In 2016, rare tapes of Led Zeppelin writing “Stairway To Heaven” at Headley Grange in 1970 were played in a Los Angeles courtroom in the presence of Jimmy Page. The recordings remain officially unreleased to…

A confidentiality agreement preventing the people involved from discussing the backstage violence that took place at the Day on the Green festival in 1977 is still in place, more than 46 years after the altercations…

The letter that arrived in the mail at the Washington DC office of Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes in late August 1977 made for shocking reading. “When my son phoned and told us through battered lips…

Four influential US senators contacted the US State Department beginning in September 1977 passing on calls to ban Led Zeppelin from the country, newly released US government records exclusively obtained by LedZepNews reveal. The lobbying…

On October 11, 1976, the members of Led Zeppelin as well as their manager Peter Grant signed contracts to become salaried employees of an obscure Dutch company set up just five days earlier. The business…

All four members of Led Zeppelin signed 15-year contracts in 1976 that set up the legal framework for the band to continue performing until at least 1991, LedZepNews can reveal. Employment contracts signed by Jimmy…

LedZepNews has published the Day on the Green Files in full, allowing fans to read more than 300 pages of legal filings about the backstage violence at the 1977 festival as well as a collection…

The first colour photographs to emerge of Led Zeppelin performing in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26, 1973 are today published online by LedZepNews. The 10 images were taken by photographer Charles Todd and…

The first photographs of Led Zeppelin performing in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26, 1973 have emerged after more than 50 years. The show had been the most recent performance by Led Zeppelin that…

No deal has closed for Helen Grant’s 10% share in Led Zeppelin and Bad Company royalties, LedZepNews can reveal.In July, Helen Grant, the daughter of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, publicly announced that she wished…

Previously unseen photographs of Led Zeppelin performing in Boston on September 7, 1971 were published online for the first time. The images, shot by Joe Maloney, are the first ever images from that show to…

A previously unseen video of Led Zeppelin performing in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 1977 was released online. The film, shot by Ron Gerber, shows the first three songs of that evening’s performance: “The Song…

Previously unseen photographs of Led Zeppelin performing in Boston on September 9, 1970 have been published online. The 18 photographs were taken by Joe Maloney who also produced an audience recording of the show which…

LedZepNews can reveal this previously unseen photo of Led Zeppelin performing at the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio on January 24, 1975. The photo is part of a series of 12 images taken by concert attendee…

A previously unseen video of Led Zeppelin performing at the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio on January 24, 1975 is publicly available for the first time following work by LedZepNews and LedZepFilm. 10 minutes of 8mm…

A 51-minute, previously unseen video of Led Zeppelin performing in Montreal, Canada on February 6, 1975 was posted to YouTube on April 7. The video is the longest 8mm footage of a Led Zeppelin performance…

A newly discovered audience recording of Led Zeppelin performing in Tokyo, Japan on October 2, 1972 was recently released by Japanese bootleg label Empress Valley. The bootleg business released the recording on a new bootleg…

The latest version of “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, the delayed feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, includes recently surfaced footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Bath Festival on June 28, 1970, LedZepNews has learned….

Led Zeppelin’s record sales skyrocketed during the 1970s, leaving the band with a difficult problem to solve by 1978: How could the members of the band receive £3.668 million in royalty payments without giving a…

The historic recording contract signing Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records in 1968 can now be read in full for the first time after LedZepNews obtained the document from a US court filing. LedZepNews has published…

Between 1.20am and 7.30pm on July 29, 1973 a thief managed to pull off an audacious heist, opening safe deposit box 51 inside New York’s Drake Hotel and stealing around $180,000 in cash from Led…

The morning of Saturday, March 4 started quietly for historian Brian Edwards. He was browsing the internet on his computer at home, reviewing auction listings in search of interesting Victorian-era photographs of Stonehenge. Edwards, a…

In July 1973, Led Zeppelin finished its ninth North American tour with a three-night run at Madison Square Garden, each show professionally recorded and shot with the latest 35mm Panavision cameras that were largely hand-held….

What links Led Zeppelin, the Caribbean island of Curaçao, Laurence Olivier, Princess Margaret’s gangster lover and a mysterious Swiss resident known only as “H”? The connection is S&L Entertainment Enterprises BV, a Dutch company that…

The full story of how Led Zeppelin’s performances at the Royal Albert Hall on January 9, 1970 and at the Bath Festival on June 28, 1970 were filmed and the footage released decades later can…

The daughter of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant has been “deluged with offers” in the days since she went public with her intention of selling her 10% stake in Led Zeppelin, LedZepNews can exclusively reveal….

A virtual exhibition of Led Zeppelin photographs opens on July 21, but it appears that the band is not involved in the project. Digital collectables app Quidd announced on July 6 that “The Led Zeppelin…