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…
LedZep News 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 LedZep Film. The footage was shot by Jim Murdock who recalls attending the evening’s late…
LedZep News 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…
Led Zeppelin were, at their peak, a formidable live act. As new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin demonstrates, the band fused different sounds to create a formidable rock brew, conquering the world in the process.
Yet the four-piece could also be their worst critics. A five-night run in 1975 saw Led Zeppelin take control of cavernous London venue Earls Court, becoming one of the first bands to play in this enormous space. Hugely ambitious, it utilised the latest technology, including live footage of the show being played on huge, state-of-the-art screens.
Lauded by critics, the Earls Court residency went down in rock history – except singer Robert Plant had a a few issues.
Looking back on the concerts in a 1982 interview with Geoff Barton, the singer called the sound “horrendous” and thanked fans for pulling the band through.
“There was a kind of furious momentum about that whole gig that pulled us through,” he said.
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