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John Bonham onstage in 1975 with (inset) Matt Sorum

"Singers tend to be sensitive, but drummers are troubled too, just in a different way": why I ❤️ John Bonham, by Matt Sorum

By Matt Sorum published

Matt Sorum, former drummer with Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult, on Led Zeppelin's inspirational drummer John Bonham

Akio Sakurai onstage

"There's nothing original about me, it’s all about him": Inside the mind of guitarist Akio Sakurai, the Jimmy Page fan whose devotion is the subject of a new film

By Dave Everley published

The captivating and peculiar story of Mr Jimmy is in theatres now

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page onstage in 1972

"None of us could have ever dreamt it was going to happen": the true story behind Led Zeppelin's secret Bombay sessions

By Rob Hughes published

In October 1972, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page travelled to Bombay to jam with Indian musicians. This is what happened

Led Zeppelin and Houses Of The Holy album sleeve

"A holy grail for collectors": Signed copy of Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy - minus the actual record - sells for £15,000

By Paul Brannigan published

If you've got a fully signed Led Zeppelin album in your attic, people will pay serious money for it

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones at the Kennedy Center Opera House, and Ann and Nancy Wilson onstage

"You can’t play Stairway to Heaven with cold fingers in front of Jimmy Page!": What happened when Ann and Nancy Wilson performed Stairway To Heaven for Led Zeppelin

By Fraser Lewry published

Nancy Wilson reveals what it was like to perform Stairway To Heaven for Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, President Obama and an audience of stars

Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis performing at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics

"When they said they wanted the whole full-length version of Whole Lotta Love, I said, Really?": what happened when Jimmy Page took a Led Zeppelin classic to China

By Fraser Lewry published

Jimmy Page, Leona Lewis, and a double-decker bus that transforms into a privet hedge: it can only be the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics

Akio Sakurai and Jimmy Page

"You take me back to that time. You remind me what I did on the stage": Jimmy Page on the Japanese fan with the obsession that's been turned into a film

By Fraser Lewry published

Watch the trailer for Mr Jimmy, a film about Japanese guitarist Akio Sakurai's obsession with Jimmy Page

In Through The Out Door sleeve art

In Through The Out Door: the last days of Led Zeppelin

By Geoff Barton last updated

Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door failed to light the blue touch-paper, and their sign-off was more like a match fizzling out

Syd Barrett and Jimmy Page

"Syd Barrett was absolutely unbelievable": Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on Pink Floyd's "very, very cool" early years and Syd Barrett's "futuristic vision"

By Paul Brannigan published

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was hugely impressed by Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page onstage

If you've got a lot of spare cash you can buy a 10% stake in Led Zeppelin

By Fraser Lewry published

The sale is for the share of Led Zeppelin's rights currently owned by Helen Grant, daughter of late band manager Peter Grant

Robert Plant live in 1977

“Led Zeppelin was responsible for bigging it up. We had no choice… it was insane”: Robert Plant on how Led Zeppelin invented stadium rock

By Niall Doherty published

Led Zeppelin took live music into another stratosphere in the 70s and Robert Plant says they had to make it up as they went along

A picture of American Violinist, Lindsey Stirling performing onstage during the Lollapalooza Paris Festival in 2023

Listen to violinist Lindsey Stirling's rousing cover of Led Zeppelin classic Kashmir

By Stef Lach published

Lindsey Stirling's virtuoso violin skills shine through on this epic cover of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin in 1977

"Understand this – the band will read what is written about them": The rules Led Zeppelin gave to journalists who joined them on the road

By Niall Doherty published

The first rule of Led Zeppelin Club isn't that you should not talk about Led Zeppelin Club, but it's not far off

Led Zeppelin onstage in the US in 1977

“There was an extraordinary amount of tension...” Inside Led Zeppelin’s final US tour

By Niall Doherty published

Led Zeppelin's record-breaking final run of shows coincided with trouble and tragedy

Led Zeppelin backstage at the Lyceum Theatre in London in 1969.

"Why don’t you give Jimmy Page a ring?" How John Paul Jones came to join Led Zeppelin

By Niall Doherty published

All it took was a bit of encouragement from his wife, one phone call, and just like that bassist John Paul Jones joined forces with a little band called Led Zeppelin

Mutual Admiration Society on Late Night With Conan O'Brien

That time Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones appeared on Conan O'Brien with an alt-rock supergroup and it wasn't Them Crooked Vultures

By Fraser Lewry published

Back In 2004, John Paul Jones hooked up with musicians from Toad The Wet Sprocket and Nickel Creek plus Elvis Costello's drummer for a US tour

Albums that received bad reviews

“Led Zeppelin write weak, unimaginative songs”: 10 original reviews of classic albums that got it completely wrong

By Paul Travers published

Everyone from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses had their haters

BATH, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: A female fan in the crowd attending the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, England on 27 June, 1970.

“Led Zeppelin’s fee went from £500 to £20,000 in a year!” Collapsing stages and no toilets: The 1969 Bath Blues Festival that inspired Glastonbury

By Mick Wall published

They sold 7000 tickets – and 30,000 people turned up. How The Bath Blues Festivals became the inspiration to a young Michael Eavis and Glastonbury.

Guitarist Jimmy Page of English rock group Led Zeppelin plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar live on stage at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 23rd November 1971

The golden rule that Jimmy Page was determined to break on Stairway To Heaven

By Niall Doherty published

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page knew he was going to do things his own way on their Stairway To Heaven epic

John Bonham of Led Zeppelin posed at Rai in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 27 1972

Days of thunder: the triumph and tragedy of John Bonham

By Chris Welch published

John Bonham’s drumming powered Led Zeppelin like the engine of a battleship, but his death in 1980 did for his band. This is his story