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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

Jimmy Page onstage

Jimmy Page: the 10 best Led Zeppelin guitar solos

By Dave Lewis last updated

With Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page revolutionised what could be done with the guitar. Here are his 10 best solos

A picture of Jimmy Page alongside Boleskine House

Fancy a spooky tour of Scottish mansion once owned by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page?

By Stef Lach published

Boleskine House in Scotland is opening its doors to tourists. It used to be owned by Led Zep's Jimmy Page and occultist Aleister Crowley

Jimmy Page playing air guitar at home

A happy Jimmy Page playing air guitar is today's fix of wholesome video goodness

By Fraser Lewry published

In which Led Zeppelin maestro Jimmy Page plays the song that inspired him to become a guitarist, and does a giddy little dance

Prince George and Led Zeppelin

Prince George loves listening to Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, according to his rocker dad Prince William

By Liz Scarlett published

Prince William reveals that his 9-year-old son George loves rocking out to classic rock

Robert Plant in 2017

The post-Led Zeppelin Robert Plant albums you should definitely own

By Paul Elliott published

Robert Plant is of an age when most rock stars have run out of steam or are repeating themselves, but he's still moving forward - and these are his best albums since Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant on Nationwide

"I don't think I could hum any of your stuff" - what happened when Led Zeppelin visited the BBC

By Fraser Lewry published

In 1970 The Beatles abdicated and Led Zeppelin took their crown, so Robert Plant and John Bonham visited the BBC to explain the rock revolution