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[8 Nov 2023 | 2 Comments | 1,711 views]
JIMMY PAGE BACK ON STAGE!/ ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE TOUR REPORTS – MY THOUGHTS ON THE BIRMINGHAM SHOW/LZ NEWS/ ORIGINAL  ZEP IV COVER IMAGE DISCOVERED/ SONG REMAINS PREMIERE ’76/EMPIRE POOL ’78/ MORE BEATLES NOW AND THEN/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Jimmy back on stage!
Jimmy Page made a surprise on stage appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in New York last Friday. He initially appeared on a video link to induct Link Wray and then took to the stage to perform Link’s Rumble ..
Jimmy Page commenting on his appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… 

I was asked to induct Link Wray into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame @rockhall; a guitarist, instrumentalist and songwriter that I’d admired from the very first taste of the …

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[2 Nov 2023 | 3 Comments | 2,986 views]
ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE UK TOUR FIRST NIGHT REVIEW/DEBORAH BONHAM NEWS/LZ NEWS/REMASTERS – IT WAS 33 YEARS AGO /PRIORY OF BRION1999/BEATLES AT STOWE & NOW AND THEN /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

 
Robert Plant presents Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian…UK tour opening night 
Review and pic via Stewart Gunn
Brighton Dome – November 1st 2023
Setlist:
Gospel Plow, The Cuckoo, Let The Four Winds Blow, Friends, Unknown gospely song, featuring the hall filling voice of Matt Worley to great effect Too far from you. Suzi on lead vocal Dimming of my light? A new original? After Robert sang the line “The dimming of my light” in the coda, several in the crowd shouted . “ Never”. Everybody’s Song, It’s A Beautiful Da, The Rain Song, As …

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[25 Oct 2023 | 3 Comments | 1,415 views]
ROBERT PLANT PERFORMS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT ANDY TAYLOR CHARITY CONCERT/MR JIMMY FILM/LZ NEWS/LED ZEP II AT 54/THE MAKING OF LED ZEP III/SONG REMAINS/TERRY REID REVIEW/ROLLING STONES REVIEW/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Robert Plant at the Cancer Awareness Trust with Andy Taylor October 21 2023…Stairway To Heaven first performance since 2007…

The former Duran Duran guitarist Andy has been having serious cancer health issues and staged this special concert to raise money for the Cancer Awareness Trust. it was staged at the Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds.

Robert Plant was a special guest and incredibly, he chose to perform Stairway To Heaven for the first time since the Led Zeppelin 02 reunion concert in 2007.

This is an incredibly emotional watch as are his words …

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[19 Oct 2023 | 3 Comments | 1,165 views]
MR. JIMMY FILM UK PREMIERE SCREENINGS / LZ NEWS/TBL ARCHIVE OCTOBER MILESTONES – LYCEUM 1969 – LED ZEP III 1970 – UNLEDDED 1994 / WHO’S NEXT LIFEHOUSE/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Mr. Jimmy film screenings…
It’s been quite a week with two screenings of the Mr. Jimmy film. I attended the Saturday afternoon screening and the Wednesday  premiere.
At short notice, the director Peter Michael Dowd asked me to be involved in the Q and A session that was arranged for after the Wednesday screening.
it was fantastic to meet Peter and hear of his journey in the making of the film – here’s how it all went…
Wednesday October 18:
Great night at the Olympic Studios Cinema for the screening of the Mr. Jimmy film.
 

The …

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[11 Oct 2023 | No Comment | 1,142 views]
JAMES ‘BUCKS’ BURNETT R.I.P. / MR JIMMY SCREENINGS TBL MEET PLUS Q & A OCT 18 EVENT /LED ZEPPELIN III – IT WAS 53 YEARS AGO/LZ NEWS/JIMMY PAGE TBL ARCHIVE OCTOBER 2014/TBL BACK ISSUES/THE WHO – WHO’S NEXT LIFEHOUSE/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE


James ;Bucks’ Burnett R.I.P…
I am so very sad to hear the news of the sudden passing of James ‘Bucks’ Burnett aged 64…

A wonderfully eccentric larger than life character – a man of great standing in the Zep and Who communities and so much more

I’ve been in touch with Bucks for many a year – I met him when he came over the Led Zeppelin 02 reunion show 2007. On that occasion he wore a stunning suit adorned with Houses Of The Holy album over images.

