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Geddy Lee

Rush's Geddy Lee scores top five placing on the Sunday Times Bestseller List with My Effin' Life memoir

By Paul Brannigan published

Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee joins Britney Spears, Jeremy Clarkson, Billy Connolly and late Friends star Matthew Perry at the summit of the UK's best-selling books chart

Bad Company in 1973

“Peter Grant had tears in his eyes. He gave a little speech and then said, ‘Now get the f**k out of here and knock them dead’”: how Bad Company‘s classic debut album won over the US and turned them into the next Led Zeppelin

By Jon Hotten published

Spooky houses, supergroups and the patronage of Led Zeppelin – how Bad Company became one of Britain’s biggest musical exports in the 70s

Jethro Tull - Warchild II album art

The long wait is over: Jethro Tull's Warchild II is finally available on vinyl

By Hugh Fielder published

Ian Anderson had an album’s worth of material left over from War Child and he splattered them across various compilations. Now they're collected on vinyl for the first time

Dolly Parton studio portrait, plus Jimmy Page onstage at the 2023 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame show

"They're Led Zeppelin - and I got the balloons!": It turns out Dolly Parton has wanted to go into the studio with Jimmy Page for decades

By Fraser Lewry published

Dolly Parton's new album is stacked with A-List rock stars - but one big name is missing despite years of enthusiasm

Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page onstage in 1975

Watch every song from Led Zeppelin IV being played live

By Dave Everley published

Every song from Led Zeppelin’s iconic fourth album from Black Dog to When The Levee Breaks, captured at different points in their career

Rush and Led Zeppelin

"I can still remember the three of us sitting there on the bed in utter awe": Geddy Lee recalls the day that Rush listened to Led Zeppelin for the first time

By Paul Brannigan published

Hearing Led Zeppelin's debut album changed everything for Rush: "This was our new paradigm" Geddy Lee recalls

Jimmy Page, Fred Durst and Wes Scantlin at the MTV Music Awards show in 2011

Revisiting that Led Zeppelin / Limp Bizkit / Puddle Of Mudd collaboration you'd probably forgotten all about

By Fraser Lewry published

Did this really happen? Watch Jimmy Page join Fred Durst and Wes Scantlin at the 2001 MTV Awards for a version of Led Zeppelin's Thank You

The cover of Led Zeppelin IV with Kenwyn House

Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV and Stairway To Heaven, by Goldray guitarist Kenwyn House

By Polly Glass published

Kenwyn House recently became the first guitarist to play Stairway To Heaven's guitar part with Robert Plant onstage apart from Jimmy Page himself

The cover of Led Zeppelin IV, plus a photograph of the man who appears in painted form on the album, carrying sticks on his back

An original photograph of the mysterious figure on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been discovered in an old photo album - and he's been identified

By Fraser Lewry published

One of rock's great mysteries appears to have been solved

Jimmy Page performs at the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City

"It had a profound effect on me": Jimmy Page reflects on Link Wray's Rumble and his surprise performance at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

By Fraser Lewry published

Jimmy Page performed in public for the first time in 12 years at this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in New York

Robert Plant onstage in June 2023

"Someone bid a huge amount of money for him to sing this song": Robert Plant's recent performance of Stairway To Heaven was reportedly prompted by a six-figure charity donation

By Fraser Lewry published

Guitarist Kenwyn House, who backed Robert Plant during his performance of Stairway To Heaven at the weekend, has revealed what happened behind the scenes

Poster for the Heart show at the Climate Pledge Arena

Heart announce first show in more than four years

By Fraser Lewry published

Ann and Nancy Wilson will perform together on New Years Eve in Seattle

Robert Plant onstage with Andy Taylor

Watch Robert Plant perform a rare version of Stairway To Heaven at a charity event

By Fraser Lewry published

Robert Plant sang Led Zeppelin classics including Stairway To Heaven, Thank You and Black Dog at a cancer awareness show at a club in Oxfordshire

Sebastian Bach, Evan Seinfeld and Scott Ian posing together

Five rock stars, three songs and only one concert: The story of Damnocracy – the most bizarre and disappointing supergroup of all time

By Stephen Hill published

Putting members of Skid Row, Anthrax and Biohazard in the same room was a weird idea. When the resulting supergroup only released three demos then broke up, it also proved to be a waste of time.

Led Zeppelin at the O2 Arena

"It worked, and it was good, and that was it:" Robert Plant looks back on Led Zeppelin's legendary 2007 reunion show

By Paul Brannigan published

"It was, Goodbye, everything, it’s been fantastic!” Robert Plant on the return of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin's four symbols

"My symbol was about invoking and being invocative": Everything we know about the origins of Led Zeppelin's mysterious four symbols

By Dave Lewis published

In 1971 Led Zeppelin gave their fourth album an unpronounceable title made up of four distinct symbols, and Jimmy Page still isn't talking

Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull onstage

"It's the worst business decision that was ever made in the history of Jethro Tull": Martin Barre speaks out about his break with Ian Anderson

By Fraser Lewry published

Former guitarist Martin Barre says the Jethro Tull brand is now "so diluted"

Michael Schenker and the cover of Led Zeppelin III

"I think John Bonham is so responsible for a lot of Zeppelin’s songwriting on III": Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin III, by Michael Schenker

By Henry Yates published

Guitar hero Michael Schenker looks back on first hearing Immigrant Song and learning Since I’ve Been Loving You

Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, Angus Young and Robert Plant live onstage

The most played live songs by 25 iconic rock bands

By Dave Everley published

Which songs have Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Queen and others played live the most? Spoiler: contains surprises

Tony Iommi, Robert Plant and Bev Bevan smile backstage at the Black Sabbath ballet

Watch Tony Iommi make a surprise appearance to play Paranoid at the opening night of the Black Sabbath ballet in Birmingham, which also had Geezer Butler, Sharon Osbourne, Robert Plant and Bev Bevan in attendance

By Merlin Alderslade published

Some rock star royalty were present for the premiere of the Black Sabbath ballet, and the man who inspired the whole thing even appeared on stage