
A photo of
VELVET REVOLVER (minus singer
Scott Weiland) and
Robert Plant hanging out backstage last night (Saturday, March 22) in Wolverhampton, England can be found at
this location.