Robert Plant Honored
Ahead of Record Store Day on April 18, Robert Plant was named a Record Store Legend and a plaque honoring him was unveiled at Spillers Records in Cardiff. ( ) His band Saving Grace — featuring singer Suzi Dian — is also slated to release a four‑track EP titled Saving Grace: All That Glitters this year, tying Plant’s ongoing profile to the indie‑store celebration. (everettpost.com)
Robert Plant showed up at Spillers Records in Cardiff this week to accept a plaque in the world’s oldest record shop, and the ceremony doubled as Record Store Day 2026 naming him its new “Record Store Legend.” The event happened days before this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday, April 18. (recordstoreday.co.uk) Spillers is not just any shop Plant picked for a photo. The Cardiff store says it opened in 1894, and Plant called it “an institution” when the plaque was unveiled inside Morgan Arcade. (nation.cymru) Record Store Day is the annual push that gets fans lining up outside independent shops for one-day vinyl drops, and the 2026 event is set for April 18. Plant’s award fits that setup because the organizers framed him not only as a famous musician, but as someone who has spent decades browsing and backing record stores. (recordstoreday.co.uk) The choice also ties Plant to Wales in a specific way. Reporting around the ceremony pointed back to 1970, when Led Zeppelin worked near Bron-Yr-Aur in Powys and wrote material that fed into Led Zeppelin III. (aol.com) Plant is 77 now, and the honor lands in a year when he is still putting out new music instead of just collecting lifetime-achievement plaques. Record Store Day’s release list includes a new Robert Plant and Saving Grace vinyl extended play called *Saving Grace: All That Glitters... with Suzi Dian* for the same April 18 event. (recordstoreday.com) That release is built for the same indie-store audience the award is celebrating. The official listing says it is a 12-inch vinyl extended play on Nonesuch, limited to 3,500 copies, with four new studio recordings made for Record Store Day 2026. (recordstoreday.com) The four songs are “Blackest Crow,” “Poison,” “Orphan Girl,” and “She Cried,” which keeps Plant in the folk-and-Americana lane he has leaned into with Saving Grace. Nonesuch says the group includes Suzi Dian and musicians from the English countryside Plant calls home. (nonesuch.com) So the Cardiff plaque was not a museum-piece moment for a retired star. It was a live advertisement for the thing Record Store Day still sells best in 2026: a famous artist, a small shop, and a limited record you can only really chase by showing up in person. (officialcharts.com)
