Them Crooked Vultures wrapped up their successful Down Under tour last week with a gig in Auckland that by all reports was the highlight of the whole tour. They now head over the water to America and New York for an appearance on the “Saturday Night Live” show on February 6th and then on to The Roseland in New York (Feb 8th), The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC (Feb 10th) and The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA (Feb 11th). The Vultures performance at last year’s Austin City Limits is also due to be …

Them Crooked Vultures are confirmed as one of the string of acts due to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.
The band will perform at the famous London venue in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust on Monday March 22nd. Tickets go on sale on Friday February 5th and can be purchased from the following sites
http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/what-we-do/royal-albert-hall/2010/ 
http://www.royalalberthall.com/ / 0845 401 5030
http://www.seetickets.com/gat/index.asp / 0871 230 7136
For more information go to www.teenagecancertrust.org

Now that I have undertaken the administration and distribution of the Tight But Loose magazine, here are a few admin details to note – plus a summary of TBL web site activity. This is the first in what will be regular bulletin updates to inform you of what is happening with the TBL site and magazine looking ahead. Take time to have a look at this as there are some important points and information to soak up. (DL)
 
TBL 2010 Magazine Subscriptions:
Many thanks for everyone who has subscribed to the TBL 2010 magazines so …

Review: Them Crooked Vultures at Vector Arena
 By Scott Kara from the NZ Herald.co.nz
 
Pic from Birmingham.
Dave Grohl said recently that his time spent drumming in American rock band Queens of the Stone Age in 2002 was like being in the “coolest gang”.
With Them Crooked Vultures – a super group made up of the former Nirvana drummer and head Foo Fighter, Queens main man Josh Homme, and Led Zeppelin multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones – he has stepped up into a legendary gang.
Even though they range in age from young buck …

 
Ticket and Review from Duncan Watson in New Zealand
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
 Dead End Friends
 Scumbag Blues
 Elephants
 Highway One
 New Fang
 Gunman Blues
 Guitar solo from Alain
 Bandoliers
 Mind Eraser, No Chaser
 Caligulove
 Interlude With Ludes
 Spinning In Daffodils
 Reptiles
 Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

What a weekend of rock we had in Wellington – AC/DC on Thu and Sat nights, with TCV sandwiched between on Friday.  The bogans are out of the suburbs in their black AC/DC t-shirts, but there were also lots of black Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and Foo Fighters t-shirts …

Led Zeppelin on stage in Helsinki,February 23rd 1970 – Photo Dan Tigerstedt  /TBL Archives 
The walls have been resounding to the sounds of Led Zeppelin early 1970 around these parts these last few days as I got down to assessing the text for the next magazine. Issue 26 kicks off a special three part 40 Years Gone feature on Led Zeppelin Flying High in 1970.
 
Reading through ace TBL contributor Mike Tremaglio’s log of the early dates of Led Zeppelin in a new decade had me reaching for gems such as the …

 
Pictures by ROBERT KITCHIN/Dominion Post
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
 Dead End Friends
 Scumbag Blues
 Elephants
 Highway One
 New Fang
 Gunman Blues
 Guitar solo from Alain
 Bandoliers
 Mind Eraser, No Chaser
 Caligulove
 Interlude With Ludes
 Spinning In Daffodils
 Reptiles
 Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

THEM CROOKED VULTURES
 Hordern Pavilion, January 26
Grohl’s star shines, even at the back on drums
Reviewed by Bernard Zuel from the Sydney Morning Herald and
 IT IS easy to forget that Dave Grohl was and is something other than the  charming frontman and guitarist for Foo Fighters. He does it rather successfully too. But when you …

Crowd feasts on Them Crooked Vultures
Review by DANIEL NANCARROW from The Brisbane Times
 
Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
It’s not often you see a rock god in the flesh, let alone three – each with varying claims to rock divinity – bashing it out on one stage.
But Them Crooked Vultures isn’t your average band. They’re an all-star fusion of baby boomer bassist, gen-X drummer and modern day frontman who combine to form a rumbling, thunderous, timeless whole.
Singer/guitarist Josh Homme greets the crowd with a simple mission statement, which proves an acknowledgment of …

As part of the new improved user friendly TBL site here’s a couple of call outs:
 
CALLING LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE BANDS WORLDWIDE
If you are a current gigging Led Zeppelin tribute band in the UK, Europe, USA or rest of world, the TBL web site is more than happy to post details of your tour dates . Send your gig details to davelewis.tbl1@ntlworld.com
 
CALLING LED ZEPPELIN WEB SITE WEBMASTERS
The TBL web site is also more than happy to link details of Led Zeppelin or Led Zep related web sites. We are …

Long established UK tribute band Whole Lotta Led have a full gig itinerary lined up for the coming months. Catch them at the following UK venues:
 
JANUARY
Thursday 28th        Harlow Playhouse, Harlow………………………………………………………… 01279 431945
Friday 29th             Cheese & Grain, Frome ……………………………………………………………  01373 455420
Saturday 30th         O2 Academy 2, Liverpool – The Led Zep II set………………………………. 0844 477 2000
 
FEBRUARY
Friday 5th               O2 Academy, Islington …………………………………………………………..  0844 477 2000
Saturday 6th           12 Bar, Swindon …………………………………………………………………..  01793 535713
Thursday 11th        Drill Hall, Lincoln …………………………………………………………………….  01522 873894
Saturday 13th         Plinston Hall, Letchworth …………………………………………………………  01462 672003
Saturday 20th         21 South Street Arts …