Following their appearances at Reading and Leeds, Them Crooked Vultures have announced tour dates in the UK and US.

The new issue of the Tight But Loose magazine is due mid September. Issue 24 is another packed issue including an extensive overview of Led Zeppelin’s summer of ’69 US festival appearances by Mike Tremaglio, Collector focus on UK Zep vinyl collector Nick Anderson, an interview with It Might Get Loud director Davis Guggenheim, Knebworth ’79 overview, Solo Years scrapbook plus Them Crooked Vultures, Page, Plant latest news and more.
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Them Crooked Vultures, the new Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/John Paul Jones supergroup made their UK debut on Wednesday night in a support slot to The Arctic Monkeys at the 02 Academy Brixton. Along with guitarist Alain Johannes, they performed a set that included the tracks Elephant, Gunman, Mind Eraser (No Chaser),Daffodils and Nobody Loves Me And Neither Do I.
The band was first seen in action on August 10th at the Metro in Chicago and followed that with appearances at Melkweg in Amsterdam,the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium and Lowlands Festival in the …

On Saturday August 15, Robert Plant was made an honorary vice president of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Robert was given the honour prior to Wolves opening Premiership match against West Ham.
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Wolves FC
Express And Star

In an interview with Billboard to tie in with the release of It Might Get Loud, Jimmy Page hinted at his plans to bring new projects to fruition next year.
See link at http://m.billboard.com/news/jimmy-page-unveils-new-songs-in-loud-doc-1004002934.story#/news/jimmy-page-unveils-new-songs-in-loud-doc-1004002934.story

Les Paul, father of the electric guitar and modern sound recording, died on August 13 2009 at 94 at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. after a bout with pneumonia. Les Paul was a massive influence on generations of guitarists including of course Jimmy Page.

Plenty of news and feedback on the new John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme venture.

First live reviews and info see links at:
Chicago Tribune.com
NME.com
RollingStone.com

30 years ago today, I and thousands of others, were in that field just outside Stevenage eagerly awaiting the live return of Led Zeppelin.
30 years on it’s been like a lifetime… but a second.
Think of Knebworth and the images remain vivid: The campsite,
Tommy Vance’s Friday night rock show filling the air, chants of ‘’Zeppelin’’,’’Zeppelin’’ , the early morning rush for the gates, the long wait during the day ,Skynyrd’s Tuesdays Gone fading from the PA. the screen unfolding…and there in the light performing The Song Remains The Same, Led Zeppelin …

The current issue of Record Collector has an extensive ten page feature on Zep at Knebworth and the In Through The Out Door album written by Dave Lewis with discography from Nick Anderson.
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The Rocks Backpages website has a preview of the Then As It Was Led Zeppelin At Knebworth book
See link at
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=14730