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"We have spent years designing this film to be experienced on the big screen with the best possible sound": That long-awaited Led Zeppelin documentary is finally coming to a cinema near you

By Fraser Lewry published

Becoming Led Zeppelin premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021: Now it's finally found a distributor

Robert Plant onstage in 1970, and the KBOO logo

Robert Plant once pledged money to a radio station that promised never to play Stairway To Heaven ever again

By Fraser Lewry published

Robert Plant: He's not like other rock stars

Led Zeppelin in 1969, and the Wheaton Community Center

"I've always been a believer. I never felt it was a mass hallucination": The mystery of the Led Zeppelin show that may never have taken place

By Fraser Lewry published

On January 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin played one of their first US shows, at a community centre in smalltown Maryland. Or did they?

Page, Plant, Albini

“I had a strong connection with Steve. He was so passionate and knowledgable, really dedicated to the cause.” Jimmy Page pays his respects to Steve Albini, saluting his work on the Walking Into Clarksdale album

By Paul Brannigan published

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page salutes the late Steve Albini, who died last week

A montage of Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and Jim Morrison

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands

By Dave Everley published

From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

Various musicians influenced by Jimi Hendrix

"There were guitar players weeping. They had to mop the floor up": How Jimi Hendrix invented everything we love

By Johnny Black published

When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London he blew the minds of the British rock elite. Soon they would follow his lead and develop and explosive new form of electric blues

Robert Plant onstage at Glastonbury 2022

Robert Plant is reportedly working on a new version of a Led Zeppelin classic for a "top-secret project"

By Fraser Lewry published

Mystery surrounds the song being worked on at the session in Wolverhampton

Led Zeppelin onstage in Richfield, Ohio, in 1975

In what's turning out to be a bumper year for Led Zeppelin fans, more unseen live footage has emerged

By Fraser Lewry published

The previously unseen film, shot in Ohio in 1975, was discovered in the archives of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jimmy Page onstage in Chicago

"Jimmy's very lucky to be even playing tonight": Watch an ailing Jimmy Page lead Led Zeppelin through a truncated show as unseen live footage emerges

By Fraser Lewry published

Rare live footage from Chicago in 1977 finds Led Zeppelin frustrating fans with a six-song set

Led Zeppelin onstage at The Forum, Montreal

Nearly an hour of previously unseen Led Zeppelin footage from 1975 has been posted online

By Fraser Lewry published

The Led Zeppelin footage was shot at the Montreal Forum in Canada on February 6 1975

Led Zeppelin IV cover art

"This has to be the album against which every rock album that followed should be measured": Led Zeppelin attain peak Led Zeppelin status on Led Zeppelin IV

By Classic Rock Magazine published

Of all their records, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, released in late 1971, remains their most admired work

John Bonham onstage in Los Angeles, 1973

Moby Dick began life as a modest instrumental showcase for John Bonham: Played live, it took on an epic, often drug-fuelled life of its own

By Mick Wall published

The epic story of Led Zeppelin's ever-expanding instrumental tour-de-force, Moby Dick

Danny Carey of Tool playing drums in 2016

“I bought it with lawnmowing money!” Tool’s Danny Carey reflects on the first album he ever paid for himself

By Matt Mills published

Tool drummer Danny Carey has named the very first album he bought with his own money – and it was funded by him doing chores around the house

Images of Heart’s Ann Wilson, Van Halen and Henry Rollins onstage

We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album

By Paul Travers published

Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

The Black Crowes on the Howard Stern Show

The Black Crowes played a Led Zeppelin classic on the Howard Stern Show this week, and broke news many fans have been waiting for

By Fraser Lewry published

The Black Crowes also performed their classic Remedy, revealed details of an unexpected night out with David Bowie, and spoke of their breakthrough and breakup

The cover of Led Zeppelin II and Jagdstaffel 11 Division during World War I in 1917

How a photo of notorious German fighter ace the Red Baron provided the cover of Led Zeppelin II

By Fraser Lewry published

Also in the picture are Miles Davis (or is it?), Neil Armstrong (or is it?) and a possible in-joke aimed at engineer Glyn Johns

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon circa 1964

Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon: the songwriting partnership that inspired the future Led Zeppelin star's only lead vocal

By Fraser Lewry published

Listen to Jimmy Page sing She Just Satisfies, released as a single in 1965 and inspired by his relationship with Jackie De Shannon

James Bay, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Brian May

"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

By Paul Brannigan published

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

Peter Grant's Ferrari

Led Zeppelin fans! Peter Grant's Ferrari 246 Dino GTS could be yours, although it won't be cheap

By Fraser Lewry published

Peter Grant purchased the Ferrari in 1973 and drove it for three years. Now to be auctioned, it comes with Grant’s original logbook

Led Zeppelin

"I’m glad I didn’t sign them. They were too dangerous": Island Records co-founder Chris Blackwell explains why he has no regrets about Led Zeppelin breaking their promise to sign with his label

By Paul Brannigan last updated

Peter Grant made a verbal agreement with Island Records boss Chris Blackwell that Led Zeppelin would sign to his label, then signed a deal with Atlantic instead. Blackwell is fine with it