United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (USRN) and Denny Somach Productions (DSP) have announced that it would be conducting the first annual poll to determine the most popular Led Zeppelin songs as voted by the fans.
The September event is being staged in association with “Carol Miller’s Get the Led Out” radio programme and accompanying web site LedZepOnline.com. The popular Zep specialist radio show which Dave Lewis guested on a few weeks back,  is heard on over 100 rock stations including WAXQ in New York and KLOS in Los Angeles.
Producer Denny Somach …

I can remember exactly where I was when the news of Jimi Hendrix death came through 40 years ago tomorrow. I was listening to the Tommy Vance Friday What’s New programme as I did most Fridays back then eager to hear the latest single releases. Around 5pm the announcement was made on the BBC Radio One news and Tommy went on to provide a fitting tribute to the guitar legend noting the inconsistencies of his performances over the past year.
Across the water the next day Led Zeppelin were performing two …

The new Tight But Loose magazine is almost ready to go. We signed off the proofs yesterday and it should be all ready to ship out at the end of the month.
Many thanks to Mick Lowe, Gary Foy, Cliff Hilliard and Jez Firth for their help with this issue and all the contributors who have made it what it is.

With so much recent Zep related activity, this 27th issue of the magazine has grown in to quite an epic. Over the past three months, designer Mike Lowe and …

Adrian Chiles and DL – London HMV Forum September 2nd- Both with a lot to do on Monday…
Well after a whirlwind week, I’ve managed to make it to 54.
It was certainly some week with back to back Robert Plant shows and then the day in London on Friday. I personally thought Robert & the Band Of Joy live experience was pretty amazing as you will have read – though I respect that it won’t be for everybody.
Friday was spent in the company of my lifelong friends Dec, Tom, Phil and …

Robert Plant has announced a one-off show in New York on Sunday 12th September at the Bowery Ballroom, Delancey St., New York. Ticket go on sale noon today (Saturday) from www.ticketmaster
Following on from the successful show at The Forum in Kentish Town the next morning Robert appeared on the BBC 1 Morning News show, waxing lyrical about the Band Of Joy project and doing his best to ignore the Zepp to reform question. Check out the clip here from the www.bbc.co.uk website.

Above photo -Copyright Dan Cuny – re-produced with thanks
In recent weeks some excellent private cine-film of Led Zeppelin has surfaced on Youtube  via the  Led Zeppelin.com site.  The clips incude  rare film of Zep on stage in Japan and  a great piece from Landover 1977  A very close up Song Remains The Same from Greensboro 1977 has also recently surfaced. Here they are…
Japan 1971

Landover 1977

Greensboro 1977

Also check out this blog featuring some great photos from Led Zeppelin at  Kezar Stadium in 1973 with some excellent background material. Brit Rock by …

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 …

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 …

All photos Dec Hickey/TBL
To complete the TBL Knebworth Then As It Was Archive series , we present a  look back to the second Knebworth concert staged on August 11th1979  -31 years ago today. The very last show Led Zeppelin performed in the UK.
All text taken from the book Then As It Was – Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979. Limited edition hardback copies still available – the perfect summer read recalling those golden days of August 1979. Ordering details to the right of this page.
KNEBWORTH 2: DOING THE DINOSAUR ROCK
AUGUST 11th …