Strange but true, Robert Plant has been proclaimed the man with ‘beard of the year’. 
The announcement came from the Beard Liberation Front, an informal network of beard wearers. 
It was Plant’s stylish beard he sported at Led zeppelins reunion gig in London earlier this month that won him the title. 
Second on their list was Liverpool football manager Rafael Benitez, while businessman Sir Richard Branson shared the third spot with England cricketer Monty Panesar.
Comedian Russell Brand and author Michael Rosen came in at fourth and fifth respectively. 
The title is designed to highlight …

Even though Raising Sand was not eligible this year as an album, the single “Gone Gone Gone” was released early enough to be eligible. It has been nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal. 
The list for this category: 
“Steppin’ Out” — Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera 
“Beautiful Liar” — Beyoncé & Shakira 
“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 
“The Sweet Escape” — Gwen Stefani & Akon 
“Give It To Me” — Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake 
The Grammy Awards show will take place on February 10, 2008 in …

So now we find ourselves in ’08.
10 years since Page & Plant Walking Into Everywhere … 20 years since Plant Now and Zen. Both of which seem like they happened only yesterday …
After the mayhem and aftermath of the O2, Christmas and the New Year went by in something of a blur. Still way behind in responding to e-mails and the like – I will endeavor to catch up with it all this month.
There’s also been the new Tight But Loose magazine to sign off which we’re pretty pleased with …

It was straight into a six day run of retail frenzy after coming back down from Planet Zeppelin. Apologies if I haven’t replied to the many informative emails I’ve received over the past week. Thanks to everyone who sent in O2 feedback and reviews … look out for the full TBL O2 review in the forthcoming issue.
Having now seen a few of the video clips and heard recordings of the show – well it just gets better. It really was an unbelievable performance – For Your Life, No Quarter and …

Jason Bonham appeared on the Chris Evans BBC Radio 2 show on Wednesday evening, speaking about his thoughts after the O2 gig and of the future. You can listen again to the interview via this link at BBC Radio 2

It took three hours before the first video clip of the Led Zeppelin O2 Arena gig appeared on the phenomena that is Youtube and around 24 hours before the site started removing the then rapidly increasing amount that was appearing, displaying their well-known red takedown boxes, sighting infringement on copyright owners Warner Music Group.
That is not unusual. Except in this case none of the copyright holders who might have requested this action actually had done so. Google, the owners of YouTube, said Warner Music Group was responsible, which would make …

Robert and Alison Krauss have announced the first tour dates of the much anticipated Raising Sand Tour. 
Confirmed so far are: 
May 5–Birmingham NIA 
May 7–Manchester Apollo 
May 8–Cardiff International Arena 
May 10–Düsseldorf Philipshalle 
May 11–Brussells Forest National Club 
May 13–Paris Le Grand Rex Theatre 
May 14–Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 
May 16–Stockholm Hovet (Ice Hall) 
May 18–Oslo Spektrum 
May 19–Bergen Bergenshalle 
May 22–London Wembley Arena 
All tickets are now on sale and are available from the normal agencies. 
It’s also rumored that the pair will also appear at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The festival takes place on April 25-27 and May …

Back From Planet Zeppelin in seventh heaven
Just got back from Planet Zeppelin. That’s the only appropriate phrase to describe the incredible vibe that has prevailed at the Millennium Dome / O2 over the past two days.
Where to start?
The wonderful camaraderie of fans that extended from the queues for tickets / merchandise /gig entry over to the Pilot Inn pub which really was pure TBL come a live Sunday night and yesterday afternoon and early evening. So many people that came so far on another blind date.
And yes seeing was believing. Again.
The …

Led Zeppelin

Ten thousand days…ten thousand three hundred and forty eight to be precise as Mr Foy informed me this week. That’s the exact amount of days that will have passed between Led Zeppelin walking off stage in the early hours of August 12 1979 at Knebworth and returning back into the glare of the spotlight at the 02 Arena London on Monday December 10 2007.
 28 years…a zillion memories.
 And it will be those memories that flash across my mind in the moments leading up to their arrival. I’m sure at one …