The above photo was taken by Tom Locke outside the Mannheim hotel Led Zeppelin were staying at during their two night stint at the Mannheim Eisstadion on July 2nd and 3rd 1980.  To the far left is John Paul Jones and you can see Robert in the centre. The man to the right of  JPJ is Michael Kirschner then the tour co-ordinator for WEA Records in Germany. It was his job to make sure everything went smoothly on the road and he acted as interpreter for the band and in …

Photo by Chris Barbero
The pub venue for the TBL pre gig meets at the Robert Plant HMV
Forum London gig on Thursday September 2nd is as follows:
The Assembly Rooms
292-294 Kentish Town Road,
Kentish Town,
London,
NW5 2TH
The pub is situated between the Forum and Kentish Town Station and was the pub we met at when Robert and Strange Sensation played the Forum in December 2005.

Here’s a link with map details
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars/the-assembly-house-info-15664.html
http://www.londonvenueguide.com/kentish-town-forum.html
The TBL crew aim to be in there around from around 5.30pm –we look forward to meeting up with all those that can make it …

Photo by Chris Barbero
The pub venue for the TBL pre gig meet at the Robert Plant HMV Forum London gig on Thursday September 2nd is as follows:
The Assembly House
292-294 Kentish Town Road,
Kentish Town,
London,
NW5 2TH

The pub is situated between the Forum and Kentish Town Station and was the pub we met at when Robert and Strange Sensation played the Forum in December 2005.
Here’s a link couple of links  with map/pub/venue details
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars/the-assembly-house-info-15664.html
http://www.londonvenueguide.com/kentish-town-forum.html
The TBL crew aim to be in there around from around 5.30pm –we look forward to meeting up with all those …

Photo Copyright Jimmy Page Collection via Genesis Publications
Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page
(Genesis Publications – to be published September 27th)

It commences with a photo of the young Jimmy Page as a choir boy with the caption ‘’It might get loud’’ and ends some 500 pages and 50 years later with a recent shot of the elder wistful guitarist with the caption ‘’It might get louder…’’
In between there’s what can only be described as a simply stunning pictorial autobiography or as Jimmy modestly puts it ‘’A visual documentary to reflect my …

The long awaited Jimmy Page pictorial memoir will be published by Genesis Publications on September 27th.
The large format book is over 500 pages and reproduces more than 650 photographs and illustrations, making it the biggest limited edition that Genesis has produced to date. Pre orders are still being taken for the 2,500 limited edition copies – all of which will be personally signed by Jimmy.
The book spans Jimmy’s entire career including pre and post Zeppelin.  Many of the photos have been personally captioned with relevant comments – a superb shot …

On August 22nd Robert was one of the guests along with amongst others Steve Winwood, Brian May, Richard Thompson and Joe Brown on the special Bob Harris show to celebrate his 40th anniversary of Bob’s Radio one debut back in 1970.
Bob aired a pre recorded interview recorded a few days ago with Robert. Robert talked lucidly about his career and association with Bob including comments on Alexis Korner, Peter Grant and some perceptive and moving observations about the 02  – the moment Kashmir was aired after his reflections on the …

Listening to the forthcoming Robert Plant album Band Of Joy I was reminded of an interview quote he made a couple of years back ’’ The past can take care of itself – I go on undaunted’’
Indeed he does – and this latest twist in the story is proof again of his ability to immerse himself in a rich eclectic collection of material that makes for a very fulfilling listening experience.
Band Of Joy finds Robert Plant in the company of some seasoned Nashville based band mates – guitarist and co-producer …

Photo by Frank Melfi
The newly launched Robert Plant official Facebook Page has announced a free competition where all fans who ‘Like’ Robert are exclusively and automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to see a secret performance by Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy.
The lucky winners – chosen at random – will have the chance to attend the intimate show at a secret central London location on Wednesday September 1st 2010
Visit www.facebook.com/robertplant to enter

Robert Plant reaches the age of 62 today.
With a new album on the way and the Band Of Joy tour ahead, his unquenchable thirst for musical invention is as high as ever.
So here are 62 vivid examples of his vocal supremacy accompanied by memorable key lyrics and relevant comments:
From 48 to 2010 – he remains the definitive rock vocalist – make sure you play some of these and your own Plant faves this weekend in celebration:
Our Song,  (‘’It made us fall in looooove’’)
Laughing Crying Laughing  (‘’Jack loves Jill she don’t …

Photo by Robert Knight
Jason Bonham has announced details of his Led Zeppelin Experience tour – see full listing of dates below.  He will be performing over 30 gigs across the USA as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of his Dad’s passing. The Multi media show is being co –produced by Annerin Productions who have previously been involved in The Beatles ‘’Rain” and “The Pink Floyd Experience” events.
‘’I’ve started planning the whole stage show, getting it into context and into a timeline’’ Jason recently told Dave Lewis in an exclusive …