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Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page has hit out at the UK government over their AI copyright plan and its impact on music and arts.The legendary guitarist’s comments come as the UK government is planning to make changes to copyright laws – making it easier for artificial intelligence platforms to develop and train their models using copyrighted work, without needing a license.They would be allowed to use material online without respecting copyright if doing so for “text or data mining”. This would be allowed unless the rights holders chose to “opt-out”.Page took to his official Instagram account to express his concerns over the proposition, explaining that the opt-out system would allow for the exploration of artists without proper compensation.“Today, as artificial intelligence seeks to mimic and monetise creativity, we stand at a crossroads.

Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes have teamed up for a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s ‘The Lemon Song’. Check it out below.The newly unearthed live recording of the iconic rock band’s 1969 track highlights Page and The Black Crowes musical chemistry, transforming the song into an edgier version of the bluesy track from Led Zeppelin’s second studio album.

Kid Kapichi, who were chosen as they are “a natural fit when choosing an artist that embodies the punk rock lifestyle in 2025 and to showcase the capsule collection”.Kid Kapichi, along with Blue Stragglers, were in attendance at the Gibson Garage on Eastcastle Street earlier this week to launch the new range, and each delivered performances at the store.“It’s a pleasure to be working closely with two iconic brands. As time has gone on, we’ve naturally fallen more into the laps of Gibson guitars as I think their sound is unrivalled for the music we create,” said Kid Kapichi.

Led Zeppelin released their sixth studio album “Physical Graffiti.”50 years later, Jason Bonham — legendary drummer John Bonham’s son — is taking the seminal classic rock record on the road in his father’s honor.Starting May 3, he’ll hit theaters, casinos, music halls, auditoriums and wineries all over North America along with vocalist James Dylan (assuming the Robert Plant role), bassist Dorian Heartsong (taking on John Paul Jones’ duties) and guitarist Akio “Mr. Jimmy” Sakurai (acting as Jimmy Page).Early in the 21-show run, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening are scheduled to make their only official New York stop when they drop into Syracuse’s Landmark Theatre on Tuesday, May 6.In the event that’s too far upstate for New Yorkers, you can also catch the band’s interpretations of “Kashmir,” “Houses of the Holy,” “In My Time of Dying,” “Trampled Underfoot,” “Ten Years Gone” and the rest of “Physical Graffiti” along with other Zeppelin staples at Wallingford, CT’s Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Saturday, May 3 and Stamford, CT’s Stamford Center for the Arts on Sunday, May 4.“This is my favorite Led Zeppelin album of all-time,” Bonham shared in a press release.

Led Zeppelin has been unearthed after sitting in a drawer for 45 years. You can watch it below.The 13-minutes of video was shot on 8mm film during the legendary band’s show at the Falkoner Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 1979. This was the second date of two warm-up gigs ahead of their final UK dates at Knebworth the following month.As Louder Sound reports, the resurfaced footage was captured by fan Lennart Ström, who revealed the existence of the film last summer.The video has since been scanned by US company Reel Revival Film and colour-corrected by The Pink Floyd Research Group.

Jimmy Page has thanked fans for their “humbling and inspiring” reaction to the new IMAX documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.The film, which is in cinemas now, is the first authorised account of the band’s history ever to come to the big screen, and has been in production since first being announced back in 2019.Since hitting IMAX screens on February 5 and receiving a general cinema release two days later, Led Zeppelin fans have been flocking to see the film, which features new interviews with Page, frontman Robert Plant and bassist John Paul Jones, as well as rare archival interviews with the late drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980.Page took to Instagram on Monday (February 17) to send his personal thanks for the film’s reception. “In light of your incredible responses and the demand for the Becoming Led Zeppelin film from those of you that have either viewed it at the IMAX or during its general cinema release, I must say that feedback from fans is just humbling and inspiring,” he wrote.A post shared by Jimmy Page (@jimmypage)“Thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm,” he added, sharing the film’s trailer alongside the post.Director Bernard MacMahon has said of the film: “The cinematic power of IMAX paired with the film’s authentic sound creates an immersive and transportive viewing experience letting audiences feel like they are there, in the venues with the band.”Writer and producer Allison McGourty added: “We spent five years flying back and forth across the Atlantic scouring attics and basements in pursuit of rare and unseen film footage, photographs and music recordings.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Led Zeppelin, if you take in the full measure of their annihilating sunburst grandeur, are a very hard band to categorize. They’re usually thought of as the gods of metal, and few would deny that — though it’s my opinion that the DNA of classic metal owes as much to Black Sabbath’s second album, “Paranoid,” as it does to Zeppelin. That said, Led Zeppelin loomed like figures on Olympus over the entire cosmos of metal: the hard-charging thunder chords and blistering guitar solos, the long-haired priapic strutting, the vocals that scream out their omnipotence, the eroticized vandalism, the power.

