Robert Plant to headline Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering 2018

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Robert Plant, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Therapy?, Sleeper, Jesus Jones and more confirmed for Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering 2018

Robert Plant
Robert Plant

Organisers of Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering have announced a list of some of the artists who’ll appear at this year’s UK event.

It’ll be held at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, between May 24-27 – and it’s been confirmed that Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters will headline the festival’s Saturday night.

Other artists announced for the family friendly event include The Jesus And Mary Chain, Sleaford Mods, Therapy?, Sleeper, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, The Coral, Idles, Crazyhead, Jesus Jones and The Urban Voodoo Machine.

The Spring Gathering will take place across nine stages, covering a wide variety of musical genres, and will also feature a comedy stage.

Tickets are available directly through the festival’s website, while the lineup poster can be seen below.

Plant released his latest studio album Carry Fire last year and will launch a DVD,filmed at David Lynch’s 2016 Festival Of Disruption, on February 9 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.