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| Rich Robinson, Chris Robinson, Jimmy Page (photo: Ross Halfin 2025) |
NOTICE: This blog will be no longer updated (most likely), but it will be kept live for reference purposes.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
10 February
Led Zeppelin, still keeping up with its own reputation!
https://www.wxhc.com/becoming-led-zeppelin-sets-new-imax-record/
Saturday, February 8, 2025
8 February
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| 1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at The Spectrum, Philadelphia |
- 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago at Kinetic Playground
- 1975 Led Zeppelin - Philadelphia at The Spectrum
- 1996 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Tokyo at Nippon Budokan
♪ Led Zeppelin (Philadelphia at The Spectrum, 08 February 1975)
♪ Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Tokyo at Nippon Budokan, 08 February 1996)
If life is getting too heavy, see also my blog post The End of Times
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
29 January
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| 1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Greensboro (Neal Preston photo) |
- 1975 Led Zeppelin - Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum
1975:
Chris Charlesworth (Melody Maker interview) describes near-combat conditions on his Just Backdated blog.
Chris Charlesworth (Melody Maker interview) describes near-combat conditions on his Just Backdated blog.
"The evening’s concert is at the Greensboro Coliseum where Robert, now partially recovered and having taken a commercial flight direct from Chicago, awaits us. The usual convoy of black Cadillac limousines greets the Starship on the runway, five in all, a slightly enlarged party now alighting to occupy them. Everybody is tired, the group aren’t really up for the show and, to make matters worse,
"... outside the venue a shortage of tickets has caused violence to erupt. About five hundred fans have attempted to storm the rear of the building, throwing broken bottles, stones and pieces of scaffolding. Three of the five limousines, those parked outside, become severely damaged.
"...the drivers of the three limos parked outside, fearing further damage to them, have removed their cars and the other two drivers, whose cars are parked inside, want to take theirs away too. This, of course, would leave the Led Zeppelin entourage stranded when the concert is over..."
Peter Grant attempts to buy the limos. In the end, he simply commandeers two.
"The huge stadium doors open and the angry mob of fans who didn’t make it into the show surge forward into our path. Grant blasts a way through, his horn blaring, we follow, and the crowd parts like the Red Sea. Our truncated convoy reaches speeds of up to 70 mph in a heavily built-up area with Grant leading the way, driving his car through red lights and on the wrong side of the road through the town of Greensboro. Our car, crammed, follows in hot pursuit. Good grief, I think, this is far more exciting than any rock concert.
"Then, when we reach the point at the airport where the Starship is waiting, a funny thing happens. Instead of stopping as we have done, Grant drives round and round the huge aircraft, tyres screeching, faster and faster, burning rubber. When he finally skids to a stop the four members of Led Zeppelin tumble out, hysterical with laughter..."
~ Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
26 January
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| 1969 |
- 1967 The Yardbirds - Melbourne, Australia at Melbourne Festival Hall
- 1968 The Yardbirds - Birmingham, England at Bingley Hall for All Night Rave
- 1969 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Tea Party (day 4 of 4)
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Sunday, December 29, 2024
29 December
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| when the magic takes the musician |
Of all the songs Led Zeppelin (meaning with Bonzo, not after his death) played live or only played bits and pieces of, Ramble On is my favorite. I especially love the solid bass line through it, but mostly it's Jimmy Page's guitar work that gets me. So many different tones, volumes, emotions.
The studio version is a great start, but I love the O2 version maybe more. The fuzzy, at times harsh and brash guitar is so much more powerful than the sweet innocent one of the studio version. I love when that O2 guitar sings and fades, causing the crowd to roar.
But the next year, in 2008, the two JPs showed up at the Foo Fighter's gig at Wembley. Jimmy Page's Ramble On guitar sound was more laid back, not as harsh as at O2, but when his guitar sings, the magic is there.
Check out the ten seconds beginning at 2:50 for the most stab-in-the-heart guitar sequence ever. Watch JP's face, too, as that intense musical magic blows right through him!