Led Zeppelin on Imax, Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino and Armand starring Renate Reinsve, both Cannes premieres, and Barry Koeghan in Irish drama Bring Them Down headline an interesting specialty weekend.

Led Zeppelin have given their approval to a biographical documentary for the first time.Directed by Bernard MacMahon, Becoming Led Zeppelin charts the formation and early years of the influential rock band in the 1960s, as told by members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, along with audio recordings of the late John Bonham.As well as interviews with the band, the film includes full live performances, never-before-seen footage of the band’s early concerts, and other unseen material.Becoming Led Zeppelin was released in cinemas on February 7, 2025.John Bonham died aged 32 on September 25, 1980 from asphyxiation by vomit. He was found dead by John Paul Jones and Led Zeppelin tour manager Benji LeFevre at Jimmy Page’s house in Clewer, Windsor.On the day prior to his death, Bonham was drinking heavily during rehearsals.

Becoming Led Zeppelin has been released – check it out below.The film is the first authorised account of the band’s history ever to come to the big screen and has been in production since its original announcement in 2019.It features new interviews with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and frontman Robert Plant, as well as rare archival interviews with the late drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980.The trailer shows the band members reflecting on forming the band in 1968 and flying to the United States for their pivotal North American tour in January and February 1969. Watch the clip below.Watch the new full length official trailer for #BecomingLedZeppelin.

Led Zeppelin‘s long awaited documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is coming to IMAX cinemas in 2025.The authorised film, which was first announced in 2019, was acquired for a cinema release by Sony Classics Pictures in a number of countries earlier this year.The documentary features new interviews with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, as well as rare archival interviews with the late John Bonham, who died in 1980.Now, it has been announced that over 200 cinemas will be screening the film in IMAX cinemas across the US and Canada on February 7 next year.Experience Led Zeppelin like never before in IMAX February 7. Tickets on sale now.

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page has unveiled a new EDS-1275 Doubleneck VOS custom as part of his partnership with Gibson.It comes as the iconic manufacturer is currently celebrating 130 years of music history, and created yet another double-neck model in collaboration with the rock veteran earlier this year.The two joined forces in a new partnership at the start of the year, and first shared a limited Collector’s Edition version of the guitarist’s iconic double neck axe back in March.Now, the new model is called the EDS-1275 Doubleneck VOS and arrives from Gibson Custom. Priced at just under £8,800, the spec of the new variant includes a double-cutaway one-piece mahogany body, both necks having a 12” radius, bound Indian rosewood fretboards, aged cellulose nitrate parallelogram inlays and more.“While Gibson has been making double neck electric guitars since 1958, Jimmy was the player who defined the EDS-1275 from the day it was delivered to him,” a description from Gibson reads.“The Gibson EDS-1275 allowed him to play the numerous 6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitar parts of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ during live performances.

Guitar World, Gibson confirmed it had sent the warning to Trump Guitars owner 16 Creative for its alleged design infringements.The Trump Guitar-made instruments, some of which Trump autographed, are advertised as the “only guitars endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”.

Courtney Love has been working with Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sargent on her new solo album, but not the “rude” PJ Harvey.The former Hole singer has given an interview to The Standard where she has revealed details of the album she is currently working on, which would be her first solo record since 2004’s ‘America’s Sweetheart’.While discussing dream collaborators, she disclosed that one of them has come true in the form of the long-time Bunnymen guitarist.“Then came a miracle: Will Sargent, my favourite guitarist on earth, from my favourite band agreed to work with me,” she said. “My goodness, when he returned from LA for our first song together, I nearly fainted – he’s such an icon! If you lined up Jimmy Page, Jonny Greenwood and Will Sargent, I’d pick Sargent every time; it’s insane! He’s on this album and elevating songs beyond description.”“He’s next level!” she continued.

including a collector’s version of Jimmy Page’s 1964 SJ-200. The guitar was played on Led Zeppelin’s 1969 self-titled debut album, and only 50 of the new range were made.Elsewhere in the anniversary celebrations, the guitar manufacturer announced a new ‘YardBurst’ 1959 Les Paul Custom, made in honour of guitar icon Jeff Beck, earlier this year.It pays homage to the axe that Beck played as he was first put on the map – the iconic 1959 Les Paul Standard that he played when making a name for himself as part of the Yardbirds.Noel Gallagher also created a limited-edition run of Gibson ‘78 Les Paul Customs earlier this year, inspired by the instrument originally given to him by Johnny Marr.Gibson was founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan by Orville Gibson, originally specialising in mandolins and related instruments.

