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 the bay.blogspot.com

Robert Plant, opened a new Wyre Forest centre with a ceremonial cutting of a branch. At the official opening of the Gateway to Wyre community discovery centre at Callow Hill, near Bewdley, Robert, said: “I have lived around here all my life and often spent eons of time in this beautiful environment and appreciate its value to us as local people.

“It is a beautiful backdrop and place of peace and rest. Due to industry, it is a small miracle that we can enjoy it. I can’t imagine a more dynamic beautiful building for this setting. It will be a centre point for information.”

Before sawing the branch, Mr Plant pretended to cut through the stand he had been speaking from and joked “it used to be TV sets  out of windows” that he damaged.

The centre features a sensory garden, bird observatory and classrooms designed to expand visitors’ knowledge of the region’s abundant natural history.

The building is heated by wood chippings from the forest, rain water is collected for the toilets and sewage is managed with a reed bed system.

The project was largely supported by a grant of just over £1.8 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), under its landscape partnership programme.

Bob Griffiths, project manager for the Wyre Forest landscape partnership scheme, said: “The discovery centre is a fantastic new building that gives us the ability to involve both local people, and those living further away in more urban areas, and give them a greater understanding of the wonderful natural world here at the Wyre Forest.”

On September 25, 2010,at the Key Club in Hollywood, California, a host of drummers will pay tribute to John Bonham on what will be the  30th anniversary of his passing. On stage and for one night only, a rotating cast of guest drummers perform their favourite LED ZEPPELIN songs.  Confirmed drummers include: Steven Adler (GUNS N’ ROSES, ADLER’S APPETITE),  Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO), Kenny Aronoff (JOHN COUGAR, JOHN FOGERTY), Frankie Banali (QUIET RIOT),  Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER), Fred Coury (CINDERELLA),  Jimmy D’Anda (BULLETBOYS), James Kottak (SCORPIONS), Khurt Maier (SALTY DOG), Chris Slade (THE FIRM, AC/DC), Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT), Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, BILLY IDOL), Joe Travers (ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, DURAN DURAN), Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO) and Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART) will perform via video. Joining the drummers on stage will be musicians Brent Woods (guitar), Michael “Denim” Devin (bass), Keith St. John (vocals), Stephen LeBlanc (keys) and Brian Tichy (guitar). The Key Club is located at 9039 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

And finely Led Zeppelin have been voted fourth in the “VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time” poll. The top five is as follows:

1.  The Beatles

2.  Bob Dylan

3.  Michael Jackson

4.  Led Zeppelin

5.  Rolling Stones