A rare 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar played by Jimmy Page that was recently donated to New York’s Metropolitation Museum of Art is allegedly the same guitar stolen from Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor in…
Previously unseen photographs taken by Craig Wright of Led Zeppelin performing at The Forum in Inglewood, California in 1973 have been shared with LedZepNews to publish online ahead of the launch of an online exhibition…
New classical music written by John Paul Jones will be performed for the first time in London on January 8, it has been announced. A new song cycle written by Jones for opera performer Dame…
Bill Curbishley, the former manager of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, will publish his memoirs on April 16. The book has not yet been officially announced, but pre-order listings and a catalogue posted online by…
Led Zeppelin has repressed its Mothership compilation album on vinyl, the first time the album has been reissued since 2015. Multiple record stores have listed a new repressing of Mothership as being released in either…
Robert Plant makes a guest appearance on Patty Griffin’s new album Crown of Roses which will be released on July 25. Plant contributes backing vocals on the song “Long Time”, it has been announced. Plant…
Previously unseen photographs of Led Zeppelin performing in St. Louis, Missouri on February 16, 1975 and on April 15, 1977 have been published online for the first time. The images, shot by an unknown photographer,…
1977 was a difficult year for the owners of The Starship, the luxury Boeing 720 plane that had been used to fly Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Elton John around the US since 1973….
“Becoming Led Zeppelin” will be released in cinemas in Japan on September 26, it has been announced. The film’s official website has confirmed the release date, with tickets available to pre-order from June 13. Advance…
Upgraded footage of Led Zeppelin performing in Tokyo, Japan on September 23, 1971 was released online by LedZepFilm. The two videos released contain the most extensive and best quality versions of the footage which has…
The potential sale of a sampler CD containing three tracks from John Paul Jones’ unstaged opera “The Ghost Sonata” has been blocked after Discogs removed a sales listing for the item. LedZepNews reported in January…
Previously unseen Super 8 footage of Led Zeppelin performing in Landover, Maryland on May 28, 1977 was published online to celebrate the concert’s anniversary. The footage was shot by Bill “Wheelz” Wheeler and published online…
Robert Plant has recorded a song for Paul Weller’s new album, it has been announced. Plant’s vocals and harmonica playing will feature on the track “Clive’s Song” on Weller’s new covers album Find El Dorado…
Robert Plant has publicly expressed his support for Bruce Springsteen after he delivered a series of speeches opposing Donald Trump. While introducing the song “Friends” during his performance with Saving Grace in Tampere, Finland on…
Stuart Buckley was bored. After walking around a car boot sale with his then-partner at the Essex County Showground in the early 2000s, he was ready to go home.“When I convinced her it was time…
Robert Plant has reportedly confirmed two of the songs that will be released on Saving Grace’s debut album during recent live performances. According to a review of Plant’s May 6 performance in Amsterdam published by…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin” has returned to cinemas in the US for a limited time only, according to an announcement by its distributor Sony Pictures Classics. The company announced on social media on May 9 that…
In 2010, musician Jake Holmes filed a lawsuit in California accusing Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin and Atlantic Records of infringing his copyright by failing to properly credit him for writing “Dazed and Confused”. Holmes had…
American musician Jake Holmes has since the early 1980s sought credit for writing “Dazed and Confused”, a song that Jimmy Page went on to perform with The Yardbirds. Led Zeppelin famously recorded and played their…
Jake Holmes has filed a lawsuit accusing Jimmy Page, Warner Chappell Music, Sony Pictures and the filmmakers behind “Becoming Led Zeppelin” of failing to properly credit him for “Dazed and Confused”, copyright infringement and for…
The physical release of “Becoming Led Zeppelin” on Blu-ray and DVD appears to be taking place in June, according to online sales listings in the UK, Finland, Italy and Australia. Sales listings advertising June release…
Helen Grant, the daughter of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, has received “a number of new offers” for her 10% stake in Led Zeppelin royalties. Ian Penman, Grant’s lawyer, exclusively told LedZepNews that the release…
“Mr. Jimmy”, the feature-length documentary film about Jimmy Page tribute artist Akio Sakurai, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on July 2. The film, released in September 2023, follows Sakurai as he…
The drumhead used by John Bonham between 1973 and 1975 sold at auction in the US for $87,500 on April 17, months after it sold at auction in the UK for £32,000. The drumhead originally…
The previously unseen photographs of Led Zeppelin that were exhibited at Stockholm’s Oak Island Gallery in February are now available to purchase as prints. In February, the Swedish gallery hosted an exhibition of Led Zeppelin…
It was 9.11am on Friday, January 11, 1985 when a clerk at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York stamped the paperwork to make it official: Legendary blues musician Willie…
LedZepNews has published all of the files we obtained from the US National Archives relating to Willie Dixon’s 1985 lawsuit against Led Zeppelin below. You can read our full history of Dixon’s legal action here….
Rare footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Fillmore East in New York on January 31, 1969 was released online by LedZepFilm. The footage was shot by Jim Murdock who recalls attending the evening’s late…
LedZepNews has today published nine previously unseen photographs of Led Zeppelin performing in Frankfurt, Germany on June 30, 1980. The photographs were taken by Michael Leske who smuggled his father’s camera into the Festhalle arena…