Will Ferrell once pranked Diddy during a rehearsal for Saturday Night Live.Ana Gasteyer, who appeared on the show from 1996-2002, recalled the moment that took place in 1998 on the latest episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast.At the time, Diddy was the show’s musical guest and he “demanded a totally closed set”, according to Gasteyer, for a run-through on Thursday which involved him rehearsing his track ‘Come With Me’ featuring Jimmy Page, which samples the Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Kashmir’.During this period, Ferrell used to imitate a crew member named Rob, who had recently been fired by the director of the show’s pre-taped segments.After being encouraged to interrupt Diddy’s rehearsal by the show’s writers, Ferrell “went on down the stairs and he marched right in,” Gasteyer said before adding: “I have the video from the control room where Sean Combs is like, rapping … [and] behind him, Ron’s like walking around looking really disoriented.”She added: “It is the greatest thing that’s ever happened because what a deserved person to have their ‘Kashmir’ moment interrupted by Ron. And he [Diddy] really did not roll with it.

“Las Culturistas” podcast, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, and claimed that the disgraced rapper, 55, “shut down the whole building” when he was the musical guest on “SNL” in May 1998.“You can tell like the five a–holes in the six years that I was there when they would be like, ‘So and so is in the building, everybody stay in your dressing rooms.’ Which is applicable if you’re a presidential candidate,” Gasteyer said. “But apart from that, really, it’s my house.”“For P. Diddy, he demanded a totally closed set,” she added.Gasteyer, who was a cast member on the sketch comedy series from 1996 to 2002, recalled how Combs sang “Come With Me” with Zepplin guitarist Jimmy Page on the show.

James Bond theme, has died aged 87.The British session musician passed away last Thursday (November 14) after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease according to his son, Kevin Flick.The Bond theme tune was originally recorded in 1962 for the first movie Dr. No, with Flick playing the famous riff on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier.

Jimmy Page 1964 SJ-200 guitars, as well as a Collector’s Edition, to celebrate their 130th anniversary. Check out all the details below.The collaboration pays homage to the guitar that Page played on Led Zeppelin‘s self-titled 1969 debut album – the iconic mid-60s Gibson SJ-200.

Glastonbury.The Grammy-winning R&B singer – who has had countless UK hits throughout his career – is set to embark on 14 shows across the country next summer.These kick off with an opening night at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on June 4, before continuing throughout the month with shows in Glasgow, Newcastle, Bristol Leeds Liverpool and more.A show at London’s Royal Albert Hall is scheduled for June 25, before Ocean wraps up the tour with shows in Wolverhampton, Cardiff and Nottingham on June 27, 28 and 30 respectively.Interestingly, there is a day off in Ocean’s schedule on June 29 – which coincides with the Sunday of Glastonbury 2025, where the iconic legend’s slot will be taking place.Next year’s edition of the Worthy Farm festival will be held between June 25 and 29, and speculation has already arisen about who the headliners could be. Rumours around who could be filling the legend’s slot have also emerged, with reports emerging earlier this year that Cher was “in meaningful talks” with the organisers for the position.The slot has become one of the most prestigious slots of the Worthy Farm event over the years and sees one veteran artist take to the Pyramid stage late on the Sunday afternoon to break out a career-spanning set of their biggest hits.Shania Twain took on the slot at this year’s edition, while Yusuf/Cat Stevens played in 2023.

Cher is reportedly “in talks” to take on the legends slot at the 2025 edition of Glastonbury.The slot has become one of the most prestigious slots of the Worthy Farm event over the years and sees one veteran artist take to the Pyramid stage late on the Sunday afternoon to break out a career-spanning set of their biggest hits.Shania Twain took on the slot at this year’s edition, while Yusuf/Cat Stevens played in 2023. Performers previous to that include Diana Ross, Barry Gibb, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and Kylie Minogue.For Minogue, the set at the 2019 festival became the most-watched moment of that year’s event (via Radio X).Now, planning has already commenced for next year’s instalment – the last before Glasto takes a year off to allow the farmland to recover – and speculation has arisen that Cher could be the next to take on the slot.According to a report by The Sun, the ‘Believe’ hitmaker is said to be in “meaningful talks” with the event organisers and is already planning to fit the festival around some plans for some headline shows in the UK.“Cher is practically the legend of all pop music legends.