A new Jimmy Page signature guitar is to be made available from February 15th. Hot on the heals of the Les Paul and the twin necked SG signature guitars comes the infamous “Black Beauty”. The three-pickup 1960 Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty” with a Bigsby tailpiece was the guitar stolen in 1970 at an airport and never recovered. Page has always felt that that particular guitar was “the one that got away.” Gibson returns Page’s cherished lost guitar in the form of this new Gibson Custom Shop Jimmy Page Les …

There wasn’t many times Bonzo got it wrong on stage with Zeppelin but you have to say describing that football was a load of bollocks at Earls Court on May 24 1975 was one of them.
For how can this beautiful game be thus described when it produces nights like Tuesday down at the Lane. Being a Spurs fan carries with it a certain inevitably of disappointment – not so against Arsenal this time around and that remarkable Carling Cup semi final 5 -1 victory will long be remembered, and for …

A new TV ad promoting the tie-in between Led Zeppelin and Verizon phone downloads features a clever use of the track Kashmir and many Zeppelin references. Only shown in the US on TV and in cinemas, the ad features the central character walking down a street with Kashmir on his iPod and on his way he walks past a tattoo shop with the classic four Led Zeppelin symbols on display in the window, then past a girl with the symbols tattooed on her back, past a guitar shop with a …

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss appearance on the country music show, Crossroads will be premiering Monday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET. 
“CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant And Alison Krauss”, features songs from their “Raising Sand” album including Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On), Please Read the Letter” and “Rich Woman”. The pair also performed Alison Krauss’s “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn”, as well as Led Zeppelin classics “Black Dog” and “When the Levee Breaks”.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have announced their first tour dates for the USA, beginning with a series of shows in April prior to the European tour with the promise of more to come in June and July.
The dates are as follows:
20th April Palace Theatre, Louisville, KY 
22nd April Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville TN
23rd April Memorial Auditorium, Chatanooga TN
26th April BJCC Arena (Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Coliseum Arena), Birmingham AL

The combined might of the xyz boys and their spouses enjoyed something of a rare night out last Saturday – after all the trials and tribulations of getting TBL19 on the streets we felt we owed ourselves at least that. Stories were told, beers drunk, fine wine and food was consumed and the toast to paraphrase dear Ahmet was “It’s a great life this life of music” which it certainly has been in recent months. To top it all, the xyz boys presented me with a framed award depicting the …

In an interview with Rolling Stones’ David Fricke, John Paul Jones stated “It could be fun to do more stuff” …
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Robert made a surprise appearance on ITV’s popular This Morning TV show – mainly to discuss Raising Sand though he did comment on the O2 gig. 
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“Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’Fat” from the album Waterloo, Tennessee, featuring John Paul Jones on piano. Ther video is kind of a mix of Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Kill Bill and the Riverdance and is very funny. Follow the link to Youtube

John Paul Jones is to produce the a solo album for Sarah Watkins who is from the group Nickle Creek at the end of Febuary. They last worked together in Mutual Admiration Society. 
Sarah said on her myspace website “In the end of February, I start my record and John Paul Jones is going to produce it! I’m really excited and a bit nervous, but in a good way. In a way that will keep me on my toes and working hard. Truly what it comes down to is that I’m …