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[7 Nov 2007 | No Comment | 2,146 views]
Motherships over London

To launch the Mothership album, NME.com reported that a series of images were due to be projected onto various landmarks around the capital on the night of November 5th. The projections could be seen at the following locations:
The Science Museum – 4.45pm
Gerrard Street, W1 – 6pm
Covent Garden – 6.45pm
Trafalgar Square – 7.30pm
Truman Brewery – 9.30pm
Anyone out there see them? Send us your pics.
Thanks Stephen Humphries

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[7 Nov 2007 | No Comment | 2,518 views]
A message from Jimmy to O2 ballot winners…

Jimmy has forwarded a personal message via email to all 02 ballot winners which can also be seen at the ledzeppelin.com site.
It reads as follows: 
“As you all know by now I was regrettably put in a situation where I had to postpone my performance at the Ahmet Ertegun Benefit show, on November 26th, due to a fractured finger. We have now rescheduled this show to take place, at the same venue, on December 10th. In doing so I was very conscious of the fact that many people are travelling great …

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[1 Nov 2007 | No Comment | 2,219 views]
Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert postponed until Dec 10th

The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, originally scheduled for Monday, November 26th and featuring Led Zeppelin, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Paul Rogers, Paolo Nutini, and Foreigner has been postponed until December 10th due to Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page fracturing his finger.
The injury to Page’s finger, which was sustained this past weekend, will not allow him to play guitar for 3 weeks.
The specialist treating Mr. Page said, “I have examined the fracture to Mr. Page’s finger, and it is my opinion that with proper rest and treatment, he
will be ready …

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[31 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2,294 views]
Jimmy Page to be honoured by Classic Rock magazine

Jimmy Page is due to be honoured at this year’s Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards. He is due to receive the Living Legend award on November 5th at The Landmark Hotel in London.

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[31 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2,145 views]

Raising Sand has been enjoying massive first week sales and looks set to enter the US Billboard chart at number 2. A similar position is also likely in the UK. 
Robert and Alison were due to appear on the Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie radio show on October 30 at 8:00pm on BBC Radio 2. The show normally has a listen again feature on-line, allowing you to catch the show if you miss it first time round.
They are also lined up for TV appearances on BBC2’s Culture Show and BBC Breakfast.

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[24 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 5,005 views]
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You TV footage

A rare piece of TV footage of Led Zeppelin performing Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, recorded around the end of March in 1969 at the Radio Bremen TV Studios in Bremen, Germany has turned up on the youtube website. Shot in black and white, the band mime there way though the number. The presence of a microphone in front of Page hints of a performance of Communication Breakdown also being taped but nothing else has surfaced…yet! Follow this link for Babe I’m Gonna Leave You

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[24 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2,212 views]
Led Zeppelin go digital at last

As we exclusively revealed back in August, the whole of the Led Zeppelin catalogue will be available to download from all online music retailers. From November 13th the band’s original albums including Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Untitled fourth album (1971), Houses Of The Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains The Same (1976; recently reworked for reissue on November 19), In Through The Out Door (1979), Coda (1982), How The West Was Won (2003), and Mothership (available November 13). 
In a …

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[24 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2,349 views]
Plant & Krauss latest…

Robert and Alison recorded a TV special for CMTCrossroads last Thursday (Oct 18th) in The Mill, Lebanon, Tennessee. As well as featuring tracks from the forthcoming Raising Sand CD, the duo also performed When The Levee Breaks and Black Dog. The backing band consisted of band leader T-Bone Burnett, guitar player Buddy Miller, guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Dennis Crouch. No air date for the Krauss-Plant Crossroads episode, has not been announced yet.
Further TV appearances are expected with an appearance lined up on Wednesday for the Today …

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[25 May 2005 | 2 Comments | 4,989 views]
Earls Court… Turning Back The Clock

SATURDAY MAY 17 1975
Ticket: Gallery Block 72 Row L Seat 34

The first night – met then girlfriend Fiona in London for the long long awaited return. When the stage burst into action following Bob Harris’s intro just after 8pm well it was the moment my life switched into colour after the previous 18 years had been viewed in grainy black and white!
We had a good view high up to the right looking down towards Robert’s side. They were a little nervous and it was evident Jimmy was having lead …