A story on the Twisted Ear news site reports a rumour of a new remix of Immigrant Song being prepared as an official Led Zeppelin single. Full report HERE
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The current issues of Uncut and Q include new Zep interviews. Uncut magazine has a cover feature with three new interviews conducted recently with Jimmy, Robert and JPJ.
 
All three reflect on the O2 show and the dilemma of what might happen next. 
Key quotes: “Hopefully one day we could do it again for another really good reason -our profit is metaphysical”(Robert)
“I’m not too sure about anything at the moment, I’ve got no idea what’s going to happen. But I’d certainly like to play with jimmy again”(JPJ)
“If you’re talking about a tour, …

Robert Plant has donated a signed official programme from the 02 reunion concert to help raise funds for Welsh Premier League football club Aberystwyth Town . The official programme is signed by Robert, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Zeppelin’s past association with the town of Aberystwyth was a notable gig at the 800 capacity Kings Hall on January 16 1973. FULL STORY

Robert Plant made a guest appearance at New Yorks Madison Square Garden last week, but not as a performer. Robert attended the Knicks/Sixers basket ball game on January 25th.
As the energetic cheerleaders danced to Led Zeppelin’s “Rock And Roll” which played over the Garden speakers, Robert Plant sat courtside, receiving as rousing an ovation when introduced at halftime, for a televised interview. 
It was a short interview with a female sportscaster from the MSG TV Network and she asked a few questions while players warmed up in the background: 
Q: Do you …

John Paul Jones is expected to perform at this years Grammy Award ceremony as part of the Foo Fighters special performance. In a unique partnership, 20 unsigned musicians will be given the opportunity to play with Foo Fighters as part of an orchestra created specifically for this event. Three of these musicians will vie to be a featured instrumentalist during the performance. 
Arranging the orchestral piece and taking up the baton as special guest conductor will be John Paul Jones. Together the Foo Fighters, Jones and this talented musical ensemble will …

Jimmy Page was in Japan last week to promote the new Mothership and The Song Remains The Same releases. At a press conference in Tokyo on January 28th , the guitarist spoke fondly of the resent O2 show.
He said (of the show), “That is what was so thrilling really — to come together after all this time and find that there was so much chemistry and so much electricity involved in these four characters.” And continued “We’d all agreed to take it very, very seriously and have a really good …

A new TV ad promoting the tie-in between Led Zeppelin and Verizon phone downloads features a clever use of the track Kashmir and many Zeppelin references. Only shown in the US on TV and in cinemas, the ad features the central character walking down a street with Kashmir on his iPod and on his way he walks past a tattoo shop with the classic four Led Zeppelin symbols on display in the window, then past a girl with the symbols tattooed on her back, past a guitar shop with a …

In an interview with Rolling Stones’ David Fricke, John Paul Jones stated “It could be fun to do more stuff” …
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It took three hours before the first video clip of the Led Zeppelin O2 Arena gig appeared on the phenomena that is Youtube and around 24 hours before the site started removing the then rapidly increasing amount that was appearing, displaying their well-known red takedown boxes, sighting infringement on copyright owners Warner Music Group.
That is not unusual. Except in this case none of the copyright holders who might have requested this action actually had done so. Google, the owners of YouTube, said Warner Music Group was responsible, which would make …

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