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[13 Sep 2012 | 24 Comments | 5,759 views]
LED ZEPPELIN – CELEBRATION DAY – TRAILER

First showing of the Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day Trailer

More details to follow …….
DL/GF

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[12 Sep 2012 | 12 Comments | 4,954 views]
LED ZEPPELIN AHMET ERTEGUN 02 REUNION CONCERT RELEASE – COUNTDOWN TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONTINUES…EXCITEMENT MOUNTS…

The excitement continues to mount as the countdown to the announcement of the long awaited release of the Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion concert rolls into the final day.

On Tuesday the official Led Zeppelin .com Facebook page added the II countdown in the Led Zep II album cover script.

They also released another you tube clip- this contained an 18 second audio clip of Good Times Bad Times – here’s the clip:

This afternoon ( Wednesday)  the official Led Zeppelin.com Facebook page counted down to One…
It would all seem that the countdown announcement is …

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[11 Sep 2012 | 10 Comments | 6,736 views]
THE SUN REPORTS LED ZEPPELIN 02 REUNION CONCERT SET FOR NOVEMBER RELEASE

A story in The Sun today, reports that the Led Zeppelin 02 Reunion concert will be released on CD/DVD and Blu -ray worldwide on November 22nd.
The official Led Zeppelin Facebook site now has the countdown at III in the Led Zeppelin III script – full details look set to be released later this week.
Here is the link to The Sun news story:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/4531876/Led-Zeppelin-to-fly-back-into-the-charts-with-new-DVD.html
More news on this monumental release to follow as they unfold….

 

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[10 Sep 2012 | 2 Comments | 9,697 views]
TBL NEWS ROUND UP: SPECULATION ON MAJOR ZEP ANNOUNCEMENT MOUNTS/JOHN PAUL JONES ON STAGE WITH PAUL MCCARTNEY AT AFRICA EXPRESS COLLECTIVE SHOW/THIS DAY IN LED ZEPPELIN APP AVAILABLE FREE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY

Speculation is mounting that a major announcement is due via the official Led Zeppelin.com Facebook page and twitter feed later this week.
The official Led  Zeppelin .com Facebook page has carried what appears to be a daily countdown with Five and then Four appearing in Zep typography over the weekend.
Though there is no official word on this as yet, there is strong indication that this announcement, seemingly due later in the week, will reveal full details of an impending official DVD release of the Led Zeppelin Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert staged at the 02 …

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[12 Aug 2012 | 4 Comments | 6,906 views]
Robert Plant Presents…….Sensational Space Shifters – Birmingham, Alabama – Alabama Theatre

All Pictures by Patrick Corley

Robert Plant Presents…….Sensational Space Shifters – Birmingham, Alabama – Alabama Theatre
The set list :

Fixin To Die
Tin Pan Valley
44
Friends
Spoonful
No Bad News
Standing
Bron Yr Stomp
Somebody knocking
Black Dog
WitchDoctor
Who Do You Love – Whole Lotta Love
Steal Away – Bury my Body
Win My Train Fare Home
Gallows Pole
My buddies and I flew from Phoenix, Arizona to Birmingham, Alabama the day of the show.  After checking into our hotel a few blocks from the Alabama Theatre, we filled up on Alabama BBQ and beer.  I headed to the venue thinking I might catch them …

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[11 Aug 2012 | One Comment | 13,025 views]
Robert Plant Presents…….Sensational Space Shifters – Clarksdale, Mississippi – Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival

Set List included:
Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die
Down to the Sea
Forty Four
I’m Your Witchdoctor
No Bad News
Standing
Friends
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
Encore
Black Dog
Who Do You Love-Whole Lotta Love-Steal Away-Bury My Body Medley
Spoonful
Gallows Pole
Robert Plant walks into Clarksdale and wows huge crowd
Robert Plant proved to Clarksdale, Mississippi that he is a master of the blues. Saturday, August 11, 2012 was a beautiful night in Clarksdale as Plant, along with his band the Sensational Space Shifters, headlined the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival. He hit the stage about 10:15. During the show he talked about how much …

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[4 Aug 2012 | 12 Comments | 5,992 views]
DAVE LEWIS DIARY: KNEBWORTH SATURDAY AUGUST 4 1979 – 33 YEARS GONE/OLYMPICS LONDON 2012/ZACRON 1943 -2012/LOOKING AHEAD

The anniversary of Led Zeppelin at Knebworth always resonates that little bit more when it falls on the actual days –as it does this year. Saturday August 4th –just writing that date sends a tingle of excitement because that is the day when it all occurred back in that field just outside Stevenage all of 33 years ago.
Today I, and thousands of other fans will no doubt be thinking back to that glorious day in the summer of 1979 when finally, after all the waiting, Led Zeppelin were back doing …

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[29 Jul 2012 | 9 Comments | 9,279 views]
Robert Plant Presents…….Sensational Space Shifters –  WOMAD Festival, Wiltshire

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Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters: Womad Festival  –  Open Air Stage , Charlton Park, Malmesbury Wiltshire – July 29th 2012.
Set List: Fixin’ To Die/Tin Pan Valley/44/Friends/Spoonful/The Enchanter/Bron Yr Aur Stomp/Black Dog/Down To The Sea/I’m Your Witchdoctor/Who Do You Love -Whole Lotta Love- Steal Away –Bury My Body /Encore – Gallows Pole.
Plant’s Roots Wows Womad Crowd:

There may have been doubters after Robert Plant’s London Forum show, but the crowd at Womad certainly got it, and the Sensational Space Shifters responded with a show of controlled dynamism …

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[26 Jul 2012 | 6 Comments | 7,791 views]
TBL NEWS ROUND UP: DRUMMERS AND MUSICIANS AID COT DEATH CHARITY/ SPACE SHIFTERS AT WOMAD/ DOWNLOADS/ JPJ WITH ROKIA/ DEBORAH BONHAM BAND FOR GBBF / FROM A WHISPER/ OLYMPICS

Drummers and Musicians Aid fsid Cot Death Charity:
Former Priory of Brion drummer Andy Edwards has been in touch to inform us that his wife Dani is raising money for the cot death charity fsid.  Dani is arranging for an array of drummers and musicians to sign a snare drum which will be subsequently auctioned for the fsid charity. Robert Plant has already added his name personally to the drum – all the details of how you can donate to this very worthy cause can be found at
http://drummers4fsid.org/
Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space …

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[13 Jul 2012 | 39 Comments | 53,769 views]
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS AT THE HMV LONDON FORUM: ‘CONTINUE TO KEEP SMILING…’

Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters – HMV London Forum -Thursday July 12th 2012
Set List: Fixin’ To Die/Tin Pan Valley/44/Friends/Spoonful/Bron Yr Aur Stomp/Ohio/No Bad News/Standing in the Shadow of the Hill/Don’t let me Die in Florida/Black Dog/Somebody Knocking/I’m Your Witchdoctor/Who Do You Love –Whole Lotta Love –Steal away –Bury My Body. Encores: Another Tribe/Gallows Pole
Robert Plant returned to London for his first show since The Band Of Joy appearance in 2010. This time he was surrounded by a hybrid band of players that drew on the nucleus of the Strange Sensation, …