Robert Plant has announced via his official web site a 12 city tour of North America to commence on July 13th. The tour will include material from his forthcoming new album tentatively titled ‘It’s Rude To Say No” – more dates will follow in the fall.
The press release reads as follows  
July shows to include material from new Rounder album
Burlington, MA – Robert Plant has confirmed a 12 city North American tour. Beginning in July, this 1st leg of shows which will be followed by further dates in the fall will …

Last night’s Sound & Vision Event at Abbey Road raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds for Cancer Research UK. 
 Throughout the evening the ongoing Silent Auction saw heavy bidding on the vast array of rare framed exhibition photos lining Studio 3 featuring The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Blur, Oasis and many others. The Zeppelin attractions included a framed Neal Preston photo of Page & Plant at the Minneapolis rehearsal in 1975 and a collage of photos taken by Led Zeppelin 3 sleeve …

Three videos of Robert Plant’s appearance at the Sound And Vision charity show in Abbey Road Studios in aid of Cancer Research on Thursday have turned up on You Tube this weekend. They feature the haunting Scott Walker cover Farmer In The City, the inspiring I Bid You Goodnight and the George Harrison tribute  My Sweet Lord. For details of donating to the charity go to Cancer Research UK.

 Farmer In The City

I Bid You Goodnight

My Sweet Lord

That’s the younger less than forty DL and Gary Foy outside the famous 96 St. Marks Place building in New York some 15 years ago. 20 years previously as I gazed adoringly at that distinctive Physical Graffiti sleeve on February 24th 1975, the idea that one day I might stand on the very spot where that iconic sleeve artwork was conceived would have seemed a pretty unlikely one.
But it incredibly it all come to pass, thanks to Jimmy and Robert reuniting and taking to the road and a little help from …

35 years ago today February 24th 1975 Led Zeppelin’s sixth album Physical Graffiti was unleashed on an eagerly awaiting Zep public. This 15 track double album stands for many as their premier recorded statement. Over three decades on, it remains the perfect one stop summary of every ingredient that makes Led Zeppelin THE outstanding rock band of yesterday… of today and tomorrow… 
I vividly remember the pure excitement of investing in the new Led Zeppelin album that day 35 years ago. Feasting my eyes on that incredible sleeve, and the first …

 
Them Crooked  Vultures continue to add dates to their summer schedule with four more European festival dates announced this week. The festivals are Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany over the weekend of 4th -6th June, The Hove Festival (Web Link) , Arendal, Norway on June 30th, The Peace & Love Festival (Web Link), Borlange, Sweden on July 1st and The Festivalpladsen (Web Link), Roskilde, Denmark on July 2nd.
The excellent Austin City Limits TV broadcast that was shown last week is now available to watch in its entirety by following this …

Following their shows in New York, Charlotte and Atlanta and the appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend, Them Crooked Vultures have announced two further US shows in April. They play The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on April 17th and The Filmore Auditorium in Denver,CO on April 19th. Tickets for both shows are now on sale.
Below is a clip from the resently aired Austin City Limits show.

 
News from Led Zeppelin News.com. It has been reported that Robert Plant has been working on a new solo album produced by Buddy Miller in …

This piece first appeared in TBL 16. It’s my account of one of the most beguiling nights spent in the company of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
This was the occasion they chose to appear separately on the same bill at one of the series of Teenage Cancer Fund shows in 2002. Looking back I think there was a sense amongst fans that they could still easily pick up their collaboration of the mid to late 1990’s – but by then things had moved on, particularly for Robert. It’s interesting …

Robert Plant has been confirmed for a special appearance at this year’s Sound & Vision charity event sponsored by Shepperton in aid of Cancer Research UK. He will appear in a unique one off performance with help from American singer songwriter Beth Neilson Chapman and the London Oriana Choir. The event to be staged on February 25th at Abbey Road Studios London will be hosted by BBC Radio 2 DJ ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, who is patron alongside Sir George Martin. In addition to Robert Plant’s set, David Gray and Newton Faulkner …

 
Them Crooked Vultures wrapped up their successful Down Under tour last week with a gig in Auckland that by all reports was the highlight of the whole tour. They now head over the water to America and New York for an appearance on the “Saturday Night Live” show on February 6th and then on to The Roseland in New York (Feb 8th), The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC (Feb 10th) and The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA (Feb 11th). The Vultures performance at last year’s Austin City Limits is also due to be …