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| 2008 |
Sunday, December 22, 2024
22 December
- 1972 Led Zeppelin - London at Alexandra Palace
- 1993 Jimmy Page Coverdale-Page Tour - Nagoya, Japan at Nagoya Gym
- 2009 Jimmy Page - It Might Get Loud DVD Released in USA
Monday, December 9, 2024
09 December
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| 2007 |
- 1971 Led Zeppelin - Coventry, England at Coventry Locarno Ballroom
- 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - New York at Madison Square Garden (day 2)
- 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - London, England at Hammersmith Odeon (day 2)
1983
"On the ARMS tour I realized the fans wanted me back."
~ Jimmy Page, as quoted by Dave Lewis
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| 1983 |
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| 1984 |
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| 2007 |
Thursday, December 5, 2024
05 December
- 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
- 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Hamburg, Germany at Audiomax
O2 rehearsal photos (Ross Halfin)
Sunday, December 1, 2024
01 December
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| 1968 |
- 1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
- 1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert Tour, Daly City, CA at Cow Palace
- 1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Lund, Sweden at Olympen
- 1998 Page & Plant - Gent, Belgium at Gent Exhibition Hall
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| 1972 |
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| 1974 |
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| 1983 |
Saturday, November 23, 2024
23 November
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| 1971 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds – Pittsburg PA at Pittsburg Civic Centre
- 1968 Led Zeppelin - Sheffield, England at University of Sheffield,Students Union
- 1971 Led Zeppelin - Preston, England at Preston Public Hall
- 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Newscastle upon Tyne at Newcastle City Hall
- 1998 Page & Plant - Munich, Germany at Munich Olympiahalle
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| 1998 |
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
19 November
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| 1994 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds-Detroit, MI. at Michigan State Fair Coliseum
- 1982 Led Zeppelin - Coda released
- 1994 Jimmy Page attends Aerosmith concert, Buenos Aires
- 1998 Page & Plant - Milan Italy at Filaforum
- 2012 Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day movie released (audio and video)
Celebration Day movie available on Amazon (affiliate link)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
12 November
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| 2014 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds - Akron, OH at Akron Civic Center & Athens, OH at Ohio University
- 1971 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle at Mecca Ballroom
- 1984 Robert Plant release, The Honeydrippers Volume One feat. Jimmy Page on Sea of Love and I Get a Thrill
- 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New York at The Ritz Ballroom
- 1998 Page & Plant - Zagreb, Coatia at Dom Sportova
- 2007 Led Zeppelin - Mothership released
- 2014 Jimmy Page interview by Chris Cornell, Los Angeles
Sunday, November 10, 2024
10 November
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| 2010 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds - St. Louis, MO at Kiel Auditorium
- 1967 The Yarbirds - Vancouver, Canada at PNE Garden Amphitheater
- 1994 Page & Plant Unledded – Tokyo at Asahi TV
- 1998 Page & Plant – Paris at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
- 2010 Classic Rock Awards, London
- 2014 Jimmy Page & Brian May, NME interview
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| 2010 |
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| 2010 |
Thursday, November 7, 2024
07 November
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| 2014 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Chanute, KS at Chanute Auditorium
- 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 2)
- 1969 Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid released as single
- 2001 Jimmy Page with Fred Durst & Wes Scantlin - MTV Europe Music Awards, Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle
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| 2016 |
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
05 November
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| 1988 |
- 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Kansas City at Memorial Hall
- 1969 Led Zeppelin - Kansas City at Kansas City Memorial Hall
- 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Troy, NY at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1998 Page & Plant - London, England at Wembley Arena
- 2007 Jimmy Page receives "Living Legend" honor at third annual Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London
- 2011 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Harper's 70th birthday concert - London, England at Royal Festival Hall
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| 2007 |
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
29 October
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| 1988 |
Saturday, October 26, 2024
27 October
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| 1995 [Eddie Malluk photo] |
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| 1995 |
♪ Page & Plant Unledded Tour (New York NY at Madison Square Garden - day 1/2, 26 October 1995)
Friday, October 25, 2024
25 October
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| 1988 (not sure this was Rochester) |
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| 2013 |
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