TBL Archive Special: Munich Over Europe 1980:
To mark the 34th anniversary of the final Led Zeppelin tour dates here is an extract from the book Led Zeppelin Feather In The Wind – Over Europe 1980…
This picks up the story as the band prepare to perform what would be there penultimate gig in Munich:
Saturday July 5th, 1980: Munich. Today the sun shines hot on the city centre.  There’s an air of expectancy all around.  You know it’s going to be one of those special days,  you can feel it.  The people here …

Knebworth House celebrates 40 years of concerts with Knebworth Concerts Exhibition – July 1st to August 31st:  
40 years ago this month on Saturday July 20th 1974 , Knebworth House staged their first ever rock concert at the picturesque Hertfordshire park. The Allman Brothers topped a bill that included  The Van Morrison Show, The Doobie Brothers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Tim Buckley.
Led Zeppelin were originally named as headliners on that 1974 bill but it was not to be. Four years later of course, they did stage …

TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL: JUNE 2002 – STILL DREAMING OF WORLD CUP SUCCESS…  
With the World Cup very much upon us, and the disappointment of England’s early exit a stark reality, here is a timely TBL archive special takes us back to the heady days of June 2002 – a time when England were faring far better than this year’s tournament –before the inevitable let down.
For 12 years ago, as the World Cup got underway in Japan, Robert Plant was back in the forefront again promoting the just released Dreamland …

Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters UK Tour:
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters have announced a UK and Ireland tour for later in the year. The band will play 13 dates  including Newport, Bournemouth, London, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Dublin and Blackpool.
The dates are as follows:
Newport Centre (November 9)
Bournemouth O2 Academy (10)
London Roundhouse (12)
Hull City Hall (14)
Glasgow O2 Academy (15)
Leeds O2 Academy (17)
Newcastle O2 Academy (18)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (20)
Wolverhampton City Hall (21)
Belfast Ulster Hall (21)
Dublin Olympia (24)
Blackpool Tower (26)
Llandudno Venue Cymru Arena (27)
Tickets go on sale on Friday, June …

Led Zeppelin Reissues Feedback: here’s my thoughts on the Led Zeppelin II reissue vinyl release: 
Led Zeppelin II: A kind of Rock then – a kind of rock now …even more so…
THEN:
Led Zeppelin II came in to my life very soon after the release of Led Zeppelin III. I had initially been alerted to the sound of Led Zeppelin a year previous when DJ Alan Freeman played Whole Lotta Love on his Pick of the Pops Radio One show –the effect was to be a lasting one.
As I eagerly devoured any …

Led Zeppelin Reissues Chart Statistics -

UK and US Reissue Sales Analysis –this report from Martin Tait:
LED ZEPPELIN:
Who’d have thought this one would be the best seller of the reissue packages! In the UK charts it was sitting at No.4 all the way to Friday in the Midweek charts, but unfortunately slipped a few places down the chart on Saturday, having to eventually settle for a No.7 placing on Sundays OCC Top 100 album chart and thus, ever so narrowly missing out on beating it’s previous UK chart peak of No.6, …

Led Zeppelin Reissues Exclusive TBL Competition:
To celebrate the release of the Led Zeppelin Reissues, we have teamed up with the good folks at Rhino Records for an exclusive competition to win a special Led Zeppelin reissues pack:
The pack consists of the following :
Deluxe 2CD editions of the first three Led Zeppelin reissued albums
Deluxe remastered vinyl editions of the first three Led Zeppelin reissued albums
A Led Zeppelin remasters T-shirt
A set of litho-prints featuring negative artwork form the first three Led Zeppelin reissued albums.
All you have to do to enter is follow the …

Led Zeppelin Reissues: More Feedback:
Many thanks for the many feedback contributions via the TBL site and TBL Facebook page -here’s a few more to soak up
Firstly my my musings on the  Led Zeppelin Live At Olympia Paris 1969 companion bonus disc:
THEN: It had long been presumed that this 1969 concert had been broadcast at the time – French Zep expert Christophe Le Pabic indicating during the time of the first Concert File book.  It was then ascertained that a 78 minute edit of the show was first aired on November …

The Led Zeppelin Reissues – now for America
A pretty momentous day here yesterday with the UK release of the first three Led Zeppelin Reissues. The streets of London are  adorned with Zep imprints, the HMV store racked out with new Zep product (pic by Krys Jantzen) , the TV advert was aired here on Channel 4 and fans across the UK soaked up the contents of these landmark releases.
Today it’s the official release date in the USA – and what a prospect in store for countless fans across the water…I …

The TBL Countdown to the Led Zeppelin Reissues is over..
Led Zeppelin Reissues over London June, 2014 – underground tube poster as seen this morning – pic by Steve Livesley
It started back in the middle of March and finally here we are in early June ready for this incredible outpouring of Led Zeppelin music…
Over the next couple of days, countless fans across the globe will be in receipt of the first three Led Zeppelin reissues and will be experiencing, as I have been lucky enough to do, the thrill of assessing the …