With the prospect of a Led Zeppelin reunion not shaping up in the near future, this is pretty much the best news we could get from the rock gods: they’ve hinted that they may soon release more compilations of unheard material. This announcement comes in the wake of the release of the expanded versions of their first three albums: “Led Zeppelin,” “Led Zeppelin II” and “Led Zeppelin III”. “There’s certainly more things that can be done,” guitarist Jimmy…
Last time we checked it, Led Zeppelin members wanted a reunion, but the biggest problem was Plant – Robert Plant dismissed a reunion on numerous occasions, despite the famous O2 gig in 2008. After all the drama, after discussions of going on without the man, after the dust settled and everybody chilled, out of the blue, Robert Plant shows up and says “Hey, I’m free, let’s make a reunion!”. Well those weren’t exactly his words,…
Show: Jimmy Page / The Firm Date: May 7th, 1985 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts Venue: Worcester Centrum
Jimmy Page - Born Jan 9 1944 and still rocking!
Yesterday was a sad, sad day for music. Electric guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul died, at the epic age of 94. It was him who you can call the father of the solid body electric guitar, as well as multitrack recording. His blazing riffs were absolutely the bomb and he performed with some of the biggest stars ever, also produced a lot of hits, but it was the inventions that made him the revered…
There has been a huge amount of attention directed at Led Zeppelin after the O2 gig, but not many clear things have seen the light of day since. The word was out that they were getting ready for a handful of concerts, but then the band seemed to hang by a thread and a bit later, Robert Plant gave the word out that Led Zeppelin is not going to tour again. Recently, Jimmy Page went…
The rumors surrounding Led Zep seem more intense and close than ever. During this weekend, these rumors have been intensified by the fact that they have collaborated with Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium. What should we understand from this? Well basically what happened is that during an encore requested by fans from the Foos, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones joined the band at the huge venue. I don’t know if anybody expected this (I…
The soap opera continues ladies and gents! After the already infamous O2 gig and their meeting in January it seemed that everything was going towards a tour in September. But then, Robert Plant stepped in and spoke his mind: Led Zep will not tour. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones are featured in the new issue of Uncut reflecting on Led Zeppelin’s long history and what lies ahead for them as a band….
After their already legendary O2 gig, they seemed pretty excited about how they were welcomed and how fans were extatic to see them. They seemed to enjoy themselves also, and there were strong rumours about a world tour. Alas, nothing was really stable, and according to a source close to Robert Plant they will not play again together. The Sunday Mirror newspaper quotes an anonymous source as saying that the band have turned down a…
Photo by pramit Make no mistake about this; they are as popular as ever. As you probably know or at least should [tag]Led Zeppelin[/tag] reunited and sang yesterday night at London’s O2 Arena. They sang together after about 30 years. They sang heavenly. They sang triumphantly and managed to bring back the spirit which made heavy metal and modern music what it is today. We have them to thank for a huge number of reasons…
The day of Led is here. Or the day or re-Led would be a bit better. Tonight’s the night that the legendary British blues-metal gods reunite. This live act is their first in 27 years. They are going to play in England and fans of all ages are ecstatic to see them. There is a frenzy which is hard to stop and just about everybody wants to be there. The frenzy is ever so present…
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