Ticket and Review from Duncan Watson in New Zealand
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
 Dead End Friends
 Scumbag Blues
 Elephants
 Highway One
 New Fang
 Gunman Blues
 Guitar solo from Alain
 Bandoliers
 Mind Eraser, No Chaser
 Caligulove
 Interlude With Ludes
 Spinning In Daffodils
 Reptiles
 Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

What a weekend of rock we had in Wellington – AC/DC on Thu and Sat nights, with TCV sandwiched between on Friday.  The bogans are out of the suburbs in their black AC/DC t-shirts, but there were also lots of black Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and Foo Fighters t-shirts …

Led Zeppelin on stage in Helsinki,February 23rd 1970 – Photo Dan Tigerstedt  /TBL Archives 
The walls have been resounding to the sounds of Led Zeppelin early 1970 around these parts these last few days as I got down to assessing the text for the next magazine. Issue 26 kicks off a special three part 40 Years Gone feature on Led Zeppelin Flying High in 1970.
 
Reading through ace TBL contributor Mike Tremaglio’s log of the early dates of Led Zeppelin in a new decade had me reaching for gems such as the …

 
Pictures by ROBERT KITCHIN/Dominion Post
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
 Dead End Friends
 Scumbag Blues
 Elephants
 Highway One
 New Fang
 Gunman Blues
 Guitar solo from Alain
 Bandoliers
 Mind Eraser, No Chaser
 Caligulove
 Interlude With Ludes
 Spinning In Daffodils
 Reptiles
 Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

THEM CROOKED VULTURES
 Hordern Pavilion, January 26
Grohl’s star shines, even at the back on drums
Reviewed by Bernard Zuel from the Sydney Morning Herald and
 IT IS easy to forget that Dave Grohl was and is something other than the  charming frontman and guitarist for Foo Fighters. He does it rather successfully too. But when you …

Crowd feasts on Them Crooked Vultures
Review by DANIEL NANCARROW from The Brisbane Times
 
Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
It’s not often you see a rock god in the flesh, let alone three – each with varying claims to rock divinity – bashing it out on one stage.
But Them Crooked Vultures isn’t your average band. They’re an all-star fusion of baby boomer bassist, gen-X drummer and modern day frontman who combine to form a rumbling, thunderous, timeless whole.
Singer/guitarist Josh Homme greets the crowd with a simple mission statement, which proves an acknowledgment of …

As part of the new improved user friendly TBL site here’s a couple of call outs:
 
CALLING LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE BANDS WORLDWIDE
If you are a current gigging Led Zeppelin tribute band in the UK, Europe, USA or rest of world, the TBL web site is more than happy to post details of your tour dates . Send your gig details to davelewis.tbl1@ntlworld.com
 
CALLING LED ZEPPELIN WEB SITE WEBMASTERS
The TBL web site is also more than happy to link details of Led Zeppelin or Led Zep related web sites. We are …

Long established UK tribute band Whole Lotta Led have a full gig itinerary lined up for the coming months. Catch them at the following UK venues:
 
JANUARY
Thursday 28th        Harlow Playhouse, Harlow………………………………………………………… 01279 431945
Friday 29th             Cheese & Grain, Frome ……………………………………………………………  01373 455420
Saturday 30th         O2 Academy 2, Liverpool – The Led Zep II set………………………………. 0844 477 2000
 
FEBRUARY
Friday 5th               O2 Academy, Islington …………………………………………………………..  0844 477 2000
Saturday 6th           12 Bar, Swindon …………………………………………………………………..  01793 535713
Thursday 11th        Drill Hall, Lincoln …………………………………………………………………….  01522 873894
Saturday 13th         Plinston Hall, Letchworth …………………………………………………………  01462 672003
Saturday 20th         21 South Street Arts …

Them Crooked Vultures continue to impress audiences down under on their tour of New Zealand and Australia. Check out the Tour Watch section for exclusive tour reports from fellow TBL’lers alongside various press reports. The tour continues this week covering;
January 25, Brisbane, Riverstage
January 26 and 27, Sydney, Hordern Pavilion
January 29, Wellington, TSB Bank Arena
January 30, Auckland, Vector Arena
The Vultures have also announced a series of performances on the East Coast of the USA and appearance on the famous NBC “Saturday Night Live” show on February 6th.The shows so far announced with more …

Them Crooked Vultures Festival Hall
By Michael Rae

Set List
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Dead End Friends
Scumbag Blues
Elephants
Highway One
New Fang
Gunman
Bandoliers
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
Interlude With Ludes
Spinning In Daffodils
Reptiles
Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up

In John Thomson’s post on Friday’s Melbourne show, he said his 16 year-old  son commented “that was truly good as.”   I think my (much younger) boys’ take on the common Australian expression could be applied to last night’s (Saturday) show – “That show was better than as!”
Walking on stage to wild applause, …

Led Zeppelin (on film) at the Granada Bedford January 1977. No prizes for guessing where this poster was llikely to end up!
 
33 years ago today I was about to commence a seven night stint in the company of Led Zeppelin….or to be more specific their film The Song Remains The Same.
The newly released celluloid masterpiece was on general release and doing the rounds nationally and cue fanfare…had rolled into my home town of Bedford.
Yes Led Zeppelin alive on film in the quaint market town of Bedford for seven nights only and …

SECRET WEAPON WORKS A TREAT!
 

Set List
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Dead End Friends
Scumbag Blues
Elephants
Highway One
New Fang
Gunman
Bandoliers
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
Interlude With Ludes
Spinning In Daffodils
Reptiles
Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up
 
Last night was truly a great show from Them Crooked Vultures.  It was a hot 36 degree day from Melbourne with the venue being the old Festival Hall.– A venue I had not been to before but famous for The Beatles playing there. Being so old, there was no air conditioning and the drinks queues …