A long-lost recording of Led Zeppelin performing “Dazed And Confused” in Amsterdam on October 5, 1969 was posted online. The 13-minute clip was recorded by a fan from a TV broadcast of the song on…
The latest episode of Mark McFall’s Zepfan podcast interviews me, LedZepNews founder James Cook, about creating and running LedZepNews since December 2012. In the episode we discuss my passion for Led Zeppelin as well as…
May 27, 2017 was a warm day in London and LedZepNews headed to the Royal Albert Hall in West London for an event held in a side room about the films of Peter Whitehead. Whitehead…
Stunning footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Bath Festival of Blues in England on June 28, 1970 was released online on September 29. LedZepNews has confirmed that the footage, which comprises silent film of…
It has now been exactly one year since “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, the landmark feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, premiered in Venice. Since then, there has been no word of any widespread release…
Footage of Led Zeppelin performing in Los Angeles on September 4, 1970 was released on YouTube. The show is well-known among Led Zeppelin fans for being the source of the popular “Live On Blueberry Hill”…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the feature length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, is currently being re-edited a year after it was supposedly completed and premiered in Venice. The administrator of Led Zeppelin’s official forum,…
Footage of Led Zeppelin performing in Los Angeles on September 4, 1970 will be released on YouTube on September 2 (Update: The footage will now be released on September 4). The show is well-known among…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin”, the upcoming feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, was originally scheduled to be released in February. A copyright record for the film filed with the US government last year shows…
A newly emerged audience recording of Led Zeppelin’s October 10, 1972 show in Kyoto, Japan has been released as a bootleg. The newly surfaced fourth audience source for the show was released by Japanese bootleg…
A newly surfaced audience recording of Led Zeppelin’s October 10, 1972 show in Kyoto, Japan is reportedly being released by Japanese bootleg label Empress Valley. A leaflet promoting a fourth audience recording of the band’s…
Walmart is selling another collection of exclusive Led Zeppelin records that include replica backstage passes. The American retailer has since June 24 been selling exclusive vinyl versions of Led Zeppelin’s second and third albums as…
An online promotional campaign is ready to be launched to promote the feature-length documentary “Becoming Led Zeppelin” but is on pause until the film’s release date is revealed. LedZepNews has found that a website as…
Three snippets of Led Zeppelin’s August 19, 1971 performance in Vancouver, Canada have emerged online in the past two years. Two fragments of “Whole Lotta Love” as well as a clip of “Rock And Roll”…
Jason Bonham and his mother, John Bonham’s widow Pat Bonham, recently watched a screening of the upcoming film “Becoming Led Zeppelin” about the origins of Led Zeppelin. Speaking to the Appetite for Distortion podcast in…
Jimmy Page has revealed that Led Zeppelin considered holding a hologram reunion show using virtual avatars, but the project was abandoned after the band members couldn’t agree on it. Speaking on stage at the Hay…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, is still up for sale and its producers are currently hunting for a distributor, according to a film industry document reviewed by LedZepNews….
A completely unheard Led Zeppelin concert from 1971 is set to be released as a bootleg in the coming months. Japanese bootleg label Tarantura announced on May 16 that it will release a bootleg recording…
There’s “no point” releasing Led Zeppelin live recordings because the band’s surviving members “don’t all agree” about them, according to Jimmy Page. Page spoke to Uncut Magazine for its its May 2022 issue. In the…
Robert Plant has said that “everyone’s opinions were taken into account” in Led Zeppelin, calling the band “magnificent” in an introduction he contributed for a new guide to his career. Writing in the introduction for…
Walmart is selling a newly released line of exclusive Led Zeppelin records that include replica backstage passes. The American retailer announced three new exclusive Led Zeppelin vinyl releases on February 24. It’s selling new versions…
One of the companies behind Led Zeppelin’s upcoming documentary film faces being struck off in the UK because its accounts are weeks overdue, filings reviewed by LedZepNews reveal. The emergence of the overdue accounts comes…
A French edition of Led Zeppelin’s official photography book, originally released in 2018 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the band’s formation, will be published later this year. Online listings show that a French translation…
Jason Bonham has speculated on what Led Zeppelin may be planning for the name “The Led Zeppelin Experience,” referring to LedZepNews’ recent report revealing the band’s plans for an exhibition. Speaking to Eddie Trunk for…
Led Zeppelin is tired of counterfeit merchandise being sold online and is taking legal action to block the sale of unlicensed T-shirts, posters and other items. US court filings in the Northern District of Illinois…
John Paul Jones is no longer a director of one of Led Zeppelin’s music publishing companies, leaving Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as the only surviving band members on the company’s board. A Companies House…
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin have for three years been planning an exhibition about the band, according to company filings in the UK. On June 21, 2018, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones…
Richard Cole, Led Zeppelin’s former road manager, died at 2.05am on December 2 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London aged 75 after fighting cancer for months. Reports of Cole’s death were first published on…
When Bob Spitz began work on his major new biography of Led Zeppelin several years ago, he could only name two of their songs. Despite owning a vinyl record collection that stretched to more than…