Robert and Patty do London

Robert Plant is spending sometime at home in England this month, and as part of his time at home, he will do a few performances with his partner, Patty Griffin.

Griffin will be doing some promoting of her new album, American Kid in mid-May. Plant will be joining Griffin with a performance on Later Live on May 14th, followed by a performance on Later with Jools Holland May 17th. In between, the pair will do an in-store performance in Knotting Hill's famous Rough Trade East record store.

Plant's performance on Later with Jools Holland comes just three weeks after John Paul Jones appeared on the show with Seasick Steve this week. Jimmy Page also appeared on the show last November, although he didn't perform.

John Paul Jones on Jools Holland

John Paul Jones performed today on Jools Holland show with Seasick Steve. Led Zeppelin News Page on Facebook has some pictures.





The show will air later tonight on BBC Two.

John Paul Jones to Join Seasick Steve on Later... with Jools Holland

Next Tuesday, April 30th, John Paul Jones will join Seasick Steve on Later... with Jools Holland to play songs from the upcoming Seasick Steve album, Hubcap Music.

Meanwhile, Patty Griffin has released a video of her first song from her upcoming album, American Kid.

The song, Ohio, is an historical piece about slaves escaping via the underground railroad. Robert Plant sings a harmony vocal throughout the haunting, evocative song.

Griffin first premiered the song at a Sensational Space Shifters show in London last July.

Update: The latest podcast is now available. Listen or download through iTunes.

Jimmy Page on Jools Holland

Jimmy Page made an appearance on Britain's the Jools Holland show on Tuesday. Unlike New York, when the band rudely dismissed the question, what about disappointed fans if you don't do any more shows, Jimmy answered the same question when put to him by the former member of Squeeze:

JH: 20-million people applied for tickets to that show, and you could only fit 20,000... are they to be disappointed, or is there likely to be another Led Zeppelin concert?

JP: Well look, we're almost five years after the O2 concert and, I must say, I thought there might be some other sort of get together for some reason or another. But as the years ticked by, you know, one year; two years; three years; four years; now almost five years, it doesn't look very likely does it.

So as is suspected by just about everybody, Page was not the reason there was no more Led Zeppelin shows.

Here's the edited interview. The complete interview airs tonight on BBC television.



Celebration Day the new Led Zeppelin concert film from the 1997 O2 arena show is available in stores Tuesday.