Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters roll back to the UK this week for three long awaited appearances.  Tomorrow night they are in Bristol at the Colston Hall, on Saturday it’s to Stradbally Co Laois in Ireland for the Electric Picnic festival. Finally it’s back on familiar territory for a date on Monday at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
These are the first dates in the UK since last July’s Womad appearance and before that, the Gloucester SSS debut and HMV Forum show. It’s been too long…
Since those tentative first steps, …

John Paul Jones at Polar Music Prize: 
John Paul jones is one of the guest speakers at this year’s Polar Music Prize Talks staged in in Stockholm on August 26th –
This via the Polar Music Prize site…
Meet the Polar Music Prize Laureates 2013, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Bianca Jagger, Martin Ingvar, Margot Wallström, artists and entrepreneurs at Polar Music Talks in Stockholm, Monday, August 26
Polar Music Talks takes advantage of the unique competences gathered in Stockholm in conjunction with the Polar Music Prize ceremony. The event builds bridges between …

 
Led Zeppelin To Be Honoured In Denmark
This via the official Led Zeppelin site:
September 7, 2013, marks the 45 year anniversary since Led Zeppelin played their very first concert. Now the British rock stars are getting a special plaque right where it all began; in a primary school in Gladsaxe.
In Denmark, Led Zeppelin made themselves into rock history September 7,1968. There was, as we know, many interesting things around the world that year. That there was an English rockband that played on a Saturday night in Gladsaxe Teen Club in the …

 
John Bonham Memorial Statue Fund Plan:
This via the Redditch Standard
A Fund has been set-up to install a permanent memorial in the town to one of  Britain’s greatest musicians and arguably Redditch’s most famous resident.
The John Bonham Memorial Fund will aim to collect as much money as possible  to have a statue or sculpture erected in honour of the Led Zeppelin drummer who  was born, educated and grew up in Redditch.
It is hoped space will be found within the town centre for the statue, with  the bandstand area previously mooted.
The fund …

The 34th anniversary of Led Zeppelin at Knebworth is upon us this weekend and once again our thoughts will drift back to that golden summer of 1979 when Led Zeppelin performed two unforgettable concerts in the ground of the famous stately home.
The subject matter of that period have been well prevalent here in the last few months as the writing, collation and design of the revised Led Zeppelin Then As It Was – at Knebworth 1979 revamped edition has taken shape.
This weekend’s anniversary is a timely moment to inform you where …

Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters Wolf Trap  review by Suzanne McElyea:

This was a beautiful venue, tucked in the Washington DC suburbs.  When I first saw the name, and their logo I thought maybe Robert chose it for his beloved Wolverines. But it was a gorgeous outdoor amphitheater perfectly suited for the evening which began promptly at 8 pm with a band called Bombino.  World music artist from Niger, often compared to Hendrix and Santana, this band showed up in traditional Middle Eastern attire.  I had often heard Robert talk …

 
Above photo Robert Plant presents Sensational Space Shifters in Chicago -photo by Suzanna McElyea
 Robert Plant in surprise appearance at Bywater:
This story via wwltv.com:
NEW ORLEANS — Monday night wasn’t a normal night at BJ’s in the Bywater.  Most nights aren’t. But this Monday night was a special treat for a few lucky souls when rock icon and former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant stopped by Guitar Lightning Lee’s gig at the tiny club on Burgundy Street and sat in.
And, of course, in the digital age, rumors were abuzz Tuesday on social media and …

Yesterday I met with legendary writer/author Charles Shaar Murray for an interview for the next TBL magazine. I’ve been looking to hook up with Charles for some time and during our interview we discussed his early writing career at the underground magazine Oz, how he got to play on the Oz benefit single in the company of John Lennon, his reviews of Led Zeppelin in the NME, Rolling Stones, Who, Beatles etc. He also added great insight into the times he saw Zep in LA in 1973 and at the Kezar stadium …

Stop Press – Robert Plant UK Dates:
 Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters have announced two UK dates either side of the already announced August 31st  Electric Picnic Stradbelly Estate appearance.
 The dates are:
Thursday August 29th
BRISTOL, Colston Hall
Ticket details:
http://www.colstonhall.org/contactus
Monday September 2nd
WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic Hall
http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk/-/show-details/102417
 Further info:
http://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/robert-plant-announces-tour-dates/
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Following Wednesday’s remarkable sale in aid of the ABC Trust, of the Martin D28 acoustic guitar Jimmy Page donated to the Bonhams Entertainment/Memorabilia auction, Tiffany Garside CEO of the ABC Trust has been in touch to offer her reaction on behalf of the charity .
 ‘’We were absolutely thrilled at the …

John Paul Jones with Seasick Steve at Glastonbury:
The official Glastonbury programme reveals that John Paul Jones will be joining Seasick Steve for his appearance at Glastonbury on Friday night June 28th. Seasick appears at the West Holt stage at 20.30 hours. After contributing to Seasick’s  album Hubcap Music, John has been performing with Seasick at selected concerts recently and in May also linked up with him for an appearance on Later with Jools Holland. There’s coverage of the Glastonbury performance scheduled for BBC 4  which states ‘’Mark Radcliffe introduces a …