Countdown to the Celebration Day…30 days to go.
To mark the impending momentous worldwide screening of the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertegun 02 reunion concert on October 17th, we are counting down to the day with a daily Celebration Day Newsletter post. This will feature relevant news and updates plus the TBL Countdown Collection – a daily celebration of Zep moments, memories and artefacts.
CELEBRATION DAY SCREENING –TBL MEET VUE CINEMA ,WESTFIELD CENTRE WHITE CITY LONDON SUNDAY OCTOBER 21ST:
As mentioned yesterday, alongside the Bedford showing of the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertugen 02 reunion …

Countdown to the Celebration Day…31 days to go.
To mark the impending momentous worldwide screening of the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertegun 02 reunion concert on October 17th, we are counting down to the day with a daily Celebration Day Newsletter post. This will feature relevant news and updates plus the TBL Countdown Collection – a daily celebration of Zep moments, memories and artefacts.
The Countdown Commences 31 days to go…so welcome to the first TBL Celebration Countdown Newsletter
Barney Hoskyns Book Launch:
Barney Hoskyns  Trampled Underfoot book was launched at a gathering at the …

Nearly five years on since that night of nights, and a week of mounting speculation,  the Led Zeppelin reunion concert for Ahmet Ertegun staged at the 02 Arena, London on December 10th, 2007 is finally confirmed for official release.
After all the pre -announcement excitement, we now know that the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertegun 02 Reunion concert will initially appear as a full length film titled Celebration Day. This will have screenings across the globe from October 17th.
To find out where the film is being screened near you log on to
http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news
I am lining up …

First showing of the Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day Trailer

More details to follow …….
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The excitement continues to mount as the countdown to the announcement of the long awaited release of the Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion concert rolls into the final day.

On Tuesday the official Led Zeppelin .com Facebook page added the II countdown in the Led Zep II album cover script.

They also released another you tube clip- this contained an 18 second audio clip of Good Times Bad Times – here’s the clip:

This afternoon ( Wednesday)  the official Led Zeppelin.com Facebook page counted down to One…
It would all seem that the countdown announcement is …

A story in The Sun today, reports that the Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion concert will be released on CD/DVD and Blu -ray worldwide on November 22nd.
The official Led Zeppelin Facebook site now has the countdown at III in the Led Zeppelin III script – full details look set to be released later this week.
Here is the link to The Sun news story:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/4531876/Led-Zeppelin-to-fly-back-into-the-charts-with-new-DVD.html
More news on this monumental release to follow as they unfold….

Speculation is mounting that a major announcement is due via the official Led Zeppelin.com Facebook page and twitter feed later this week.
The official Led  Zeppelin .com Facebook page has carried what appears to be a daily countdown with Five and then Four appearing in Zep typography over the weekend.
Though there is no official word on this as yet, there is strong indication that this announcement, seemingly due later in the week, will reveal full details of an impending official DVD release of the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert staged at the 02 …

Trampled Underfoot: The Power And Excess of Led Zeppelin is published in the UK on September 6th by Faber and Faber with a US edition via Wiley & Sons to follow in October.
Written by renowned rock journalist Barney Hoskyns, the book has been some four years in the making, during which time Barney has interviewed nearly 200 associates of the band to piece together a unique oral dialogue, which unravels the Zeppelin story from their early days through to their demise and aftermath.
The forthcoming issue of the Tight But Loose …

Stop Press: Brazil dates added:
Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters have now added a series of  dates in Brazil as part of their South American visit.
They line up as follows:
October 18, Rio de Janeiro, RJ – HSBC Arena (the largest indoor venue of the city, constructed for the  Pan-American games in 2007).
October 20, Belo Horizonte, MG – Expo Minas
October 22, São Paulo, SP – Espaço das Américas
October 25, Brasilia, DF – Ginásio Nilson Nelson
October 27, Curitiba, PR – Teatro Guaira
October 29, Porto Alegre, RS – Gigantinho (the venue is next to …

Photo by Simon Partington for TBL
Robert Plant is 64 today.
In the past 12 months, he has continued his quench for music thirst, regrouping with Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara with Patty Griffin and the nucleus of Strange Sensation to present the Sensational Space Shifters.
As I noted at the Gloucester debut gig , his passion to hop and skip effortlessly between varying musical styles is more than evident, as is the way he deploys his voice as a total instrument. You get the feeling he can move and shake within any band …