Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, along with host Rolly of Japan’s NHK program “Eigo De Shabera Night”, interviewed Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for an episode of the show, which aired Monday night (February 25). Watch the five-minute segment below.
http://www.youtube.com/v/MdyBlO2UkZY
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=91639
World Peace One, a not-for-profit global peace advocacy group whose mission is to bring peace to the world through a 10-year global campaign of concerts, education and government initiatives, has targeted some of the top acts in the world for a series of international concerts to begin May 17.
The event is in discussions with such marquee acts as U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, INXS, Velvet Revolver, Will I. Am, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland, says WP1 founder Doug Ivanovich.
International artists in discussion, according to Ivanovich, include Reyna Reyna, Brazilian artists Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, Sergio Mendes and Linox; Jane Zhang and the Trollmates in China, Tarkan in Turkey, and Saer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Tamara Day for Africa.
Of course, “discussions” is one thing and artists actually taking the stage in the name of WP1 is quite another. Still, WP1 is nothing if not ambitious. “Our mission is ending all war at the end of our 10-year period,” Ivanovich tells Billboard. “Our intent is to foster and generate the largest peoples’ movement, grassroots as well as institutional, in the history of the world.”
Read the full story at Billboard.com.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003714355
Cleopatra Records has released a two-CD set called “LedBox - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute” on the Deadline label. This 25-song double CD set contains contributions from many great classic rock artists, including the following:
Eric Bloom (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT)
Brian Robertson (MOTÖRHEAD, THIN LIZZY)
Tony Franklin (THE FIRM)
Doane Perry (JETHRO TULL)
Pat Travers
Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW)
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS)
Jack Russell (GREAT WHITE)
Bruce Kulick (KISS)
Manny Charlton (NAZARETH)
Rick Derringer
Steve Lukather (TOTO)
Albert Lee
Dweezil Zappa
Rick Wakeman (YES)
John Wetton (KING CRIMSON)
Geoff Downes (ASIA, YES)
Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE)
Keith Emerson (ELP)
Billy Sherwood
Tony Kaye
Alan White (Yes)
Paul Di’Anno (IRON MAIDEN)
Taime Downe (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
Jani Lane (WARRANT)
Joe Leste (BANG TANGO, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)
John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION)
Marq Torien (BULLETBOYS)
Kelly Hansen (FOREIGNER)
Bruce Kulick plays guitar on “Dazed and Confused”. Also his brother Bob Kulick plays guitar on this track, along with Jack Russell from Great White on vocals, Tony Franklin from The Firm on bass, and Doane Perry from Jethro Tull on drums. Bob Kulick produced three of the songs on this collection and plays 12-string electric guitar on the song “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”.
“LedBox - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute” track listing:
Disc 1:
01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Houses Of The Holy
03. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
04. When The Levee Breaks
05. Dazed and Confused
06. Whole Lotta Love
07. You Shook Me
08. Immigrant Song
09. Ramble On
10. Rock And Roll
11. D’yer Mak’er
12. Stairway To Heaven
Disc 2:
01. Fool In The Rain
02. Dancing Days
03. Heartbreaker
04. Black Dog
05. All My Love
06. Kashmir
07. Misty Mountain Hop
08. The Ocean
09. Houses Of The Holy
10. The Rover
11. Dancing Days
12. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
13. Stairway To Heaven
On Friday, March 7, as part of this year’s Bradford International Film Festival, the National Media Museum, Bradford, UK presents a special event featuring screenings of Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same”, plus a special guest appearance by director Dick Carruthers.
Archivist and documentary maker Chris Phipps looks back at the origins of über-rockers Led Zeppelin. This special event is complemented by screenings of the thinly veiled Zeppelin tribute “Almost Famous” and the band’s legendary concert film “The Song Remains the Same”.
Dick Carruthers is a multi-award winning director of live concerts and concert DVDs. He is also the producer/director of the groundbreaking 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD set. He will discuss the artistic and technical challenges of selectively unleashing and showcasing the myth that is Led Zeppelin and reveal the challenges of directing last year’s reunion gig.
The Bradford International Film Festival will also screen “Almost Famous” on Tuesday, March 13. For more information, click http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/biff/guest_detail.asp?filmid=7654.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90858
Led Zeppelin’s lead singer, Robert Plant, has spoken out for the first time about his experience at the band’s O2 reunion gig last year (December 10).
