So this is Christmas…
TBL Retro Christmas Reflection 1:
 Christmas always bringing with it that air of nostalgia, so here’s a seasonal TBL retro reflection from 1972:
ALLY PALLY 45 YEARS GONE:
45 years ago on Saturday December 23rd  1972, I was lucky enough to be in attendance at the closest gig Led Zeppelin ever played to Christmas in the UK. It was a cold  dank day and the walk up Muswell Hill to the Alexandra Palace was a bit of a trek. All worth it of course, as this very impressionable 16 year old was …

”Ahmet We Did it”:
Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion Ten Years Gone TBL Anniversary Celebration Day Event Update:
This is all shaping up to be a great day out
Tickets to the event are now on sale – please note you can also pay for entry on the day if that is more convenient. 
We are now running the event one hour earlier so we kick off at 1pm and run though to 9.30pm 
Guest speakers lined up are Legendary Led Zep author Luis Rey will be in attendance talking about his Led Zeppelin Tape Documentary book
Plus  Former Melody …

Robert Plant UK Tour Reviews – pic here taken at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall by DL

Here are three first hand report from the first week of the Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters UK tour.
Marcus in Plymouth:
Plymouth Pavilions – November 16, 2017:

Setlist:
The Lemon Song
New World…
Turn It Up
The May Queen…
That’s the Way
All the King’s Horses
In the Light
Gallows Pole
Carry Fire
Rainbow
Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
Little Maggie
Bluebirds Over the Mountain
Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ to Die)
Misty Mountain Hop
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Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Whole Lotta Love

Don’t want to give too much …

”Ahmet We Did it”:
Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion Ten Years Gone TBL Anniversary Celebration Day Event Update:
Tickets to the event are now on sale – to ensure entry it’s advisable to pre order a ticket – details are below.
 Former Melody Maker editor and author Chris Charlesworth is coming along to talk about his time on the road with Zep – he will also talk about and have copies available of his new Elvis Presley book Caught In A Trap: the Kidnapping of Elvis.
To re- iterate all the details:
Dave Lewis and Julian Walker …

”Ahmet We Did it”:
Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion Ten Years Gone TBL Anniversary Celebration Day Event
We are now ready to announce this previously mentioned event – here is all the information…
Dave Lewis and Julian Walker Present:
‘’Ahmet We Did it’’: Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion Ten Years Gone TBL Anniversary Celebration Day Event
Sunday December 10, 2017
Venue: The Atlas Pub
Upstairs Function Rooms
16 Seagrave Road,
Fulham,
London,
SW6 1RX
0207 385 9129
http://www.theatlaspub.co.uk/
From 2pm to 9.30pm
Nearest tube: West Brompton (District Line, London Overground, and Southern train services)

The venue:
The pub is about four minutes walk from West Brompton …

TBL issue 43 on Magzter:
Essential Led Zep reading for your iPad, tablet and phone – TBL issue 43 now available to download via the Magzter newsstand…
I am pleased to announce that the recent TBL issue 43 is now available as a digital download for iPad and Android formats via the Magzter Digital Newsstand .
The Magzter Digital Newsstand is one of the leading multi platform digital newsstand, with 6,000 magazines from 2,500 publishers globally available for sale.
The Tight But Loose magazine has long been established as the key regular Zep written …

It’s Robert Plant week on TBL and the countdown is finally over…
Today’s the day – the release of the eleventh Robert Plant solo album Carry Fire:
’‘All that’s worth the doing is seldom easily done, all that‘s worth the winning is seldom easily won’’
Carry Fire updated review
The Vinyl Review:
As a follow up to my preview a couple of weeks back, here’s the view from three sides of vinyl edition. Note with the aid of the lyrics and track details on the vinyl version, I have revised some of my initial observations.
To re iterate:
Carry Fire …

TBL Countdown to the new Robert Plant album 3 days to go and counting….so it’s Robert Plant week on TBL..
To celebrate the release Robert Plant’s forthcoming album Carry Fire this Friday, over the next few days leading up to the release date, it’s Robert Plant week on TBL – with daily archive postings.
Today I look back to the 2003  Robert Plant compilation set Sixty Six To Timbuktu.
PLANT 66 TO TIMBUKTU RETRO PROVES THERE IS LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER ZEPPELIN…
Given his vast achievements within Led Zeppelin, it’s easy to forget …

I am pleased to announce that TBL issue 43 is ready for publication: 
Many thanks to designer Mick Lowe for bringing it all alive at StudioMix Bedford. 50,000 words of text – not just a magazine – more a mini book. It’s another massive TBL outpouring ready to take you closer to the world of Led Zeppelin – as it has been doing since 1978…if you love Led Zeppelin…you will love this magazine…
All subscribers of the TBL magazine ( if you received issues 41 and 42 your are a current subscriber!) will automatically receive …

Remembering John Bonham 37 years gone… 
On the week of the 37th anniversary of John Bonham’s passing, there is some exciting news to report on plans for the long awaited permanent memorial in his home town of Redditch.
This story via the Redditch Advertiser:
REDDITCH rock legend John Bonham could finally be honoured with a statute in the town centre, the Advertiser can exclusively reveal.
Plans have been put forward for a large bronze memorial depicting the Led Zeppelin drummer in Mercian Square, off Church Green.
Ros Sidaway, from The John Bonham Memorial Fund (JBMF), said the …