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"Thank you for your magic, Diogo." Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant pays tribute to Liverpool and Portugal footballer Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident on July 3, aged 28

"What a tragic loss"

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"It was like I had died and gone to heaven. It was a really emotional moment”: Jimmy Page and the Robinson brothers tell the story of Live At The Greek

A short film is up now on Youtube

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Ian Anderson says it's possible Robert Plant wanted to replace him in Jethro Tull

History could have been very different

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"There was not going to be a Led Zeppelin for me, but this was a parallel": Jimmy Page and Black Crowes discuss Live At The Greek in revealing short film

In new footage, Jimmy Page, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson look back on the partnership that produced 2000's Live At The Greek album

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Watch Robert Plant play five Led Zeppelin classics in official pro-shot video

Robert Plant's full 2014 Pinkpop Festival set with the Sensational Space Shifters is now online

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Scottish artist stunned following chance encounter with legendary rock musician

A LOCAL artist was left “thrilled” after a chance encounter with a rock legend outside his shop in Loch Ness ...

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“I always dreamed of playing Whole Lotta Love! I took 20 different fuzzboxes in with me. Finally, I get to play some metal”: Marc Ribot went into a session with Robert Plant equipped with Zeppelin-esque gear – only to find out it was a folk record

The lauded sideman has played on numerous sessions with many acclaimed musicians – but he was “totally intimidated” when he was approached for the Plant gig

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"I'm physically lifted from the seat and violently spun around by a pissed-off John Paul Jones": Led Zeppelin - Out of Control in the USA

Led Zeppelin’s final tour of the US in 1977 should have been their most glorious. But it wasn’t. There was tension, unpleasantness and negativity, and that was just the start

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‘I wanted to make people dance, or cry, or puke’: Marc Ribot, the wildcard sideman for Tom Waits, Robert Plant and more

He started as a jazz guitarist making Barbie albums on the side, and has ended up on over 500 releases. From bebop with Elton John to Americana with Alison Krauss, Ribot recalls the richest of careers

The Guardian - UK

Robert Plant expresses support for Bruce Springsteen over opposition to Donald Trump as row rumbles on

Springsteen has now released his anti-Trump speech as part of an EP, while Plant will appear on Paul Weller's new album

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“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

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“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

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“An amazing piece of history from the British blues scene”: Robert Plant is selling a trove of gear for charity – including a John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster with two switches that once belonged to Stan Webb of Chicken Shack

The 1990 Les Paul that Les Paul gave the former Led Zeppelin frontman has been sold but that Strat is one super-cool refin – so too the mandolin and resonator

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“I got a call saying, ‘Robert Plant is going to call you.’ What?!”: How Alison Krauss made sweet music with the Led Zeppelin legend

And there may be more to come

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The 35 greatest debut albums of all time, from Arctic Monkeys to Ramones

These records serve as statements of intent and have the power to change or reshape the industry, inspire fellow musicians, and drive essential conversation about our understanding of music. Roisin O'Connor picks the best of the bunch

Metal Hammer

“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

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

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

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“We asked Perry: ‘Do you want to write a new record?’ ‘No, no, no.’ At that point you’re wondering, why did we even bother putting Journey back together?” How Journey found a brand new singer on YouTube and banished the ghost of Steve Perry

Former YouTube singer Arnel Pineda helped Journey open up a whole new chapter in their career

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"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

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel as though I’ve been in chains’: the bittersweet life of lovers rock legend Mari’ Pierre

The British-Guyanese singer topped the reggae chart with 1978’s Walk Away, but despite work with Robert Plant and others, she’s rarely returned to the studio. This interview might change that…

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“Last year was the first in over 20 years without a UK global top 10 single or album in the charts. The time to act is now”: Ed Sheeran calls on the British government to invest in music education

The letter has been co-signed by Elton John, Robert Plant and Harry Styles amongst many other musical luminaries

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran writes urgent open letter to Keir Starmer for music education funding: ‘The time to act is now’

Singer-songwriter is joined by fellow stars Harry Styles, Stormzy, Robert Plant and Eric Clapton in calling on prime minister to provide a £250m music education package

The Guardian - UK

‘Do we love each other? Of course’: Men Behaving Badly’s Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes reunite

A quarter of a century on from their beloved 90s sitcom, the pair are teaming up for a travel series where they meander around France. They discuss being an odd fit in ‘lad’ culture and why getting back together took so long

Guitar World

“I didn’t know the solo was that iconic beforehand! It was only when I started seeing all the comments that I realized”: Shane Fontayne isn't “a Jimmy Page kind of player” – but he had to play the Stairway to Heaven solo… in front of Jimmy Page

As a member of the Kennedy Center house band, Fontayne – best known for his tenures with Bruce Springsteen and Lone Justice – played lead guitar on Heart's legendary cover of the none-more-iconic eight-minute epic

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"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

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