On August 22nd Robert was one of the guests along with amongst others Steve Winwood, Brian May, Richard Thompson and Joe Brown on the special Bob Harris show to celebrate his 40th anniversary of Bob’s Radio one debut back in 1970.
Bob aired a pre recorded interview recorded a few days ago with Robert. Robert talked lucidly about his career and association with Bob including comments on Alexis Korner, Peter Grant and some perceptive and moving observations about the 02  – the moment Kashmir was aired after his reflections on the …

Listening to the forthcoming Robert Plant album Band Of Joy I was reminded of an interview quote he made a couple of years back ’’ The past can take care of itself – I go on undaunted’’
Indeed he does – and this latest twist in the story is proof again of his ability to immerse himself in a rich eclectic collection of material that makes for a very fulfilling listening experience.
Band Of Joy finds Robert Plant in the company of some seasoned Nashville based band mates – guitarist and co-producer …

Photo by Frank Melfi
The newly launched Robert Plant official Facebook Page has announced a free competition where all fans who ‘Like’ Robert are exclusively and automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to see a secret performance by Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy.
The lucky winners – chosen at random – will have the chance to attend the intimate show at a secret central London location on Wednesday September 1st 2010
Visit www.facebook.com/robertplant to enter

Robert Plant reaches the age of 62 today.
With a new album on the way and the Band Of Joy tour ahead, his unquenchable thirst for musical invention is as high as ever.
So here are 62 vivid examples of his vocal supremacy accompanied by memorable key lyrics and relevant comments:
From 48 to 2010 – he remains the definitive rock vocalist – make sure you play some of these and your own Plant faves this weekend in celebration:
Our Song,  (‘’It made us fall in looooove’’)
Laughing Crying Laughing  (‘’Jack loves Jill she don’t …

Photo by Robert Knight
Jason Bonham has announced details of his Led Zeppelin Experience tour – see full listing of dates below.  He will be performing over 30 gigs across the USA as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of his Dad’s passing. The Multi media show is being co –produced by Annerin Productions who have previously been involved in The Beatles ‘’Rain” and “The Pink Floyd Experience” events.
‘’I’ve started planning the whole stage show, getting it into context and into a timeline’’ Jason recently told Dave Lewis in an exclusive …

Picture by James Brosher
STOP PRESS: Robert Plant has now added a Belfast date and a rescheduled Paris date to the European tour.
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy will play a rare live show at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on Tuesday 2 November.
Tickets for the Waterfront Hall, Belfast go on sale Friday 13 August at 9.00am priced from: £38
Waterfront Hall Box-Office: 028 90 334455
www.waterfront.co.uk
From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide By telephone: Northern Ireland – 0844 277 44 55
Book On-Line: www.ticketmaster.ie
 The Palais De Sports, Paris gig has now been moved to October …

TBL is sad to report the  death of Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward (second from the right). He  had been suffering from liver cancer and died on Thursday at a hospital near Vancouver, Canada, after complications of pneumonia.
Richie was a member of Robert Plant’s touring band from their UK tour in 1983 through to 1985. He also played on the  Shaken’ N’ Stirred album.  He also worked with Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and Barbra Streisand.
Pink And Black (1985)

Richie  was a founding member of Little Feat -the inluencial band …

All photos Dec Hickey/TBL
To complete the TBL Knebworth Then As It Was Archive series , we present a  look back to the second Knebworth concert staged on August 11th1979  -31 years ago today. The very last show Led Zeppelin performed in the UK.
All text taken from the book Then As It Was – Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979. Limited edition hardback copies still available – the perfect summer read recalling those golden days of August 1979. Ordering details to the right of this page.
KNEBWORTH 2: DOING THE DINOSAUR ROCK
AUGUST 11th …

Photo -Ross Halfin
An official Jimmy Page web site is being readied for launch soon. You can register interest now and sign up  at  http://www.jimmypage.com/

With the Them Crooked Vultures members now returning back to their day jobs , John Paul Jones first post TCV appearance found him in Spain at the  African Express concert held in A Coruña, Galiza, NW Spain over the weekend. Reports are sparse but I can confirm that John appeared playing bass on Elíades Ochoa’s version of “Chan Chan.” Mariam improvised and everyone enhanced the haunting Cuban masterpiece. He also appeared alongside former Clash guitarist Mick Jones, Amadou and Mariam, Ochoa, Amparo Sánchez and others in a version of “Rock …