Leona Lewis spoke in an interview with the Daily Mail on Saturday about her contribution to the closing ceremony at the Beijing Olympic Games.
‘We were all tied up and bound with these straps,’ she says, ‘It was about 100 degrees, like a sauna, and it was so dark I couldn’t see David at all. He was somewhere to the side of me. I could just hear and feel Jimmy right next to me. The only air I could feel was his breath on my face. Completely surreal.’ 
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On Saturday 27th September, Jason Bonham joined Debbie Bonham on stage at the Kiddieminster Town Hall as part of the Kidderminster Music Festival 2008. Thew evening kicked off with musician Kevyn Gammond under his pseudonym, Carlisle Egypt, Kevyn will be remembered as a member of The Band Of Joy and Priory Of Brion, he was joined on stage by Verden Allen, who was Mott The Hoople’s original keyboard player, they played what was described as “an interesting set of avant garde and futuristic music which everyone seemed to enjoy”. Debbie …

Rare Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin photos are to go on display at a Soho gallery in November. The pictures will form part of the Rock Achive Exhibition that will take place at 65–67 Broadwick Street in Soho. Pictures of Bob Dylan, The Who, Razorlight, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley and U2 will also feature in the exhibition. Jill Furmanovsky, who has taken classic images of artists such as Oasis and Blondie, founded Rock Archive in 1998.

Tribute band Boot Led Zeppelin will be leading the celebrations at a special 40th anniversary Led Zeppelin Convention being staged at the famous Croydon Fairfield Hall venue on Friday November 7. The gig will be preceded by a variety of events including a Zep charity auction with a chance to bid for items that will be personally signed by Jimmy Page with all proceeds going to the ABC Trust, guest speakers including Dave Lewis and renowned rock writer Mick Wall who will be talking about and signing copies of his …

In yet more speculation the Friday Sept 26 edition of The Sun ran a story that Robert Plant has agreed to a Led Zeppelin tour next year. This has been picked up by a variety of news sources. No official confirmation of such a decision. has been forthcoming. 
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In an official statement released via robertplant.com, Robert has stated that he has no intention of touring with anyone for at least two years, and goes on to say that contrary to a spate of recent reports, he will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are currently touring the USA on the last leg of their ‘Raising Sand’ tour. They played a benefit concert in Oklahoma City for victims of Hurricane Ike last Friday; Austin,Texas last Saturday and tomorrow they play Portland, …

The 40th Anniversary Led Zeppelin Convention staged by Boot- Led Zeppelin is set to take place on Friday November 7. The venue is the Fairfield Halls Croydon. 
Leading tribute band Boot – Led Zeppelin will be the main live attraction . The early evening will include guest speaker slots, Zep footage on the big screen and more. Graeme Hutchinson will be holding a special charity auction in aid of the ABC Trust – Dave Lewis will be co-ordinating the guest speaker slot. Tickets are on sale now – for full details …

Jimmy Page along with The Edge and Jack White was in attendance at a premiere screening of the new rock documentary It Might Get Loud in Toronto last week.
The film examines the journey of the electric guitar as told through the three guitarists respective careers. The film also has footage of the three together jamming on a sound stage in Los Angeles including a performance of Zep’s In My Time of Dying. 
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Plenty of national coverage for this story originating from an interview Jason gave to a Detroit radio station. Link at … PasteMagazine

John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were in attendance at the annual GQ Men of The Year Awards in London on September 2. They were on hand to receive Led Zeppelin’s Outstanding Achievement award presented to them by Dave Grohl.
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