There was just so much to …

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[5 Oct 2023 | One Comment | 1,830 views]
MR JIMMY FILM UK SCREENINGS /TBL ARCHIVE – OLYMPIA PARIS 1969 IT WAS 54 YEARS AGO/LZ NEWS/TBL ARCHIVE OSAKA JAPAN 1971/SKY ARTS ZEP DOCUMENTARY/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

 

Mr. Jimmy Film UK Premiere Screenings…
The acclaimed Mr. Jimmy film has two UK premiere screenings lined up at the Olympic Studios London Cinema
Saturday October 14 at 4pm
Wednesday October 18 at 8pm
Here’s the info…

Akio Sakurai has dedicated his life to honoring Jimmy Page. For 30 years he recreated vintage Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs. Moving to L.A. to pursue his tribute dream, cultures clash and Akio’s idyllic vision meets reality.
Starring: Akio Sakurai, Rie Nakahara, Toshio Suzuki, Kiyomi Osawa, Junko Sakurai, Shinji Kishimoto
Director: Peter Michael Dowd
Writer: Peter Michael Dowd
Running Time: …

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[28 Sep 2023 | One Comment | 896 views]
SOUNDS COMPLETE LED ZEP FOUR PART SERIES 45 YEARS GONE/LZ NEWS/A CELEBRATION BOOK 1991 LAUNCH /ZEP IN JAPAN 1971/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Sounds Four Part The Complete Led Zep –  45 years Gone – DL Reflections.
45 years ago this month I had my first Led Zeppelin written work published in a major UK music paper – my research for a 10 year retrospective look back on the band’s career in Sounds was extensively used across four weekly parts. It was an incredible thrill to see my work reach a wide audience and it was the kick start to many great things – here’s how it all came to be…
During 1977 and into …

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[21 Sep 2023 | No Comment | 1,110 views]
JOHN DAVIS RIP/ LZ NEWS/DALLAS 77 FOOTAGE/REMEMBERING JOHN BONHAM 43 YEARS GONE – 43 GREATEST BEATS – SEPTEMBER 1980 MEMORIES/GRAHAM NASH REVIEW/MOJO AT 30/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

John Davis 1960 – 2023:

I am so very sad to hear the passing last week of the highly respected audio mastering engineer John Davis aged 63.

John worked with many artists over the years including Gorillaz, The Killers, Noel Gallagher, Years & Years, Dua Lipa, Primal Scream and U2 to name but a few.

He of course worked extensively with Jimmy Page on the remastering of the Led Zeppelin catalogue which ran from 2014 to 2016. He was described by Jimmy as ‘a master of his craft’. He also mastered the 2012 …

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[14 Sep 2023 | No Comment | 978 views]
JOHN PAUL JONES & SONS OF CHIPOTLE FOR BIG EARS FESTIVAL / LED ZEP IV FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR VINYL RELEASE/LZ NEWS/TBL ARCHIVE – BERKELEY DAZE 1971/REMEMBERING JIMI HENDRIX 53 YEARS GONE & MARC BOLAN 46 YEARS GONE/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

John Paul Jones and Anssi Karttunen are delighted to be bringing Sons Of Chipotle to Big Ears Festival in March 2024 in Knoxville, TN.

Sons of Chipotle cover an uncommonly vast area of the musical map and both John Paul Jones and Anssi Karttunen are thrilled to be making their US debut performance at Big Ears Festival in March 2024. https://bigearsfestival.org/

It is incredibly rare to find two of the finest musicians in the world improvising together, but following 6 sold out concerts in South Korea and Japan, the next stop for …

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[7 Sep 2023 | 2 Comments | 1,154 views]
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SAVING GRACE FEATURING SUZI DIAN IN OSTIA – TBL ON THE SPOT REPORT/ TBL ARCHIVE – LIVE ON BLUEBERRY HILL /ROBERT PLANT WEMBLEY ARENA 1985 & AHMET ERTEGUN ZEP REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT 2007/ VIP VICTORIA RECORD FAIR/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Robert Plant Presents Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian – Teatro Romano Di Ostia Antica – September 3 2023:
On the spot report by Michael Scullion… 
What began as nothing more than a whim, then that light bulb impulse turned into a real something, a quite magical thing that will stay with me for the rest of my days …
On Sunday night I joined several thousand likeminded souls in the simply breathtaking surroundings of the beautiful Teatro Romano Di Ostia Antica.
Built in the reign of Augustus at the end of the 1st Century …