Robert Plant made a surprise appearance on the popular BBC 1  The One Show last night. It was Robert’s second appearance on the hit show – he appeared as the special guest for host  Adrian Chiles final show – he is leaving the show to move to GMTV  after three years. Adrian, an ardent West Bromwich Albion football fan, who are the local rivals to Roberts beloved Wolves, is a good friend of  Robert. Rather bizarrely, Robert was carried on to the set on a ottoman chair, wearing a crown …

We buried our beloved Ken on a glorious sunny St. George’s Day – the sort of beautiful spring day he would have loved.
Our precious family and friends packed the Shefford church to hear the service, a celebration of Ken’s life conducted by the Minster Dave Haseldine with such dignity and grace. They heard our children, well not children anymore as they gained in stature with every word they spoke as they paid tribute to their Grandad.  Sam told of a wonderful kind loving man never fazed by his age, her heartwarming admiration of …

Continuing on from last week’s look back at the mad month of March in 1998, when Page and Plant were riding high after a mini tour of Eastern Europe and looking forward to England and all eyes were on London.
Wednesday March 11 1998
There have been rumors of a special Page Plant launch gig for the album happening in London for some time. They did attempt to book the Shepherds Bush Empire back in January. Locations in Islington and Kilburn have also been checked out in recent weeks. An early morning …

Stairway To Heaven has been voted Britain’s favourite rock song by listeners of the digital radio station Absolute Classic Rock.  The classic track from Led Zeppelins fourth album beat the likes of The Who, Queen and The Beatles – whose tracks were all included in the top ten. One fan of the band who voted in the poll said, “I love The Beatles but their songs are so short and happy. For the best song of all time you want something epic, and Led Zeppelin capture it all — grand …

Them Crooked Vultures at the Fillmore
 
First the goodies: Check out a slideshow here.
So, having seen Lucero last week at the Bluebird, I amazingly got off my lame, seldom-go-to-shows-anymore ass again last night (twice inside a week … I know) for Them Crooked Vultures at the Fillmore Auditorium.
The superband, for those unfamiliar, is comprised of Dave Grohl, frontman for the Foo Fighters and long ago drummer for Nirvana; Josh Homme, frontman for Queens of the Stone Age; and the legendary John Paul Jones, bassist, keyboardist and mandolin player from Led …

Them Crooked rock stars
John Paul Jones leads Them Crooked Vultures through rocking show at The Joint

JPJ at the The Joint. Photo by Eric Kabik. Click HERE  for more photos         
Up on the second balcony of The Joint during Saturday night’s Them Crooked Vultures show, a woman was getting into it. Dressed in jeans and a cropped shirt she whipped her hair around her and danced in a style reminiscent of a 1970s rock-doc. It was hypnotizing.
And she wasn’t the only one rocking out. Opposite the anonymous fan, Them Crooked Vultures also were …

PhotoCredit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
No wonder the post-sundown sets are so in demand at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Those seeing the main stage from afar Friday night might have thought a fire was rising out of the desert, as Them Crooked Vultures was flanked by dozens of perfectly arranged golden lights,
As the dinner hour approached, Coachella got a little aggressive with its top-billed acts. The rock super group Them Crooked Vultures, featuring Josh Homme, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist John Paul Jones, brought a moment …

We have been overwhelmed and humbled by the many kind wishes of support that have come in since the sad passing of our dear Ken.
Some Thank You’s:
Sincere thanks to everyone who has been in touch via the site, facebook, letter etc–your kind words have meant so much to us. Thank you to the nurses of Victoria Ward Bedford South Wing Hospital who’s compassion, dignity and understanding made our loss so much easier to bear. Thank you to the registrars and the undertakers and church, all similarly supportive and compassionate during …

Them Crooked Vultures kicked off their US tour last night with an appearance at Los Angeles Club Nokia, as soon as we get a review we will post it up in the Tour Watch Section. On Monday and Tuesday night the Vultures appeared on the highly rated Jimmy Kimmel show in the US performing Mind Eraser, No Chaser and Gunman on Monday and New Fang and Dead End Friends on Tuesday.

The Vultures have also added two more dates in Canada, those being Quebec City, Pavillion De La Jeunesse (May 11) …

Now this one is a bit of an epic.  This was first published in TBL 13 – It’s an on  the road chronicle of the TBL crew’s adventures in pursuit of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant across the month of March 1998. This took in two dates in Istanbul – something of a zenith in my own ‘’Crazy things I’ve done in the name of Zep’’ portfolio, followed by the superb Shepherds Bush Empire gig which in turn was followed by successive TV recordings at Top Of The Pops in Elstree …