I think I know how Jimmy felt during those Madison gigs with no sleep.
From last weekend it’s been a no stop juggling act with work and the ever time consuming extra curricular projects. The exciting opportunity to provide 50 TBL prize winners with tickets for Wednesday’s London DVD launch brought with it the usual non stop checking of e-mails to determine the winners – quite a deluge as expected – thanks to all those who entered. Then there was all the logistics of escaping work and the not inconsiderable task …

The Song Remains The Same new DVD was officially launched in the UK at a special Warner Home Video launch party in Madame Jo Jo’s club in London’s Soho on Wednesday. Winners of the exclusive Tight But Loose competition joined a variety of press and media attendees to celebrate this landmark release.
Tribute band Letz Zep provided the appropriate live music. Earlier in the evening there was a special press screening of the newly remastered DVD at the nearby Rex Cinema in Soho.
The Song Remains The Same 2 disc DVD edition …

Several high profile charities are set to gain from Led Zeppelins O2 Arena show in London on December 10th. The BBC’s Children In Need have been given a pair of tickets for the show as part of his Children In Need phone in auction. The price includes full hotel accommodation, a pair of tickets and a chance to see the rehearsal show.
Seatwave.com are running a similar auction, open from the 13th to midday on the 30th November. Three pairs of tickets are up for grabs and all profit generated from …

Jimmy Page has signed a special GIbson SG O2 guitar depicting a painting of the 02 Arena to auction for the Gibson Guitartown Auction alongside a host of other guitars including a 10 ft replica Les Paul signed by Robert Plant. 
This item can be seen HERE
The auction to win these guitars will take place on Tuesday 20th November between 6.30 and 10.30pm at the IndigO2 at The O2 Arena in London.
You can also go online and pre-bid for all featured Gibson Guitartown guitars by visiting http://www.londonguitartown.com/ or using the link …

Most of the music press monthly’s feature Led Zeppelin heavily this month in the build up to the show and DVD and CD releases. The best three being, Mojo with a interview all three members of Led Zeppelin in a 17 page special, Classic Rock, with its Led Zeppelin 3 album design cover has an interview with Jimmy it’s special collectors edition and Guitar World has the most in depth interview with Jimmy plus a piece on Zep on the road in ’73.

A radio station based in the USA has started to play Led Zeppelin music 24 hours a day 7 days a week and will continue to do so for the next year. XM LED is available to listen too via this web link XM LED. The station blurb reads as follows “A 24/7 celebration of the music and magic of Led Zeppelin. A handcrafted channel dedicated to everything Led Zeppelin, including studio albums, rare and archival concerts, interviews, and listener interaction. A continuous and mystical radio voyage into the past, …

So another compilation lands – this one though arrives at a time of great significance and is very welcome in the Lewis household and I‘m sure yours too.
It’s timely reminder of just what all the fuss is about.
At work, I’ll be enjoying racking up yet another milestone Zep release for retail consumption – by my reckoning it’s about the14th official Zeppelin album I’ve enjoyed ripping out the box and putting on the shelves in my 33 year retail career stretching back to the magnificently packaged Physical Graffiti.
 It throws …

In a report from Monday’s Classic Rock Awards in London, the Daily Mail revealed the following:
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reassured fans he is making a speedy recovery after fracturing his finger. 
The recent accident caused the postponement of the band’s eagerly awaited first concert in two decades. 
Page, 63, who was honoured with a Living Legend Award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards in London last night, told BBC Radio 5 Live he was walking in the dark when he tripped over a stone slab. 
“I didn’t just come …

To launch the Mothership album, NME.com reported that a series of images were due to be projected onto various landmarks around the capital on the night of November 5th. The projections could be seen at the following locations:
The Science Museum – 4.45pm
Gerrard Street, W1 – 6pm
Covent Garden – 6.45pm
Trafalgar Square – 7.30pm
Truman Brewery – 9.30pm
Anyone out there see them? Send us your pics.
Thanks Stephen Humphries

Jimmy has forwarded a personal message via email to all 02 ballot winners which can also be seen at the ledzeppelin.com site.
It reads as follows: 
“As you all know by now I was regrettably put in a situation where I had to postpone my performance at the Ahmet Ertegun Benefit show, on November 26th, due to a fractured finger. We have now rescheduled this show to take place, at the same venue, on December 10th. In doing so I was very conscious of the fact that many people are travelling great …