TBL Archive : 

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – Back in the USA – 28 years gone…
28 years ago this spring , Jimmy Page & Robert Plant were on the first leg of their Unledded No Quarter tour. The tour opened in Pensacola and ran through until Vancouver on May 26 before moving into Europe, going back to America and eventually ending in Australia and Japan in early 1996
Given all that has happened since, not least the 02 reunion, the Celebration Day film and the Zep reissues, it’s easy to forget …

TBL Archive Special 1:

BBC Radio One John Peel In Concert  – It was 52 years ago…
Reeling in the year: Capturing the sounds of BBC Radio One on a Sunday night in April – The Wonder of Devotion…
Led Zeppelin BBC Radio One In Concert – It was 52 years ago this week:
52 years ago, on Sunday April 4 1971, I first heard the music of Led Zeppelin performed live and the effect was pretty shattering to the ears of a young 14 year old – not to mention rather lasting…
The occasion …

Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy  – TBL 50th Anniversary Special:

This via LZ News:
Jimmy Page has released an early demo of “The Rain Song” to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the release of “Houses of the Holy”.
Page released the track, titled “The Seasons,” through his website on March 28 using the website’s “On This Day” section.
“On this day, 50 years ago to the day, ‘Houses of the Holy’ was released,” Page wrote. “My original idea for the opening tracks for ‘Houses of the Holy’ was that a short overture would be a …

John Bonham Celebration III latest:

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JOHN BONHAM A CELEBRATION III FESTIVAL 2023
Celebrating the 75th Birthday of John Henry Bonham in Redditch town centre on Saturday 27th May 2023 with a day/evening of live blues/rock music from top artists and bands.
Led Into Zeppelin
Vincent Flatts Final Drive
CODA- A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Taxi For Jesus
Ceri Justice &The Jury,
Sundance
Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan
PLUS Special Guests – all with links to Bonzo and/or Led Zeppelin.
More detials at this link:
https://www.johnbonhamac.com/
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Latest Bonham – Bullick News:

“Bonham-Bullick and the band once again demonstrate their undoubted skill as authentic …

My thoughts on Us And Them – The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis 
The visionary artists behind Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and more..
by Mark Blake 
I’ve had a fair bit of association with the Hipgnosis design team over the years.
Back in early 2005, I was at a meeting at the Virgin Megastore where I worked when I saw a voice mail come up on my mobile. When I checked it later I saw that it was from Aubrey Powell who I knew to be Po of Hipgnosis. He wanted to …

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT 52 –  TBL  52nd ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL:

52 years ago this month on March 5 1971 Jimmy Page strapped on a newly acquired Gibson double neck guitar and played the first chords of a new lengthy composition in front of an audience for the first time.
The occasion was Led Zeppelin’s opening date on their UK tour at the Ulster Hall Belfast.
The song was Stairway To Heaven…
So here’s a celebration of this 52nd anniversary of a special song.
TBL Archive Special Part 1:

Belfast and Stairway To Heaven -it was 52 …

Rock is Lit Podcast:
Here’s all the gen on an interview I contributed to for the Rock is Lit podcast. It’s a 30 minute segment in conversation with Christy Alexander Hallberg -author of the book Searching For Jimmy Page. My segment kicks off at 00.33 minutes.
New Episode of the Rock is Lit Podcast, Featuring Dave Lewis
Episode 20 of Rock is Lit celebrates the release of the audiobook of host Christy Alexander Hallberg’s novel, ‘Searching for Jimmy Page’, with special guests Melissa Connell and Dave Lewis.
In the episode, you’ll hear a chapter of the …

Physical Graffiti it was 48 years ago…
It’s been a week of here of celebrating the 48th anniversary of  Physical Graffiti  and I’ve been playing various versions of the album and rounded up the reviews and wallowed in the sheer nostalgia of such a great period so here’s various snapshots of what I have felt and still feel about my favourite album of all time – and maybe yours too…
First to back track seven years to the 40th anniversary and the 2015 reissue…
So some DL thoughts:
To  backtrack 48 years: My Physical Graffiti:
Physical …

Alastair Chorlton 1958 – 2023:

Yesterday Steve Livesley and I travelled down from Bedford to say goodbye to our dear friend and record collecting comrade Alastair Chorlton on an appropriately sunny afternoon in South London – as he lit up the lives of all who knew him.

Inside the beautiful St John The Evangelist church, the service unfolded in a mass of music, love, gratitude and celebration. Steve and I were privileged to be asked to be part of the four pallbearers for Alastair’s final journey along with Guy and Cyril. We …

John Bonham Celebration III Event Latest:

Here’s the latest news on the May 27 event in Redditch…

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JOHN BONHAM A CELEBRATION III FESTIVAL 2023
 
Celebrating the 75th Birthday of John Henry Bonham in Redditch town centre on Saturday 27th May 2023 with a day/evening of live blues/rock music from top artists and bands.

We can announce the first four bands confirmed for John Bonham A Celebration III are :

CODA – a Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Vincent Flatts Final Drive, Ceri Justice and the Jury, and Taxi for Jesus.

More to be announced shortly.

Earlybird tickets …