The celebration of Led Zeppelin’s fiftieth anniversary will officially begin in September

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Led Zeppelin will begin a series of events and releases to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in September 2018, according to an official description of the upcoming re-release of the band’s live album How The West Was Won.

Retailer Bull Moose published the official description from Led Zeppelin of the upcoming release, and it hinted at upcoming announcements from the band (emphasis ours):

“On September 7, 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant first took the stage together in Gladsaxe, Denmark. Then billed as ‘The New Yardbirds,’ the band would assemble in the studio for the first time later that month to start recording their debut album as Led Zeppelin, and rock ‘n’ roll would never be the same again. Before the band’s 50th Anniversary celebration officially begins in September, Led Zeppelin will continue their reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album How The West Was Won, originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. Details of additional Led Zeppelin 50th Anniversary releases and events will be announced later this year.

The description makes it clear that more Led Zeppelin releases are planned for later this year, along with events starting in September.

Jimmy Page has hinted that there will be unheard Led Zeppelin music released this year to celebrate Led Zeppelin’s fiftieth anniversary

“There’ll be Led Zeppelin product coming out, for sure, that people haven’t heard,” Page said in an interview with the Academy of Achievement, “because I’m working on that. Next year will be the fiftieth year so there’s all manner of surprises coming out.”

In September we reported that an executive from Led Zeppelin’s record label Warner Music Group wrote a letter in support of a planned statue of John Bonham in which he said that Warner Music is planning “a series of high-profile events” in 2018. He also said that the label plans to conduct “extensive outreach to media and fans worldwide” in conjunction with the events.

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6 Comments on "The celebration of Led Zeppelin’s fiftieth anniversary will officially begin in September"

  1. I hope the cover of record and cd should be something stronger and worth the money we pay ,the record the song remains the same box set was a real garbage

  2. mon nom anick Gauthier Canada Québec j’aimerais voir mon groupe préféré en spectacle pouvoir fêter leur 50 ans et le miens..je vais avoir 50 ans le 04/04/1968 merci!thanks!!xx

  3. Bring it on~~

  4. Kathleen jackson | 26th January 2018 at 6:47 pm | Reply

    Led Zeppelin is awesome , I sure wish I could have gotten a chance to see them , they will always be the best !

  5. Thank you always giving, You can always put a Led Zeppelin album on and every song no matter how many times you’ve listened to it always brings you somewhere new. The gifted 4

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