Adrian Chiles and DL – London HMV Forum September 2nd- Both with a lot to do on Monday…
Well after a whirlwind week, I’ve managed to make it to 54.
It was certainly some week with back to back Robert Plant shows and then the day in London on Friday. I personally thought Robert & the Band Of Joy live experience was pretty amazing as you will have read – though I respect that it won’t be for everybody.
Friday was spent in the company of my lifelong friends Dec, Tom, Phil and …

At 7pm on Saturday 4th September, the UK’s leading classic rock radio station PLANET ROCK will air an exclusive hour-long documentary interview with Black Country Communion. The documentary will feature Planet Rock speaking to the BCC members about the band’s formation and future. The one hour radio special will also be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 11pm.
Presented by DJ Nicky Horne, the behind-the-scenes documentary includes exclusive interviews with Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and Jason Bonham, plus a selection of music from their highly anticipated debut album. Also featured in …

Robert Plant has announced a one-off show in New York on Sunday 12th September at the Bowery Ballroom, Delancey St., New York. Ticket go on sale noon today (Saturday) from www.ticketmaster
Following on from the successful show at The Forum in Kentish Town the next morning Robert appeared on the BBC 1 Morning News show, waxing lyrical about the Band Of Joy project and doing his best to ignore the Zepp to reform question. Check out the clip here from the www.bbc.co.uk website.

Photos: Gary Foy/TBL
Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy
’OH TO BE IN ENGLAND’’ – ROBERT PLANT BRINGS JOY TO THE FORUM  
Set List:
Down To The Sea, Monkey, House of Cards,  Please Read the Letter, Misty Mountain Hop, Rich Woman, Twelve Gates To The City/Wade In The Water, Trouble Don’t Go, All The Kings Horses, Satisfied Mind, Move On Up In Glory, Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, Central Two O’ Nine, Houses Of The Holy, Tall Cool One, Over The Hills And Far Away,  Gallows Pole, Encore: Harm’s Swift Way,  Rock and …

Above photo -Copyright Dan Cuny – re-produced with thanks
In recent weeks some excellent private cine-film of Led Zeppelin has surfaced on Youtube  via the  Led Zeppelin.com site.  The clips incude  rare film of Zep on stage in Japan and  a great piece from Landover 1977  A very close up Song Remains The Same from Greensboro 1977 has also recently surfaced. Here they are…
Japan 1971

Landover 1977

Greensboro 1977

Also check out this blog featuring some great photos from Led Zeppelin at  Kezar Stadium in 1973 with some excellent background material. Brit Rock by …

All photos Gary Foy/TBL
Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy
One Mayfair , London September 1st 2010
ROBERT PLANT & THE BAND OF JOY IN LONDON: “WELCOME TO THE CHURCH’’
Set List: Monkey, House Of Cards, Cindy I’’ll Mary You Someday, Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, Central Two – O- Nine, Harms’ Swift Way, Angel Dance, I Bid You Goodnight.
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy introduced themselves to a UK audience for the first time with an all inclusive eight song set list drawn mainly from their forthcoming album. This secret gig …

The above photo was taken by Tom Locke outside the Mannheim hotel Led Zeppelin were staying at during their two night stint at the Mannheim Eisstadion on July 2nd and 3rd 1980.  To the far left is John Paul Jones and you can see Robert in the centre. The man to the right of  JPJ is Michael Kirschner then the tour co-ordinator for WEA Records in Germany. It was his job to make sure everything went smoothly on the road and he acted as interpreter for the band and in …

Photo by Chris Barbero
The pub venue for the TBL pre gig meets at the Robert Plant HMV
Forum London gig on Thursday September 2nd is as follows:
The Assembly Rooms
292-294 Kentish Town Road,
Kentish Town,
London,
NW5 2TH
The pub is situated between the Forum and Kentish Town Station and was the pub we met at when Robert and Strange Sensation played the Forum in December 2005.

Here’s a link with map details
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars/the-assembly-house-info-15664.html
http://www.londonvenueguide.com/kentish-town-forum.html
The TBL crew aim to be in there around from around 5.30pm –we look forward to meeting up with all those that can make it …

Photo Copyright Jimmy Page Collection via Genesis Publications
Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page
(Genesis Publications – to be published September 27th)

It commences with a photo of the young Jimmy Page as a choir boy with the caption ‘’It might get loud’’ and ends some 500 pages and 50 years later with a recent shot of the elder wistful guitarist with the caption ‘’It might get louder…’’
In between there’s what can only be described as a simply stunning pictorial autobiography or as Jimmy modestly puts it ‘’A visual documentary to reflect my …

The long awaited Jimmy Page pictorial memoir will be published by Genesis Publications on September 27th.
The large format book is over 500 pages and reproduces more than 650 photographs and illustrations, making it the biggest limited edition that Genesis has produced to date. Pre orders are still being taken for the 2,500 limited edition copies – all of which will be personally signed by Jimmy.
The book spans Jimmy’s entire career including pre and post Zeppelin.  Many of the photos have been personally captioned with relevant comments – a superb shot …