The Golden God’ - in a just published interview - said they were just as good on the night as they were in their prime.
Speaking to Esquire Magazine the morning after the show (December 11) Plant said: “It was ramshackle, casual, nervous, overblown, a little self-indulgent, it was all the things we ever were. We were the genuine thing last night.”
He added: “We’re not some ambivalent dross that pours into the charts by being some sort of valium for the middle-aged. It was a very decent and exciting visitation.”
Revealing further details about the event Plant admitted he did not warm up before gig saying: “We did two songs at a soundcheck the day before, and they were pretty hot. But yesterday [December 10] I had to keep very, very quiet. I didn’t want to talk. I just lay in a dark room playing my little ukulele, going: “If I was in Mali, it wouldn’t be like this.”
After the gig Plant had only one thing on his mind, grabbing a drink.
The singer said: “I was trying to find the special brew. My children are always embarrassed when I get on the Tenant’s Super, and the other guys, well none of them drink. So I just had a drink, gave everybody big hugs, saw my family, took in a bit of, I guess, nostalgia.”
Plant also revealed that the whole evening seemed like a bit of a blur saying: “In the middle of all that effort, there were so many little flashbacks that I didn’t expect. I couldn’t put a form to a lot of it: it was just there. I thought: this is really cute, all these fucking old blokes huddled round John’s [Bonham] son.”
Concluding the interview Plant remained adamant that a world tour would not happen saying he wanted to concentrate on his project with Alison Kraus.
He said: “I really enjoyed playing with my friends [Led Zeppelin], and we are a lot closer because of it. But the responsibility, the whole deal… it’s a whole different thing to what I’m doing with Alison.”
Plant then continued adding: “I was singing the same, better, last night. I could go to certain places. But with Alison, it’s not about that. It’s about being comely. That’s where I’m bound.”
After a series of street date delays, Warner has announced a late February Blu-ray and HD DVD arrival for the Led Zeppelin’s concert classic ‘The Song Remains the Same.’
Originally planned for release in November of last year (day-and-date on Blu-ray, HD DVD and standard-def), Warner subsequently delayed ‘The Song Remains the Same’ on all formats by three weeks. That new December street date didn’t last long, however, with the studio again yanking the title from its release schedule only days before it was due to hit stores.
High-def copies of ‘The Song Remains the Same’ weren’t impossible to find, however, as numerous reports surfaced online that Blu-ray and HD DVD stock had still appeared at several online and traditional retailers.
Now Led Zeppelin fans who have been unable to snag an early copy can mark February 26 on their calendars, as Warner will finally bow the long-delayed disc across all formats (according the studio’s press announcement, the HD DVD version of ‘The Song Remains the Same’ will not be affected by the studio’s three-week transition window).
Previously announced specs remain unchanged, with both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions set to include 1080p/VC-1 video and audio options in Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Supplemental features include over 40 minutes worth of additional material, including never-released performance footage of “Over The Hills And Far Away” and “Celebration Day,” plus the bonus cuts “Misty Mountain Hop” and “The Ocean.” Other extras include a rare 1976 BBC interview with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, vintage TV footage and the theatrical trailer.
Retail also remains the same, with the Blu-ray and HD DVD listing for a suggested $28.95 each.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss won the (non-televised) award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
This is for a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together.
Plant and Krauss beat out Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé & Shakira, Gwen Stefani & Akon and Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake.
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant was a guest on ITV’s “This Morning” program on January 11, 2008 to discuss his collaboration with bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss, “Raising Sand”, and Zeppelin’s reunion gig at London’s O2 arena this past December. Watch the interview in two parts below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfdbUoSJ9tY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdlAR4fE0w
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90423
There was some conjecture that the reason the DVD was pulled was because 40 seconds of You Really Got Me was playing during a clip on one of the Extras. The Cameron Crowe bit. Anyway it appears it was pulled because Warner did not get clearance for the clip.
> It was indeed the Davies Brothers.
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> They never would and still won’t acknowledge that Jimmy played on YRGM.
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> They refused permission for the 40 seconds of it on the DVD.
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> Unfortunately Warner Home Video ( NOT WMG ) never got got clearance so they were forced by the pissant brothers to pull all copies.
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> It will be reissued in the exact same format but without the “offending” 40 seconds.
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