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ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE WITH SUZI DIAN – NEW ALBUM & US TOUR DATES/ TBL ARCHIVE – PAGE & PLANT UK TOUR 1995 – 30 YEARS GONE/SEATTLE KINGDOME 1977/ROBERT PLANT LONDON FORUM & JPJ MINIBUS PIMPS 13 YEARS GONE/ALAKUM SALAM BOOTLEG REVIEW/LZ NEWS – 400 UP/MIXTAPE BBC 2/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

 

Robert Plant – Saving Grace with Suzi Dian – Long awaited new album out September 26 – plus debut US tour dates announced:
Big news and much welcomed news indeed…here’s the info: 
Robert Plant has announced the release of Saving Grace: the first album featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found.” Arriving September 26 on Nonesuch Records, the genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire,” when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden. While his recent adventures have centred …

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[16 Jul 2025 | One Comment | 229 views]
ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE WITH SUZI DIAN – NEW ALBUM & US TOUR DATES/ TBL ARCHIVE – PAGE & PLANT UK TOUR 1995 – 30 YEARS GONE/SEATTLE KINGDOME 1977/ROBERT PLANT LONDON FORUM & JPJ MINIBUS PIMPS 13 YEARS GONE/ALAKUM SALAM BOOTLEG REVIEW/LZ NEWS – 400 UP/MIXTAPE BBC 2/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

 

Robert Plant – Saving Grace with Suzi Dian – Long awaited new album out September 26 – plus debut US tour dates announced:
Big news and much welcomed news indeed…here’s the info: 
Robert Plant has announced the release of Saving Grace: the first album featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found.” Arriving September 26 on Nonesuch Records, the genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire,” when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden. While his recent adventures have centred …

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[10 Jul 2025 | 4 Comments | 573 views]
DL MEMOIRS UPDATE/LIVE AID 40 YEARS GONE – AND JUST FOR ONE DAY – THE MUSICAL /TBL ARCHIVE – BERLIN JULY 7 1980 A MEMORY FROZEN FOREVER/ A WEEK FOR BADGEHOLDERS PART 2//PICTURES AT ELEVEN/BEATLES PODCAST/ROLLING STONES IN HYDE PARK 1969/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

The DL Memoirs Update:
Whole Lotta Music and More – The Dave Lewis Memoirs 1956 – 1986

Here’s an update regarding my work in progress DL Memoirs project.
To backtrack.
I’ve been working on and off on this project for about three years now.
I’ve long since had a plan to get down to collating the many stories I have accumulated over many years into an autobiographical memoir of some sort. The problem was getting the time to concentrate on it.
To that end, in 2023 I did get going on it but with various other …

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[2 Jul 2025 | No Comment | 701 views]
TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL – OVER EUROPE 1980 – IT WAS 45 YEARS AGO/LZ NEWS/A WEEK FOR BADGEHOLDERS IN 1977/PICTURES AT ELEVEN 43 YEARS GONE /ROD STEWART AT GLASTONBURY/BEDFORD VIP RECORD FAIR/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

TBL Archive Special :
It was 45 years ago – Led Zeppelin Over Europe 1980: 
This month marks the 45th anniversary of the final Led Zeppelin tour – a low key 14 date trek taking in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Austria and Switzerland. I was lucky enough to attend five of those gigs. This is all chronicled in my Led Zeppelin Feather In The Wind Over Europe 1980 book
Here’s is a further extract – my on the road account written at the time and first featured in TBL issue 5…

TBL Retro Archive: Led …

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MICK RALPHS 1944 – 2025 /DEBORAH BONHAM BAND LATEST NEWS/TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL – BATH FESTIVAL 55 YEARS AGO GONE/ FRANKFURT OVER EUROPE 1980 45 YEARS GONE/KNEBWORTH 90 35 YEARS GONE/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Mick Ralphs 1944 – 2025… 

Like so many of us I was deeply saddened to hear the news of the news of the passing of Mick Ralphs aged 81.

I last saw him play live back in April 2011.

This was at the Paul Rodgers gig at the Royal Albert Hall with Jason Bonham on drums. Mick came on at the encore for a rousing Can’t Get Enough.

The late Tom Locke and I met Mick afterwards and had a lovely pic with him. Mick was always so amiable and friendly.

