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[26 Jan 2011 | 5 Comments | 3,650 views]
TBL NEWS ROUND UP: LED ZEPPELIN APP LAUNCHED – BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION CONFIRMED FOR HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL

LED ZEPPELIN APP LAUNCHED:
A new app for iPhone and IPad users has been launched. This Day In Led Zeppelin contains masses of Zep trivia with over 5,000 facts about the band and has been produced by the team behind the This Day In Music website and book of the same name.
“I had the idea of making individual apps for some of the biggest acts in the world, and thought the best one to start with would be Led Zeppelin, because of their iconic status,” said editor of the Led …

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[26 Jan 2011 | One Comment | 2,976 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – Tower Theatre, Philadelphia

Robert Plant at Tower Theatre, Philadelphia
My wife and I were fortunate to attend Robert’s show on 1/26/11 at the Tower Theatre in the Philadelphia area with a couple of dear friends.  It was near blizzard like conditions, with the area receiving 12-16 inches of snow within 24 hours, about 4 inches just during the show.  But the show was fully attended, as most braved the elements to see Robert and The Band of Joy.  In the bathroom, I overheard one fan saying he traveled over 130 miles one way for …

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[25 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 2,715 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – House Of Blues, Boston

 
Picture by David Smith (Toronto)
Robert Plant and Band Live Up to Name
House of Blues, Boston, January 25, 2011
Robert Plant sure wasn’t afraid to stick with what worked. He made a major musical statement in 2007with “Raising Sand,” his excellent disc with Alison Krauss, which found the rock icon veering towards country and rootsy sounds. While Krauss is not around these days to play with Plant, that has not stopped him and his backing Band of Joy to live up to their name.
Plant mixed it up musically mainly with songs from …

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[23 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 2,330 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – Sony Centre, Toronto

Picture by David Smith
Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday
Angel Dance
Down to the Sea
House of Cards
Rich Woman
Love Throw a Line
Misty Mountain Hop
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in The Water/In My Time of Dying
Houses of the Holy
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Monkey
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight
RP and the BOJ – Toronto (1.23.11) Review
Toronto, ON. Jan. 23, 2011 – Has any former rock god aged as gracefully as Robert Plant? He could easily be raking in mega-millions playing stadiums with a reunited Led …

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[22 Jan 2011 | 3 Comments | 6,815 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – Sony Centre, Toronto

Set List
Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday
Angel Dance
Down to the Sea
Rich Woman
House of Cards
Love Throw a Line
Please Read the Letter
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Tangerine
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in The Water/In My Time of Dying
Houses of the Holy
You Can’t Buy My Love
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Silver Rider
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight
The first of  two Band Of Joy shows in Toronto received a favourable review from the Toronto Sun
Sony Centre, Toronto Review (Toronto Sun)
If Rod Stewart has put out what seems to be an endless …

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[21 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 4,194 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy continue their US tour with a lively show in Michigan which included the re-appearance of Silver Rider and a bizarre hat wearing encore (see photo below)
Angel Dance
Please Read The Letter
Down To The Sea
Rich Woman
House of Cards
Love Throw a Line
Central Two-O-Nine
Satisfied Mind
Tangerine
Silver Rider
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
You Can’t Buy My Love
Houses of the Holy
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in the Water/In My Time of Dying Medley
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Harm’s Swift Way
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight

photo by Wyatt Brake
Robert …

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[19 Jan 2011 | 2 Comments | 4,930 views]
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy – Peterson Events Centre Pittsburgh

Photo by Heidi Murrin Tribune Review
First 2011 on the spot review from the Band Of Joy US Tour for TBL  from Annette Calgaro
Set List – Not in Order
Gallows Pole – Central 209- Angel Dance – Tangerine – House of Cards -Please Read the Letter – Houses of the Holy -Harm’s Swift Way-Satisfied Mind – Move Up – Twelve Gates – Ramble On – Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down – Can’t Buy My Love – Tall Cool One
Encores – Monkey, Rock And Roll
The show was staged at the Peterson Events …

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[19 Jan 2011 | 5 Comments | 5,795 views]
DAVE LEWIS DIARY: TBL 28 FEEDBACK/BRUCE/HOWARD/OVER EUROPE 80/HATS OFF TONIGHT

Howard and DL with the original ”Bible to the Zeppelin legions” – Portslade Brighton January 18th 2011
Firstly the latest on TBL 28. I’m pleased to say I have had some amazing feedback comments concerning the latest Tight But Loose magazine.
Here’s a review of TBL 28 via Brian Gardiner’s Ramble On blog
http://www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon/?tag=bbc-proms
‘’The first words of the lead editorial in the latest edition of Tight But Loose, Dave Lewis says:
Well I have to say that year one of this new era of Tight But Loose has been a pretty eventful one.
Well, I …

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[19 Jan 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,799 views]
BAND OF JOY FURTHER US DATES IN APRIL/NEW ORLEANS FESTIVAL DATE/RAMBLE ON DEBUT IN ASHEVILLE

The Band of Joy tour will move into the mid west and west coast of America in April with a further 12 dates scheduled for April as follows:
April 08 – Louisville, KY – The Palace
April 09 – Chicago, IL – The Auditorium Theatre
April 11 – Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Ballroom
April 12 – Minneapolis – The State Theatre
April 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena
April 17 – Vancouver, BC – The Queen Elizabeth Theater
April 19 – Portland, OR – The Schnitzer
April 20: – Seattle, WA – The Paramount
April …

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[14 Jan 2011 | 5 Comments | 5,471 views]
TBL NEWS ROUND UP: ROBERT PLANT BRIT AWARD NOMINATION,  BAND OF JOY BACK ON TOUR, JPJ AT THE OPERA IN FEB/MARCH, PAT MORAN, HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE GIG

Photo –  Krys Jantzen
Robert Plant has been nominated in the category of Best British Male Solo Artist in the annual Brit Awards due to be staged at the 02 Arena on February 15th. This is the first ever Brit nomination for any Led Zeppelin related artist. The full line up of nominations in the British Male Solo Artist category is:
Mark Ronson
Paul Weller
Plan B
Robert Plant
Tinie Tempah
Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy are back out on the road from next Tuesday. The US tour kicks off at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium …