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Robert Plant Teaches ‘Black Dog’ New Tricks

Last year, Plant announced that his latest backing group would be The Sensational Space Shifters, and that they’d put out a new album in 2013. Fans have had the chance to hear Plant’s band – having toured abroad, they’ve released several live concert recordings on iTunes – but now, U.S. fans can see them as well. Plant has just posted a video of their take on Zeppelin’s “Black Dog.”

2013/05/09

How President Clinton Failed To Reunite Led Zeppelin For ’12-12-12′

In an online 60 Minutes Overtime feature posted Sunday (May 5), it was revealed that President Bill Clinton tried, unsuccessfully, to get Led Zeppelin to reunite for the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy tribute concert.

2013/05/06

Robert Plant To Hit The Road This Summer

After a couple of detours (a duo album with Alison Krauss, a covers project with his Band Of Joy, oh, and the Led Zeppelin reunion), Robert Plant is back together with his longtime band, the Sensational Shape Shifters, for a U.S. tour that kicks off June 20 in Dallas.

2013/04/23

Stones, Zeppelin Producer/Engineer Andy Johns Dies at 61

Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones engineer Andy Johns died Sunday (April 7) at the age of 61.

2013/04/08

Not Fade Away: Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses Of The Holy’ Turns 40

In Not Fade Away, we take a look at the legacy of some of the greatest albums of the past few decades – some iconic, some lesser known – as they celebrate significant anniversaries. Here, we take a look at Led Zeppelin‘s 1973 classic “Houses Of The Holy,” which turns 40 today (March 28).

2013/03/28

Heart To Hit The Road With Jason Bonham

Following the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Heart will take its show on the road this summer as part of a 31-date U.S. tour. Starting in West Palm Beach, Fla., on June 17, the tour will run through the end of August with a stop in Portland, Ore.

2013/03/18

Robert Plant with Buddy Miller (guitar), Marco Giovino (drums) and Patty Griffin (vocals)/photo credit: Rick Diamond, Getty Images

Buddy Miller On Robert Plant Album: ‘It’s Almost Done’

2012 saw lots of Led Zeppelin activity, including the band’s inclusion in the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in December. The night of that event, Robert Plant told Radio.com that in 2013 he might “just chill for a while.”

2013/02/25

Crunching The Numbers On A Led Zeppelin Reunion Tour

Twenty million people tried to buy tickets to Led Zeppelin’s lone reunion show in 2007 at London’s O2 Arena. Take a moment and let the crushing hugeness of that number sink in. For Zeppelin to perform for 20 million different people, it would take roughly 1,000 shows at New York arena Madison Square Garden.

2013/02/20

Gary Clark Jr and Jimmy Page photographed by Danny Clinch for John Varvatos

Jimmy Page, Gary Clark Jr. Featured In John Varvatos Fashion Campaign

Jimmy Page has been a guitar hero for decades, but a new promotional campaign focuses more on his sense of fashion. Page and up-and-coming guitarist Gary Clark Jr. are part of the advertising push for John Varvatos’s spring line.

2013/01/22

From Fleetwood Mac To Motown, Aaron Neville To Zeppelin: 15 Reasons 2013 Will Rock

2012 saw the return of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Aerosmith and (sort of) Led Zeppelin. 2013 promises lots of great albums, films and tours from some of music’s greatest legends.

2013/01/03