Helen Grant’s 10% stake in Led Zeppelin tendered for sale:
Unsurprisingly plenty of news coverage for this story…
This via LZ News…
Helen Grant, the daughter of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, plans to sell her 10% stake in the band’s music, according to a new interview published in The Times on July 10.
Peter Grant owned a 20% stake of the “rights” of Led Zeppelin’s music, The Times reports, which was split equally between his children Helen and Warren Grant upon his death in 1995.
Now, Grant’s daughter has announced plans to sell her 10% stake …

Announced this week with an appearance by Robert Plant and Saving Grace…
An 80th Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch
Sat 4 Nov, 7pm
Royal Festival Hall London
Celebrate the enduring legacy of the folk musician with Martin Simpson, Jacqui McShee, Robert Plant, Bernard Butler, Kathryn Williams and Sam Lee.
Bert Jansch is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential songwriters and guitarists of all time.
A leading light of the 1960s British folk revival and a founding member of folk jazz supergroup Pentangle, his career spanned five decades, inspiring generations of musicians with his groundbreaking …

TBL Archive Special 1: It was 53 years ago…
Wednesday marked the 53nd anniversary of one of the most famous Led Zeppelin performances -their bill topping appearance at the 1970 Bath Festival.
Too mark that event here’s the details of that performance as chronicled in the Evenings With Led Zeppelin book

June 28, 1970 – Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music ‘70 – Bath & West Showground – Shepton Mallet, England
Setlist:
Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Bring It On Home, Since I’ve Been Loving You, Organ Solo/ Thank You, That’s The Way …

TBL Archive Special: Led Zeppelin Over Europe 1980 – 43 years gone…

This week marks the 43rd anniversary of the first dates of the final Led Zeppelin tour – a low key 14 date trek taking in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Austria and Switzerland. I was lucky enough to attend five of those gigs. This is all chronicled in my Led Zeppelin Feather In The Wind Over Europe 1980 book
Here’s is an extract of chapter three, my on the road account written at the time and first featured in TBL issue 5.
 Extract …

Howard Mylett Remembered : 12  Years Gone…

Monday June 19th, marks the 12th anniversary of the passing of Howard Mylett, the legendary Led Zeppelin collector and original author.
He wrote the first ever biography of Led Zeppelin published in 1976 and went on to write a series of superbly researched Zep books. .
Howard Mylett had an engaging dry wit, incredible enthusiasm for collecting all things Zep, and above all, was always so generous in sharing his passion. He could be a cantankerous old bugger at times but that was all part of Howard’s make …

Above and below, the brilliant cover photos for TBL issue 35 (a duel cover issue) taken on June 2 1973 by Dan Cuny…fantastic images of an epic outdoor show…
It was all happening in the Kezar Stadium 50 years ago on June 2 – so here’s Mike Tremaglio’s tour log for that day …
TBL Archive Special 1 – June 2, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – San Francisco, California, USA
Setlist:
Rock And Roll, Celebration Day, Bring It On Home (Intro)/Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I’ve Been …

My thoughts on the John Bonham Celebration III event in Redditch – Saturday, May 27 2023:
A day of mixed emotions…
I made an early 8am start to reach Redditch from Bedford via train, a journey that lined up as follows: Bedford to Kettering, Kettering to Leicester, Leicester to Birmingham and then Birmingham to Redditch. The various changes went well and by 11am I was in the excellent Vintage Trax record shop in Redditch run by organisers Rose, David and her sister Teresa.
The weather was sunny and warm and I met my …

My thoughts on…

A Tribute To Jeff Beck – Eric Clapton & Friends – Royal Albert Hall May 23, 2013:

48 years to the day that I was in on a mission for musical greatness with Zep at Earls Court (and boy did I find it) here I am all these years later on a train out of Bedford in search again but this time the mission is tinged with sadness.

For this is A Tribute To Jeff Beck -the second of two nights at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the life …

With one week to go here’s the latest info…
INTERNATIONAL JOHN BONHAM A CELEBRATION III
THE CANOPIES, MARKET WALK,REDDITCH, WORCESTERSHIRE UK
SATURDAY 27th MAY 2023
Celebrating the 75th Birthday of John Henry Bonham in Redditch town centre on Saturday 27th May 2023 with a day/evening of live blues/rock music from top artists and bands.
​Led Into Zeppelin
Eric Bell Band (co-founder & original Thin Lizzy guitarist)Vincent Flatts Final Drive
CODA- A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Taxi For Jesus
Ceri Justice Band
Sundance
Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan
​PLUS Special Guests – all with links to Bonzo and/or Led Zeppelin.
*Led Into Zeppelin  
With a reputation …

It’s that time of year again…
TBL Celebrates the 48th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin at Earls Court:

With the 48h anniversary of the first two Led Zeppelin appearances at Earls Court upon us – to get you right in the zone here is a feature that first ran in TBL issue 15. It focuses on some of the key performances on the US tour of early 1975 that provided something of an indicator to the five glorious nights that would follow in May 1975…
PRELUDE TO EARLS COURT:
Led Zeppelin’s tenth American tour kicked …