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…
In the days following the final performance on November 25 of Robert Plant’s recent UK tour with Saving Grace, a rumour spread online that Plant announced on stage that the band was now over and…
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…
Jimmy Page wanted to create a faithful recreation of Link Wray’s iconic instrumental song “Rumble” for his surprise performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on November 3, the two musicians…
Jimmy Page made a surprise appearance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on November 3, performing “Rumble” to honour Link Wray’s induction. The appearance, which wasn’t announced in…
Robert Plant’s decision to perform “Stairway To Heaven” solo for the first time during a charity show on October 21 shocked many Led Zeppelin fans.“Exactly how much did Hell freeze over?” asked one forum user…
Robert Plant performed “Stairway To Heaven” at a charity concert in the UK on October 21, the first time he has performed the song solo and the first time he performed the song since the…
Is it possible to become Jimmy Page? Not literally, of course, but by obsessively collecting, crafting and rehearsing for decades until a musician resembles the Led Zeppelin guitarist in both sound and appearance. And if…
In the late 1980s, Jimmy Page realised that he had a problem: He no longer owned two of his most iconic stage outfits. Page’s well-known black dragon and white poppy suits were safe and sound,…
Robert Plant’s band Saving Grace resumed touring on August 24 in Slovenia and unveiled a changed setlist that includes four new Led Zeppelin covers. The band performed “The Rain Song”, “Gallows Pole”, “Friends” and “Four…
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….
Robert Plant will release his first music with new band Saving Grace, giving everyone who purchases a ticket to the November UK tour a digital copy of the song “As I Roved Out”. The band…
Robert Plant will tour the UK with Saving Grace in November, it was announced on August 15. The band will perform 13 shows across England and Wales starting on November 1, according to the tour…
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…
The members of Led Zeppelin own a series of companies used to collect millions of dollars in royalty payments and to control global trademarks for the band’s name. LedZepNews reviewed decades of corporate filings and…
The man handling the landmark sale of 10% of Led Zeppelin has revealed to LedZepNews in his first interview about the sale why it’s being carried out in public. Ian Penman is a solicitor in…
Robert Plant will tour again with Alison Krauss in 2024, he confirmed in a social media post on July 10. The pair completed the most recent leg of their world tour at RBC Bluesfest in…
Helen Grant, the daughter of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, plans to sell her 10% stake in the band’s music, according to a new interview published in The Times on July 10. Peter Grant owned…
All three surviving members of Led Zeppelin were supposed to promote the upcoming feature-length documentary film “Becoming Led Zeppelin” at the Venice film festival in 2021, LedZepNews can reveal, but in the end only Jimmy…
One of the UK’s most prestigious galleries considered holding an exhibition in 2018 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Led Zeppelin with employees predicting that more than 100,000 people would visit it, LedZepNews can reveal….
Robert Plant was forced to finish a show in Las Vegas on June 14 on his own after Alison Krauss left the stage. The pair resumed their US and Canada tour with a performance in…
Robert Plant performed with Jools Holland in Malvern in the UK on May 26, joining the musician and television presenter on stage during his tour. We previously reported that Plant was spotted backstage at Holland’s…
Robert Plant appears to be lined up as a special guest to perform alongside James Burton in London on June 4. Burton, best known as Elvis Presley’s guitarist, is due to play at the London…
The filmmakers behind “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, the upcoming feature-length documentary about the origins of Led Zeppelin, spent years researching a rare 1972 radio interview with John Bonham – although their deal to include the audio…
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have given new, on-camera interviews for a feature-length documentary about the design group Hipgnosis. The pair were interviewed separately for “Squaring The Circle (The Story Of Hipgnosis)” which will open…
Robert Plant played a surprise show in New Orleans on April 28 when he appeared unannounced at Preservation Hall’s first 2023 Midnight Preserves benefit concert following a show with Alison Krauss hours earlier at the…