Knebworth 30th Anniversary Then As It Was Celebration Day Latest: Tickets still available, Itinerary Announced

There’s still time to order tickets for the Knebworth 30th Anniversary Celebration Day being staged On Saturday August 8th 2009 at The Lytton Arms Park Lane, Old Knebworth SG3 6QB (www.lyttonarms.co.uk)
Admission by advance ticket only price – £10 (includes buffet meal) – order now!
To reserve your ticket please send £10 cheque (payable to D.Lewis) to 14 Totnes Close, Bedford MK40 3AX
Please include your e-mail address – confirmation of your reservation will be acknowledged via e-mail/ e-ticket
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Robert Plant will join a variety of artists performing never-to-be-repeated collaborations at the Rockwell Event.
The concert is being staged at the 02 Arena on September 11 with all proceeds going to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. Alongside Robert, artists such as Razorlight, Joss Stone, David Gray, Tom Jones,  Gabriella Cilmi, Danny and Gaz from Supergrass are scheduled to appear.
More details at http://www.o2rockwell.com/
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Tight But Loose Publishing presents
Then As It Was
Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979
30 Years Gone
Compiled by Dave Lewis

1:PREVIEW

Then as it was…
This time there’s no sleeping bags required…
“Mum…” I recall testing the water to see if she was asleep or not that night. “Can I go to see Zeppelin in August pleeeese?”
Negotiations had begun. Living in the backwater of Goole meant that I’d had a pretty sheltered existence and going to gigs hundreds of miles away was by parental permission only. Over the ensuing week Mother undertook a deal of …

The forthcoming one day Knebworth Then As It Was Celebration Day at the Lytton Arms is shaping up to be a memorable event. Tribute band Boot Led Zeppelin will be performing a special Knebworth acoustic set in the late afternoon.
The event to be staged on Saturday August 8th 2009 at The Lytton Arms Park Lane, Old Knebworth SG3 6QB) will also be the first opportunity to by the new Dave Lewis compiled book Then As It Was Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 – 30 years Gone.
*Each book is …

Robert received his CBE from Prince Charles on July 10th in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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John Paul Jones prediction in the last TBL magazine that ‘’I’ll be playing and It’ll be exciting’’ looks to be coming to fruition, with reports that he is working with Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and Queen Of The Stone Ages’ Josh Homme in Los Angeles.
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Jimmy Page was in attendance at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘’It Might Get Loud’’ on June 19 at the Main Festival Theatre in Westwood California.
This report by Stephen Humphries from Los Angeles for TBL:

The film, which gets a cinema release in the USA on August 21, documents the summit meeting of three guitar legends: Page, White, and The Edge.
In the film, the three icons sit on couches in a massive movie studio soundstage and lean toward each other in intimate conversation about their approach to playing the guitar. …

Tight But Loose / Voiceprint present
Then As It Was
A 30th anniversary Knebworth Celebration Day and official launch of the new book Then As It Was – Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 30 Years Gone
On Saturday August 8 2009 at The Lytton Arms
Park Lane, Old Knebworth SG3 6QB (www.lyttonarms.co.uk)
Join us to mark the momentous 30th anniversary of the last UK Led Zeppelin gigs in the very area the historic events unfolded on August 4th and 11th 1979
Main events kick off at 3pm and run through to 11pm
Dave Lewis will be signing …

Robert Plant was spotted at a resent Scott Matthews gig at the Birmingham Glee Club gig on May 19, Robert didn’t join the Scott on stage but did record a track for his latest album “Elsewhere”. The track, 12 Harps, is one of the highlights of the Wolvehampton born singer/songwriters second album. Scott spoke recently to Dave Freak, from the Birmingham Post about the working with one of his idols. “We sent Robert the track as he was rehearsing in Texas. He got back and said he was really up …

Time for a quick look at some resent Led Zeppelin on-line auction bargains!

First up Jimmy Page’s custom Orange Matamp was sold in an eBay auction for $30000 last Friday. This was reported to be a 1971 Matamp amplifier, custom built and used and owned by Jimmy Page in the 70’s.

A painting of Robert Plant that we featured a few months ago has raised £1,500 for Acorns Children’s Hospice. Painted by Sue Verity, of Tamworth and autographed by Robert, the portrait was snapped up by Led Zeppelin fan, …