Another intensive week spent pouring over matters of the Knebworth variety. This thing seems to have taken on a life of its own.
An exhaustive Knebworth bootleg appendix from Graeme H, a detailed discography on the In Through the Out Door releases by Nick Anderson , some last minute memorabilia stuff from Brian Knapp, all this has taken the word count of the book up to near 80,000. Not bad for an idea that came to me cycling back from town less than six weeks ago! I was also …

Tight But Loose / Voiceprint present
Then As It Was
A 30th anniversary Knebworth Celebration Day and official launch of the new book Then As It Was – Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 30 Years Gone
On Saturday August 8 2009 at The Lytton Arms
Park Lane, Old Knebworth SG3 6QB (www.lyttonarms.co.uk)
Join us to mark the momentous 30th anniversary of the last UK Led Zeppelin gigs in the very area the historic events unfolded on August 4th and 11th 1979
Main events kick off at 3pm and run through to 11pm
Dave Lewis will be signing …

Don’t’ quite know what brought it on –maybe sitting through the dreadful Champions League Final (sorry Max!), but next day woke up with the nasty inner ear viral infection causing vertigo and nausea that laid me low back in 2006. Spent the day in bed and even had the Doc out who gave me an injection. (Did I not like that!). Those here know of my complete fear of needles and the like – when it comes to such things I’m the biggest wimp going – a fact confirmed by …

Robert Plant was spotted at a resent Scott Matthews gig at the Birmingham Glee Club gig on May 19, Robert didn’t join the Scott on stage but did record a track for his latest album “Elsewhere”. The track, 12 Harps, is one of the highlights of the Wolvehampton born singer/songwriters second album. Scott spoke recently to Dave Freak, from the Birmingham Post about the working with one of his idols. “We sent Robert the track as he was rehearsing in Texas. He got back and said he was really up …

Time for a quick look at some resent Led Zeppelin on-line auction bargains!

First up Jimmy Page’s custom Orange Matamp was sold in an eBay auction for $30000 last Friday. This was reported to be a 1971 Matamp amplifier, custom built and used and owned by Jimmy Page in the 70’s.

A painting of Robert Plant that we featured a few months ago has raised £1,500 for Acorns Children’s Hospice. Painted by Sue Verity, of Tamworth and autographed by Robert, the portrait was snapped up by Led Zeppelin fan, …

After Adam Lambert’s much talked about version of Whole Lotta Love, two weeks ago on American Idol, this week it was the turn of Britain’s Got Talent and a performance from last years finalist, Escala with a blistering version of Kashmir. The performance was watched by over 15 million viewers. Escala are the all female four piece string quartet, who narrowly missed out in last years “Talent” final but immediately secured a £1.5m deal with music mogul Simon Cowell who saw their potential and took them under his wing.
This …

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Led Zeppelin at Knebworth we are planning a one day get together of fans. The date we are looking at is Saturday August 8 – the venue is a pub in old Knebworth about ten minutes walk from the actual park. This is an opportunity to return to the site of the final Led Zeppelin UK gigs exactly 30 years to the week it all happened.
The event will include Zep/Knebworth footage, memorabilia displays, charity auction and Q and A sessions. Admission will be £10. …

“Happy and I’m smiling,
Walk a mile to drink your water.
Oh, we wont give in,
Lets go living in the past.”
As Jethro Tull once put it so eloquently.
Given recent circumstances it’s been more than a tonic to go living in the past over the last few days or more precisely back to 1979 –the summer of 1979 and the events in a field just outside Stevenage.
To that end I’ve been scribing away on the Knebworth book project I’ve undertaken. I’ve been thinking about how to commemorate the 30th anniversary for …

Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara’s album ‘Tell No Lies’ is out now – visit
http://www.myspace.com/justinadamsproducer for more information plus You Tube footage of the excellent Abu Dhabi Womad appearance with Robert Plant.

The new Scott Matthews album ‘Elsewhere’ is released on May 25. It includes a superb duet with Robert Plant on the track ‘12 Harps.’
Visit  http://www.scottmatthewsmusic.co.uk/ for more information.