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Ahead of Oasis' tour, a look at famous and brief band reunions: Nirvana, Outkast and more

The Britpop band Oasis will reunite for a 2025 world tour kicking off Friday in Cardiff, Wales

The Independent UK

“He was the kind of guy who liked confrontation, and I would always give it to him”: This is what Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore really thought about Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham

Friendship or rivalry? A little bit of both

Louder

“I dragged George Harrison in to listen to it on the way back from a Beatles session. He didn’t get it at all”: When the first Led Zeppelin album confused a Beatle — and was ignored by Mick Jagger

The album was made for a bargain price of £1,782

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Hairy Biker Si King’s Honest Playlist: ‘Led Zeppelin is perfect for when you’re speeding along’

The chef, author and presenter wants to be John Bonham and might be found busting out Baker Street at karaoke, but which song reminds him of lost love?

The Guardian - UK

“Iggy ran from one side of the stage to the other and head-butted the wall. I was covered in blood, because he’d come up and danced around me”: The Pretty Things singer Phil May’s wild tales of Hendrix, Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Judy Garland

Late Pretty Things singer Phil May was mates with Hendrix and Page, a rival of the Stones and an accidental drinking buddy of Judy Garland

Louder

“If you’re a Zep fan and really want to go see Zeppelin, you might as well go and see one of the better tribute bands”: The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more

Crack session musician, in-demand producer, one quarter of the world’s biggest rock band – ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has done it all

Louder

“This is my first band since Deep Purple. It’s out of this world – I’m back in a rock band, a real rock band”: How Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and a modern blues icon came together to form Black Country Communion

Black Country Communion’s second album, BCC2, established them as one of the greatest supergroups of the 21st century

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“He was, without question, the best rock drummer in the world”: What Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward really thought of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham

Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward and Led Zeppelin”s John Bonham rose through the ranks together

Metal Hammer

From ecology to the occult: the dark secrets of Led Zeppelin IV

The mysterious sleeve artwork of Led Zeppelin's fourth album, dissected

Louder

"We haven’t adjusted it for the taste of modern kids. This is how it's meant to be heard": An interview with the makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin

As Becoming Led Zeppelin continues to take the world by storm, we talk to the duo who put it all together

Louder

"If you watch the video, you can see Jimmy dribbling onstage, Robert not hitting the notes, and me miming, playing the air." Phil Collins' memories of Led Zeppelin's "dark, sulphurous" reunion for Live Aid are brutal, and spare no-one

The prospect of Led Zeppelin reforming to play Live Aid, the biggest music event of the 1980s, sparked great excitement. But their return to the stage on July 13, 1985 did not work out as anyone had planned

Louder

“Bonzo and I were great groovers. People would dance to our music. There aren't many hard rock bands these days that people dance to”: John Paul Jones breaks down his Led Zeppelin bass approach – and what separated his and Jimmy Page's riffs

The all-time bass great discusses his telepathic relationship with John Bonham, early influences, and why Stairway to Heaven's gradual speed-up is part of its magic

Guitar World

“I lost the tips of two fingers in an accident when I was 17. Doctors told me that I had no hope of playing guitar again. I refused to accept that”: The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord

If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different

Metal Hammer

Nandi Bushell is back, and this time she's playing Led Zeppelin in stilettos

Bonzo would surely approve

Louder

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"This riff was gonna be really intense, and probably pretty majestic as well, but quite intriguing”: How Jimmy Page created the Led Zeppelin classic Kashmir

"It kicked off with myself and John Bonham," he said

Louder

"A ninth album would have been about riffs - interestingly constructed riffs and hypnotic music": Jimmy Page looks back on the tests and turmoil of Led Zeppelin's final albums

The man who led Zeppelin looks back on Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda

The Independent UK

‘We took them back to the good times: when it started’ – the inside story of Becoming Led Zeppelin

INTERVIEW: Stevie Chick talks to the filmmakers who persuaded the hard rock giants to revisit their early days and open their archives

Louder

"It doesn't wholly demystify them, but it reveals the human brilliance at their heart": Becoming Led Zeppelin strips away the mystique to present the birth of a legend

Rare footage and the voice of John Bonham – Becoming Led Zeppelin is cracks opens the door into an unseen world

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The Guardian - UK

Becoming Led Zeppelin review – enjoyable retrospective will be met with a Whole Lotta Love

It’s hard not to head-bang along to the first authorised documentary about the heavy rock legends, but stopping the story in 1969 ignores the band’s more colourful years

MusicRadar

“Jimmy Page arrived carrying a Waitrose bag. I thought he’d brought sandwiches with him”: How new Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary nearly never happened

Turns out that getting the ever illusive rockers on the record required more than a little gentle persuasion

The Guardian - UK

‘Into the heart of the whirlwind’: how Led Zeppelin were sweet-talked into making a new film

They were quizzed endlessly and one wrong answer could have blown the lot. The makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin relive the tactics – and cups of tea – that got it green lit

MusicRadar

“It had so much weight. So much power”: How Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdown set the template for heavy metal and inspired a legendary punk guitarist

It’s unlike any other song on Zep’s first album

Louder

“Stevie Ray Vaughan was a little worse for wear. He was eating KFC out of a box and then ate the box as well”: Jeff Beck’s wild tales of Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Frank Zappa

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most memorable friendships

Louder

The 10 worst Led Zeppelin songs of all time, because not every Led Zeppelin song can be as good as Kashmir

Led Zeppelin may be the greatest rock band of all time, but they weren't perfect – and here's the proof

Louder

"I did have a multitrack tape of that, but it got mislaid": The secret history of Led Zeppelin’s lost masterpiece

Jimmy Page dug up several unheard gems for his deluxe Led Zeppelin reissues. But there's one song that still remains unreleased

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