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Red Hot Chili Peppers Want Jimmy Page for Knebworth Show

Posted 03/23/2012 at 10:38am | by Josh Hart

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The list of bands that would love for Jimmy Page to come join them at a show is pretty damn long, but the list of bands that's actually a possibility with is quite short.

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Jimmy Page to Release 'Lucifer Rising and Other Soundtracks' This Month

Posted 03/16/2012 at 11:36am | by Josh Hart

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Jimmy Page has just announced the release of Lucifer Rising and Other Sound Tracks for March 20, a date specifically chosen for its connection to the spring equinox. This marks the first time ever that these tracks have been officially released.

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March 5, 1967: Jimmy Page Begins Recording His Only Album with The Yardbirds

Posted 03/05/2012 at 1:09pm | by Josh Hart

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Although he was in The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, Jimmy Page recorded only one studio album with the band, 1967's Little Games. It was on this day 45 years ago -- March 5, 1966 -- that The Yardbirds began working on that album, which was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in London.

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Led Zeppelin's 2007 Reunion Concert Raises Millions for Oxford University

Posted 03/02/2012 at 12:11pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Led Zeppelin's December 10, 2007, reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena -- a show that saw three aging rock legends revisiting their storied past -- will have a significant impact on future musicians. Proceeds from the event, which was staged as a tribute to the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, make up most of the $45 million being donated by Ertegun’s widow, Mica Ertegun, to Engand's Oxford University. The donation, the largest in the University’s 916-year history, will be used to kick off the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities.

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Robert Plant to Unveil New Band at This Year's Womad Festival

Posted 02/24/2012 at 11:22am | by Josh Hart

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Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant is set to unveil his new band, the Sensational Space Shifters, at the 30th anniversary of the Womad festival.

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Nicolas Cage Compares Himself to Led Zeppelin

Posted 02/17/2012 at 12:26pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Earlier this week, actor Nicolas Cage tried to explain his recent, eclectic career choices by comparing himself, in a way, to Led Zeppelin.

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Chris Squire: Robert Plant Wasn't Ready for Yes/Led Zeppelin Supergroup, XYZ

Posted 02/15/2012 at 11:41am | by Damian Fanelli

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Yes bassist Chris Squire says XYZ, the short-lived supergroup featuring former members of Yes and Led Zeppelin, never got off the ground because the timing was wrong for Robert Plant.

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Readers Poll Results: Who Should Play the Super Bowl in 2013?

Posted 02/13/2012 at 2:09pm | by Josh Hart

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Last week, in the wake of Madonna's semi-controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, we asked you to tell us what rock band you'd like to see headline next year's show.

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Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones: 'I Turned Down the Chance to Join Led Zeppelin'

Posted 02/10/2012 at 11:02am | by Damian Fanelli

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Ron Wood -- aka Ronnie Wood -- of The Rolling Stones recently revealed that he once turned down the opportunity to join the band that would become Led Zeppelin.

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Interview: Yardbirds Guitarist Ben King Discusses the Band's Legacy and Brief East Coast US Tour

Posted 02/01/2012 at 7:48am | by Damian Fanelli

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In the mid-1960s, The Yardbirds revolutionized modern rock by turning super guitar players into superstars. The group -- which made the jagged shift from traditional blues to psychedelic rave-ups -- was the launching pad for Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Several Yardbirds songs, including "Shapes of Things," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" and "Over Under Sideways Down" are considered mini-masterpieces of mid-'60s rock guitar -- prime examples of the power of perfectly placed notes.

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