Jimmy Page has been planning how to celebrate Led Zeppelin’s fiftieth anniversary for the last 18 months, he told Planet Rock Magazine. Page was interviewed for the cover story of the magazine’s sixth issue, and…
Led Zeppelin will release a live album later this year, Jimmy Page confirmed in a new interview with Planet Rock Magazine. Page spoke to the magazine for its sixth issue, and Music Week published some…
Robert Plant kicked off his new US and Canada tour with a performance in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 9. Plant performed his usual mix of new solo material, Led Zeppelin songs, older solo material, and…
Japanese bootleg label Empress Valley has released another snippet of a soundboard recording from Led Zeppelin’s Japan 1971 tour. A Japanese bootleg distributor announced in an email on February 7 that the full soundboard recording…
Robert Plant performed at the UK Americana Awards at the Hackney Empire in London on February 1, where he was joined on stage by Mumford & Sons for a performance of “Gallows Pole.” Plant also…
Led Zeppelin has officially announced that the upcoming official photo book marking the band’s fiftieth anniversary will be released in October. The photo book was officially announced on December 21, but a leaked Amazon listing…
Robert Plant said that “Kashmir” is one of his favourite Led Zeppelin songs in a clip from his upcoming interview with Dan Rather. “Well, it was a great achievement,” Plant said when asked if “Kasmir”…
Several new books are scheduled to be released in 2018 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Led Zeppelin. The new books included updated versions of older titles, as well as entirely new books. There’s also…
Led Zeppelin will release an official book of photography on October 2 to celebrate the band’s fiftieth anniversary, according to a private Amazon listing. The photo book was officially announced on December 21, but the…
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that the upcoming remaster of Led Zeppelin live album How The West Was Won appears to have cut two minutes and nine seconds of audio from “Whole Lotta Love.” The official…
Robert Langley, the bootlegger who was known by his nickname of Mr. Toad and had a high profile trial in 2007, died earlier this month. Bootleg news site Collectors Music Reviews shared the news that…
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…
Leaked Amazon listings showed that Led Zeppelin is preparing to release a remastered edition of the live album How The West Was Won, which was originally released in 2003. How The West Was Won is…
Robert Plant gradually announced a series of tour dates in Europe over the past few weeks. Plant toured the UK and Ireland in November and December, but this will be his first European tour since…
Robert Plant will speak about his time in Led Zeppelin, his childhood, and his career in a new, 50-minute television interview on March 13. Plant will be interviewed in an episode of “The Big Interview…
Three different prints of British artist Zacron’s cover for Led Zeppelin’s third album are being sold at auction at Cheffins in Cambridge, UK on January 25 at 11am. Led Zeppelin III was released in 1970 and…
Robert Plant said in a new interview with WFPK that he has been “talking” with American singer Alison Krauss about possibly recording a new album together. “I’d like to make another record with Patty [Griffin],…
Robert Plant said in a new interview with WFPK that recording new music with Led Zeppelin and reuniting the band would be a “disservice.” Plant was asked by host Kyle Meredith whether he would record…
Barbara Cope, the woman who found fame in the music industry in the sixties and seventies as the legendary “Butter Queen” groupie, has died in a house fire in Dallas, Texas, NBC 5 and WFAA…
A promotional calendar released by Led Zeppelin record label Rhino Records contains what may be a hint about an upcoming re-release. In December every year, Rhino Records releases a promotional calendar for the year ahead…
A video of Robert Plant’s October 8, 2016 Festival of Disruption performance at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles is being released on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download. Plant performed at David Lynch’s Festival of…
Music producer Kevin Shirley has told LedZepNews that he’s not connected with any work on Led Zeppelin’s upcoming archive releases after online speculation theorised that he had returned to working with the band. Shirley worked…
A video and document seen by LedZepNews give fans a first look at the opera that John Paul Jones has been working on since around 2010. A password-protected, private video uploaded by Jones’ licensing company…
Photographer Robert Ellis first photographed Led Zeppelin in 1969, and he returned to shoot the band many times until their final UK performance at the Knebworth Festival in 1979. Now, Ellis is preparing to release…
Jimmy Page has explained in a new interview why he gave up drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. Page spoke to the Academy of Achievement in a video interview recorded in October, which has now been transcribed…
Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy said in a new interview with Eddie Trunk that he hopes his 2008 audition with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham wasn’t recorded because he was ill when…
Led Zeppelin announced on December 21 that the band will release a book next year through Reel Art Press. Funnily enough, LedZepNews speculated earlier this week that the band would announce exactly that. Reel Art…
Jimmy Page has confirmed that “all manner of surprises” will be released in 2018 to mark 50 years since Led Zeppelin was formed. Page said in an interview with the Academy of Achievement that “there’ll…
Jimmy Page has said in a new interview that previously unheard music by Led Zeppelin will be released for the band’s fiftieth anniversary in 2018. Page spoke to the Academy of Achievement in a 50-minute…