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 …

TBL Archive Special: It was 50 years ago… the moment Led Zeppelin elevated from being an exceptional rock band to becoming a worldwide musical phenomenon…they way it’s been ever since…
Led Zeppelin US tour opening  date –  Friday, May 4, 1973 Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA:

Setlist (from River City Review)
Rock and Roll, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I’ve Been Loving You, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Moby Dick, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown
Notes: Other tracks most likely performed but not listed …

TBL Archive…1977:
Led Zeppelin – The Destroyer 46 years Gone:

The first recordings I heard of the 1977 US tour was an echo laded audience tape from the April 28 Cleveland show. I had this arrive via one of my key collector contacts Russ Rees about a month after the gig. Despite the average sound, it was still a thrill to hear the likes of Ten Years Gone and Achilles Last Stand performed live. In 1980 a soundboard mixing desk tape emerged of the same gig. This was altogether something else – …

Latest update on the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary…
This one via LZ News…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, could finally be on the verge of being released after director Bernard MacMahon privately screened a new cut of the film in California.
The film was announced by Led Zeppelin in May 2019 and an initial cut was shown at the Venice and Telluride film festivals in September 2021, but there has been no word of its release since then. In September 2022, it was announced that the film was being …

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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – Back in the USA – 28 years gone…
28 years ago this spring , Jimmy Page & Robert Plant were on the first leg of their Unledded No Quarter tour. The tour opened in Pensacola and ran through until Vancouver on May 26 before moving into Europe, going back to America and eventually ending in Australia and Japan in early 1996
Given all that has happened since, not least the 02 reunion, the Celebration Day film and the Zep reissues, it’s easy to forget …

TBL Archive Special 1:

BBC Radio One John Peel In Concert  – It was 52 years ago…
Reeling in the year: Capturing the sounds of BBC Radio One on a Sunday night in April – The Wonder of Devotion…
Led Zeppelin BBC Radio One In Concert – It was 52 years ago this week:
52 years ago, on Sunday April 4 1971, I first heard the music of Led Zeppelin performed live and the effect was pretty shattering to the ears of a young 14 year old – not to mention rather lasting…
The occasion …

Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy  – TBL 50th Anniversary Special:

This via LZ News:
Jimmy Page has released an early demo of “The Rain Song” to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the release of “Houses of the Holy”.
Page released the track, titled “The Seasons,” through his website on March 28 using the website’s “On This Day” section.
“On this day, 50 years ago to the day, ‘Houses of the Holy’ was released,” Page wrote. “My original idea for the opening tracks for ‘Houses of the Holy’ was that a short overture would be a …

John Bonham Celebration III latest:

WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL

JOHN BONHAM A CELEBRATION III FESTIVAL 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
Vincent Flatts Final Drive
CODA- A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Taxi For Jesus
Ceri Justice &The Jury,
Sundance
Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan
PLUS Special Guests – all with links to Bonzo and/or Led Zeppelin.
More detials at this link:
https://www.johnbonhamac.com/
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Latest Bonham – Bullick News:

“Bonham-Bullick and the band once again demonstrate their undoubted skill as authentic …

My thoughts on Us And Them – The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis 
The visionary artists behind Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and more..
by Mark Blake 
I’ve had a fair bit of association with the Hipgnosis design team over the years.
Back in early 2005, I was at a meeting at the Virgin Megastore where I worked when I saw a voice mail come up on my mobile. When I checked it later I saw that it was from Aubrey Powell who I knew to be Po of Hipgnosis. He wanted to …

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT 52 –  TBL  52nd ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL:

52 years ago this month on March 5 1971 Jimmy Page strapped on a newly acquired Gibson double neck guitar and played the first chords of a new lengthy composition in front of an audience for the first time.
The occasion was Led Zeppelin’s opening date on their UK tour at the Ulster Hall Belfast.
The song was Stairway To Heaven…
So here’s a celebration of this 52nd anniversary of a special song.
TBL Archive Special Part 1:

Belfast and Stairway To Heaven -it was 52 …