I last saw him …

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[18 Jun 2025 | One Comment | 614 views]
HOWARD MYLETT REMEMBERED/TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL – LED ZEPPELIN OVER EUROPE 1980 COLOGNE – IT WAS 45 YEARS AGO/THE JIMMY PAGE 2015 TBL INTERVIEW/SIZZLING LIVE IN SEATTLE 72/DAVE BERRY INTERVIEW/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Howard Mylett Remembered : 14  years Gone…

June 19th marks the 14th anniversary of the passing of Howard Mylett, the legendary Led Zeppelin collector and original author.
He wrote the first ever biography of Led Zeppelin published in 1976 and went on to write a series of superbly researched Zep books. .
Howard Mylett had an engaging dry wit, incredible enthusiasm for collecting all things Zep, and above all, was always so generous in sharing his passion. He could be a cantankerous old bugger at times but that was all part of Howard’s make up.
It …

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[12 Jun 2025 | No Comment | 555 views]
JASON BONHAM JBLZE LIVE REVIEW/TBL SNAPHOT JUNE 1969/ TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL – ROBERT PLANT STORYTELLERS IT WAS 23 YEARS AGO/MORE LED ZEPPELIN 2003 DVD AND HOW THE WEST WAS WON MEMORIES /FAR OUT! REVIEW/BRIAN WILSON RIP/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Jason Bonham JBLZE gig review by  Greg Frazho…

Here’s an on the spot review filed by Greg Frazho of a recent appearance of Jason Bonham’s JBLZE performing Physical Graffiti…

I went to see Jason Bonham and his band perform a show of almost exclusively Physical Graffiti songs with a couple of encores (“Whole Lotta Love” – with the theremin in the middle eights – and “Rock and Roll”). The gig was on Friday, May 30th, 2025.

The setting was a small amphitheater adjacent to the pool behind the Green Valley Ranch and Casino in Henderson, …

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[5 Jun 2025 | One Comment | 918 views]
LED ZEPPELIN AT KEZAR STADIUM 1973/JAPAN 71 FILM UPGRADE/DVD AND HOW THE WEST WAS WON 2003/JIMMY AND DONOVAN 2011/ FIRST THREE REISSUES ELEVEN YEARS GONE/JUST FOR ONE DAY -LIVE AID MUSICAL/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

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Above and below, the brilliant cover photos for TBL issue 35 (a duel cover issue) taken on June 2 1973 by Dan Cuny…fantastic images of an epic outdoor show…
It was all happening in the Kezar Stadium 51 years ago on June 2 – so here’s Mike Tremaglio’s tour log for that day …
TBL Archive Special 1 – June 2, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – San Francisco, California, USA
Setlist:
Rock And Roll, Celebration Day, Bring It On Home (Intro)/Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I’ve Been …

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[28 May 2025 | One Comment | 961 views]
ON THE OCCASION OF JOHN BONHAM’S BIRTHDAY/SENSATIONAL LANDOVER 1977 SUPER 8 FOOTAGE SURFACES!/ ROBERT PLANT GUESTS ON NEW PAUL WELLER ALBUM /TBL EARLS COURT AT 50 PUB MEET PICS/TBL SNAPSHOT MAY 1969/ CELEBRATION DAYS CONVENTION 33 YEARS GONE/THE BEATLES SGT PEPPER – IT WAS 58 YEARS AGO/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

On the occasion of John Bonham’s 77th Birthday – May 31, 2025…

I love this photo – it may not be the sharpest image but for me, it captures the joyous spirit of John Bonham in full flight during Kashmir. It’s taken at Knebworth of course and frames the screen shot of Bonzo as it was being relayed on the backdrop screen by the video cameras. John Bonham’s total commitment to making it all tick over those two nights was pivotal to the success of that comeback. They all knew they …

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TBL PUB MEET AT THE KINGS HEAD TO CELEBRATE EARLS COURT AT 50/EARLS COURT MAY 23, 24 & 25 – IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO/ TBL FLASHBACK -MAY 1975/THE WHO AT SHEPPERTON 1978 THE FULL STORY/OLYMPIA PARIS 2014/MASTERMIND FINAL /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE – SPURS EUROPA LEAGUE CUP FINAL VICTORY!

We had a fantastic afternoon yesterday at the TBL pub meet at the Kings Head pub to mark the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s first gig of the five night Earls Court run back in May 1975.

Many a Zep tale was recalled and the excellent quiz hosted by Phil Tattershall was won by Rikky Rooksby and Geoff Adamson.

We had a toast for sadly missed friends such as Tom Locke. Andy Adams, Howard Mylett and Peter Jones.

It was so heart warming to see some long time key Zep fans I had …

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[15 May 2025 | No Comment | 680 views]
EARLS COURT AT 50 TBL KINGS HEAD PUB MEET /EARLS COURT MAY 17 & 18 1975 – IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO/EARLS COURT CHAPTER FROM A CELEBRATION II/ HEATHROW 48 YEARS GONE/BEATLES FIXING A HOLE PODCAST/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

 
TBL Celebrates Led Zeppelin at Earls Court at 50 – Saturday May 17 2025 at the Kings Head pub Earls Court:
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the epic run of five concerts Led Zeppelin performed at Earls Court on the nights of May 17,18,23,24 and 25.
To celebrate this momentous anniversary I am having a TBL pub meet in London this Saturday May 17 2025 – 50 years to the day of the first Earls Court show.

The location is:

The King’s Head, Earl’s Court, 17 Hogarth Place, Earl’s Court, London, SW5 …