TURNING THE CLOCK BACK 35 YEARS
SATURDAY MAY 24 1975
TICKET BLOCK AA ROW B SEAT 8
Ticket Price £2.50
My friend Dec had queued up for these tickets for this one over night when they went on sale in March. Seven of us went from Bedford (Hi Dec,Tom and Phil!) We went shopping in Oxford Street where I brought a pair of hip mirror shades for the Lorret holiday to follow. Then it was over to Earls Court in the afternoon – one of our crew  Gary Felts had made a top hat …

TURNING THE CLOCK BACK 35 YEARS
FRIDAY MAY 23 RD 1975
TICKET: GALLARY BLOCK 98 ROW F SEAT 6
Ticket Price £1.00
So imagine waking up on a Friday morning with the prospect of over nine hours of live Led Zeppelin in store over the next three days.
Talk about the weekend starts here!
But that was the treat in store as I went to catch the train on Friday May 23rd for EC gig 3. Earlier I’d had a passport photo taken in a booth  in town suitably dressed in Earls Court T shirt – …

This piece was  originally written for the TBL Earls Court Journal in 2000. It therefore predates the 2003 DVD and How The West Was Won releases that would go some way to unlocking their archive.
This is my version of the definitive Earls Court imaginary compilation:
LED ZEPPELIN AT EARLS COURT 1975
 
IMAGINE THE EARLS COURT BOX SET…
“Think of 1980 – It’s The Song Remains The Same soundtrack or nothing. 1990 – The Song Remains The Same or nothing. And now it’s the same. I’ve always wanted to put out a chronological …

TBL EARLS COURT 30th ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR JOURNAL

I recently found seven remaining copies of the limited edition TBL Earls Court  8 page Journal published to mark the 30th anniversary. These are available on a first come first served basis. If you are interested in purchasing this, email in the first instance at davelewis.tbl1@ntlworld.com. The first seven emails received will have first option to purchase this rare limited TBL publication. UK price is £6.oo, Europe £7.oo, USA £8.00. All prices include postage and packing.

LED ZEPPELIN AT …

The first issue of the 2010 Tight But Loose Magazine Subscription is out now!
Now is the time to subscribe!
HOW TO ORDER: 3 magazine one year subscription commencing with May issue:
UK  £18.50
Europe  £22.00
USA/Rest Of World  £25.00
Subscription comprises of May issue (TBL 26), September issue (TBL 27) and December issue (TBL 28)
All prices include postage & packing
Or you can order the May issue on its own as a single issue:
UK £6.50
Europe £7.50
USA £8.50
Order via post – cheque (in UK sterling) payable to D.Lewis – send to
TBL, 14 Totnes Close, Bedford, MK403AX, England
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Photo: Copyright 2010 CelebrityLIFE/PSmylie
Move over Gordon Ramsey tell Jamie Oliver the news – what’s all this then? Robert Plant caught readying an appearance on Celebrity Masterchef or Hells Kitchen? Will he be squeezing those lemons till the juice runs down Gordon’s pan? Alas all is not what it might appear  and before Jamie gets into a chorus of ‘Save me a slice of  your custard pie’’ let me explain – this candid photo found Robert in jovial mood before his appearance on the BBC One Show a couple of weeks …

Robert Plant made a surprise appearance on the popular BBC 1  The One Show last night. It was Robert’s second appearance on the hit show – he appeared as the special guest for host  Adrian Chiles final show – he is leaving the show to move to GMTV  after three years. Adrian, an ardent West Bromwich Albion football fan, who are the local rivals to Roberts beloved Wolves, is a good friend of  Robert. Rather bizarrely, Robert was carried on to the set on a ottoman chair, wearing a crown …

Continuing on from last week’s look back at the mad month of March in 1998, when Page and Plant were riding high after a mini tour of Eastern Europe and looking forward to England and all eyes were on London.
Wednesday March 11 1998
There have been rumors of a special Page Plant launch gig for the album happening in London for some time. They did attempt to book the Shepherds Bush Empire back in January. Locations in Islington and Kilburn have also been checked out in recent weeks. An early morning …

We have been overwhelmed and humbled by the many kind wishes of support that have come in since the sad passing of our dear Ken.
Some Thank You’s:
Sincere thanks to everyone who has been in touch via the site, facebook, letter etc–your kind words have meant so much to us. Thank you to the nurses of Victoria Ward Bedford South Wing Hospital who’s compassion, dignity and understanding made our loss so much easier to bear. Thank you to the registrars and the undertakers and church, all similarly supportive and compassionate during …

Now this one is a bit of an epic.  This was first published in TBL 13 – It’s an on  the road chronicle of the TBL crew’s adventures in pursuit of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant across the month of March 1998. This took in two dates in Istanbul – something of a zenith in my own ‘’Crazy things I’ve done in the name of Zep’’ portfolio, followed by the superb Shepherds Bush Empire gig which in turn was followed by successive TV recordings at Top Of The Pops in Elstree …