TURNING THE CLOCK BACK  35  YEARS AGO:
SUNDAY MAY 18 1975
Ticket: Gallery Block 70 Row E Seat 17
Ticket Price £1
Woke up around 10am with the prospect of the second Zep gig ahead.  In the morning I brought the Sunday Observer with the colour suppelment magazine that carried a major Tony Palmer feature –parts of which were in the official Earls Court programme.
”Led Zeppelin bigger than The Beatles?” proclaimed the front cover. What a compliment.
On the train at 5 in the afternoon with fellow fan/Wallbanger player Nic and his girlfriend.  My eldest …

Join us for the TBL Travelling Riverside Celebration Fan Gathering
Saturday September 25th marks the 30th anniversary of the untimely death of John Bonham and the end of the 12 year glorious reign of Led Zeppelin.   On that day we will be acknowledging this milestone with the Travelling Riverside Celebration event – a celebratory fan gathering to be held on Saturday September 25th 2010 at The George Inn situated in Eton in  Windsor, Berkshire, UK on  the banks of the River Thames. There’s a full day of Zep related activity planned …

The first issue of the 2010 Tight But Loose Magazine Subscription is out now!
Now is the time to subscribe!
HOW TO ORDER: 3 magazine one year subscription commencing with May issue:
UK  £18.50
Europe  £22.00
USA/Rest Of World  £25.00
Subscription comprises of May issue (TBL 26), September issue (TBL 27) and December issue (TBL 28)
All prices include postage & packing
Or you can order the May issue on its own as a single issue:
UK £6.50
Europe £7.50
USA £8.50
Order via post – cheque (in UK sterling) payable to D.Lewis – send to
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Turning the clock back:  Saturday May 17th 1975:
Ticket: Gallery Block 72 Row L Seat 34
Ticker price £1
May 17th a dull rainy Saturday. Left Bedford around 4pm on the train and met then girlfriend Fiona in London for the long awaited return. I’d been counting the days down since March and now here we were hours from seeing and believing. We were inside the arena from around 7pm and the next hour was a slow one – I’d brought a programme and t.shirt.The programme with the illuminating text from Tony Palmer …

Photo: Copyright 2010 CelebrityLIFE/PSmylie
Move over Gordon Ramsey tell Jamie Oliver the news – what’s all this then? Robert Plant caught readying an appearance on Celebrity Masterchef or Hells Kitchen? Will he be squeezing those lemons till the juice runs down Gordon’s pan? Alas all is not what it might appear  and before Jamie gets into a chorus of ‘Save me a slice of  your custard pie’’ let me explain – this candid photo found Robert in jovial mood before his appearance on the BBC One Show a couple of weeks …

35 years ago this weekend Led Zeppelin were finally back on stage in England. During that first weekend of the Earls Court run they set the standard for a memorable series of performances.
In this second part of the TBL Earls Court Archive Special, Dave Lewis offers an overview of those five glorious days of May 1975……..
Finally London was ready for Led Zeppelin…and just after 8pm on Saturday May 17th the lights dimmed, the band walked onstage and the long wait was over. However after all the build up…it was all …

35 years ago this month, Led Zeppelin performed what would be their last indoor performances in England.
When the band undertook the series of five shows at London’s Earls Court Arena in May of 1975 they were at the very peak of their creative powers. Spurred on by the critical and commercial success of their sixth album, the double set Physical Graffiti, each show they played took on event-like proportions. The 17,000 capacity Earls Court afforded them the luxury to showcase in the best possible setting, the sheer enormity of their …

Another missing link in the saga of Led Zeppelin’s TV appearances in 1969 has recently surfaced on You Tube.
It had long been speculated that Zep made an appearance on the famous German Beat Club TV show recorded in Bremen in 1969.
Clear evidence that they had recorded a slot first came to light with the emergence of a story in the Hearts & Essex Observer edition of April 4th 1969. This story reported that the band were on board a British Airways Comet plane on Friday March 28th returning from Bremen …

May is here and in my calander, it’s always an important month. Not least of course because it triggers memories of former May Days and in particular the May Daze of 1975 – it’s the 35th anniversary of Led Zeppelin at Earls Court and I’ll be duly commemorating this milestone with a series of retro features on the TBL site – as you can see from today’s first TBL Archive post.
Being such an auspicious anniversary is also reason enough for me to commence a daily ritual of playing at least …

Robert Plant made a surprise appearance on the popular BBC 1  The One Show last night. It was Robert’s second appearance on the hit show – he appeared as the special guest for host  Adrian Chiles final show – he is leaving the show to move to GMTV  after three years. Adrian, an ardent West Bromwich Albion football fan, who are the local rivals to Roberts beloved Wolves, is a good friend of  Robert. Rather bizarrely, Robert was carried on to the set on a ottoman chair, wearing a crown …