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…
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released a cover of “When The Levee Breaks” on June 7, sharing a live recording of them covering the track during a recent tour. It’s unclear when exactly the live…
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…
John Paul Jones played a surprise show in London with Thurston Moore on May 10. Jones joined the Sonic Youth musician on stage at London’s Cafe OTO for an unannounced improvisational show, with Jones performing…
Robert Plant has created a new mix of Led Zeppelin songs, remixing the songs “Kashmir” and “Whole Lotta Love” into a new combination of the two songs for Wolverhampton Wanderers football club. LedZepNews broke the…
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…
A Robert Plant rarity has officially been released on vinyl for the first time. Plant’s song “Nothing Takes The Place Of You”, which he recorded as a duet with Patty Griffin for the soundtrack to…
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…
Robert Plant is working on a “reimagined version” of a “classic Led Zeppelin song”, according to since-deleted social media posts from people working on the project. Plant recently spent a day at the Magic Garden…
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…
Jimmy Page has publicly mentioned the prospect of releasing an expanded version of his 1993 album with David Coverdale, Coverdale Page. A post published on Page’s official Facebook and Instagram pages on April 18 gives…
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…
An expanded box set version of Jimmy Page’s 2000 live album with The Black Crowes, Live at the Greek, is on the way in 2025. That’s according to The Black Crowes members Chris and Rich…
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….
Robert Plant joined Roger Daltrey on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 24 to perform The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” along with Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard, Kelly Jones and Simon Townshend. The…
John Paul Jones performed with Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 24 as part of the Big Ears music festival. The performance was the final show Jones played during the festival…
John Paul Jones played a rare solo show on March 22 in Knoxville, Tennessee as part of the Big Ears music festival. Jones began the performance by playing a Wurlitzer pipe organ, rising from the…
Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has said he “really wants” to reform Them Crooked Vultures, the band he formed with John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl in 2009. Responding to a question…
Gibson has announced a $50,000 replica of Jimmy Page’s Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar, the first product to be revealed from a new “multi-year partnership” between the guitar maker and Page. The guitar, which is…