Triple-Play Weekend for Members of Zeppelin

It was a big weekend in the world of Led Zeppelin, with three of the four members of the band that performed at the O2 arena in Dec, 2007 playing this weekend.

On Sunday night, Robert Plant and the Band of Joy took the stage in Tennessee at the annual Bonnaroo festival. Reviews are strong, as they have been for The Band of Joy since they began touring together last year.

On the other side of the ocean, one of Britain's biggest and oldest festivals, the Isle of Wight, featured Plant's old bandmate, John Paul Jones. Jones stepped on stage with at Isle of Wight with a Gibson bass Saturday Night, backing up itinerant bluesman Seasick Steve.

Jones appeared on Seasick Steve's latest album, You Can't Teach an old Dog New Tricks, and has been stepping out at various gigs with Steve. An interactive video of last months Streets of London concert is currently available on at SeasickSteve.com.

Finally, Jason Bonham began the first tour with his band, Black Country Communion last week.

On Friday Night, Black Country Communion played their second show of the tour in Anaheim. The band kicked through a 16 song set, half of which came from their new album, "2."

Aubrey Stewart, a Led Zeppelin fan from Texas, travelled to Anaheim to catch the show. He later commented that,

BCC rocked.  They are excited about what they are doing and it showed... If you get the chance, go see these guys you wont' be disappointed.

Aubrey also took a number of great pictures, which he has graciously allowed me to post here.

Black Country Communion's Setlist, for Friday Night in Anaheim:

1. Black Country


2. One Last Soul


3. Crossfire


4. Save Me


5. The Battle for Hadrian's Wall


6. Beggarman


7. Faithless


8. Song of Yesterday


9. Smokestack Woman


10. Cold


11. John Henry

(Joe Bonamassa song)

12. The Great Divide


13. Sista Jane


14. Outsider

Encore:

15. Man In the Middle


16. Burn
    (Deep Purple cover)

Jimmy Page, it is rumoured, spent the weekend writing HTML code, after showing up at Royal albert Hall with Donovan last weekend.

Robert Plant Announces 11 date June Tour

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy have spent the winter touring America. Before heading into Europe in July, The Band of Joy will perform one more an 11 date North American tour in June.

The shows include  The Bonnaroo Festival, The Revinia Festival, The Telerude Festival and the Ottawa and Montreal Jazz Festivals.

As well as the June shows, Plant will play The Allman Brothers Wanee Festival in Florida  during the April 14-16 weekend, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 29th and  MerleFest on Sunday May 1st.




The scheduled dates for June are:

• 8: San Diego, CA, Copley Symphony Hall


• 9: Highland, CA, San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino


• 12: Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival


• 13: Columbus, OH, Palace Theatre


• 15: St. Louis, MO, Fabulous Fox Theatre


• 16: Highland Park, IL, Ravinia Festival


• 19: Telluride, CO, Telluride Bluegrass Festival


• 21: Winnipeg, Canada, Centennial Concert Hall


• 23: Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa Jazz Festival


• 24: Montreal, Canada Wilfrid-Pelletier Theatre @ Place des Arts


• 25: Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Band of Joy go to College

The US festival season is shaping up and Robert Plant and the Band of Joy will be major participants.

The Band of Joy will headline The Allman Brothers Wanee Festival in Florida April 14-16. Two weeks later on April 29, they will play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. June 16 - 19 sees The Band of Joy playing the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Tellerude Colorado.

As well as those announced dates, unconfirmed reports have The Band of Joy playing The Bonnaroo Festival June 10 - 13. These reports began when Plant said from the stage last week in Washington:

“we’ll see you in the summer, Bonnaroo,”

No acts have been officially announced for Bonnaroo to date.

The latest festival to book Robert Plant and the Band of Joy is MerleFest on May 1st. Merlefest is “traditional plus” music festival as well as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro NC. Founded in 1988, “traditional plus” means “traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.”

Traditional music and whatever we were in the mood to play sounds a lot like Robert Plant’s thing. The Band of Joy should be a good fit at Merlefest.

Zeppelin at Bonnaroo: a rumour: inaccurate

The man in charge of publicity for the Bonnaroo festival this June says reports that Led Zeppelin will play there this summer are "inaccurate."

Ken Weinstein, president of Big Hassle, a publicity firm for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival says:

“It’s still a rumor and the information in the Mirror is inaccurate... I speak on behalf of (promotor) Superfly and AC Entertainment.”

Zeppelin at Bonnaroo: a rumour: inaccurate

The man in charge of publicity for the Bonnaroo festival this June says reports that Led Zeppelin will play there this summer are "inaccurate."

Ken Weinstein, president of Big Hassle, a publicity firm for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival says:

“It’s still a rumor and the information in the Mirror is inaccurate... I speak on behalf of (promotor) Superfly and AC Entertainment.”