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Robert Plant‘s Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian have announced a UK headline tour for this year – find all the details below.The former Led Zeppelin frontman and soloist formed the band back in 2019. Its line-up is completed by Oli Jefferson (percussion), Tony Kelsey (mandolin, baritone, acoustic guitar) and Matt Worley (banjo, acoustic, baritone guitars, cuatro).On March 13, Saving Grace will kick off a run of UK shows with a performance at Bristol Beacon.

Ed Sheeran has written an open letter to the UK government calling for immediate and long-term funding for music education.The letter, who is co-signed by a number of big names including Elton John, Coldplay, Central Cee, Harry Styles, Dave, Stormzy and Robert Plant, urges Keir Starmer to commit £250million towards music education.Having launched the Ed Sheeran Foundation in January, the initiative highlights five areas that the government can focus on to improve standards: music funding in schools, training for music teachers, funding for grassroots venues and spaces, music apprenticeships and a diverse music curriculum.The letter contains signatures from hundreds of voices across the music industry, civil society and the education sector, and argues for a cross-departmental taskforce at government level, so that music education does not “fall through the cracks”.“Dear Sir Keir Starmer, we are writing collectively as artists, civil society and industry, appealing to your personal belief in music and the promise of opportunity for all under Labour,” the letter begins.It goes on to argue that the music industry brings £7.6billion into the UK economy each year, but says “the next generation is not there to take the reins” as many young people cannot afford to learn an instrument.“Last year was the first in over 20 years without a UK global top 10 single or album in the charts,” the letter continues. “The time to act is now.

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.

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.

Beyoncé isn’t the only iconic country artist to announce a nationwide tour today.Willie Nelson just shared he’s heading out on his tenth ‘Outlaw Music Festival’ tour all over North America this summer as well.At all shows, the 91-year-old country crooner will be joined by co-headliner Bob Dylan for the second consecutive summer. Last year, the long-running legends joined forces along with Robert Plant. This time around, Wilco, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and a host of others are slated to provide support for the lo-fi pair on select dates.In total, five artists — Nelson, Dylan and three other special guests — are on the bill for nearly every gig (except four shows with just four performers) on the 34-show run.“What an amazing lineup to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” Nelson said in a press release.

Grammy Awards.Here are the musicians who openly hate their own song.Cyrus, 32, didn’t write, or like, “Party in the U.S.A.”“[‘Party in the U.S.A.’] is not even my style of music,” she said in an interview on her fan website in 2009. “I didn’t write it [and] I didn’t expect it to be popular, originally.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic The human voice, as we all know, is as much of a musical instrument as any other instrument. But Jeff Buckley had a voice that was so breathtaking, so ethereally soaring, so reaching for the heavens in its virtuosity that it’s as if he’d been given a different instrument from everyone else in pop and rock. Not that he wasn’t profoundly influenced.

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.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, best known internationally for groundbreaking epic “The Yacoubian Building,” more recently shot “El Set,” a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum, who is considered the Arab world’s greatest singer. Kulthum has also been praised by Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, among other Western artists, and sampled by Beyonce and Shakira.

Hole‘s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur have reunited on 070 Shake‘s new cover of Tim Buckley‘s ‘Song to the Siren’. Check it out below.It follows the former Hole members revealing they had been in the studio together for the first time in over two decades, earlier this year.The cover comes from 070 Shake’s new album ‘Petrichor‘, and marks the latest rendition of the iconic track.

Robert Plant has starred in an advert for a high-speed Italian trainline.The new ad, which you can watch below, was filmed for Italy’s Trenitalia rail service and its Frecciarossa high-speed trains.It features clips of the singer at a terminal in Rome, travelling on a train, and performing with his acoustic band, Saving Grace – whose cover of Low‘s ‘Everybody’s Song’ soundtracks the ad.The solo artist and former Led Zeppelin frontman is also seen having coffee with Saving Grace vocalist Suzy Dian at the first-class Freccia Lounge, and chatting to her in another moment while travelling in one of Frecciarossa’s Executive Class train cars.Earlier this year, Plant and Dian completed a UK headline tour, and performed as part of this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust concert series at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March.Following the UK dates, Plant and Alison Krauss set off on a North American tour that wrapped in September, having last toured together in 2022, which itself was their first complete tour in 12 years.In June, they shared a new version of Led Zeppelin‘s classic track ‘When The Levee Breaks’, the duo’s first single since their second collaborative album ‘Raise The Roof’ was released in 2021.The latest version, which the pair had been performing on the North American tour, featured guitarist JD McPherson, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Krauss.Elsewhere on the tour, the pair also performed Zeppelin classics ‘The Battle Of Evermore’ and ‘Rock And Roll’, as well as a medley that includes ‘Gallows Pole’.In other Led Zeppelin news, it was recently revealed that their long awaited documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is finally set for a cinema

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.

Deadline, Eric Clapton once called Miller the “best guitar player in the world” during his first US tour in 1967 with Cream.The psychedelic rock band’s 1967 self-titled debut was a modest success upon release – over time, its stature grew with covers of its songs recorded by Robert Plant, Cat Power, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, with Rolling Stone awarding it one of 500 greatest albums of all time at Number 121 in 2003.The Miller-written Moby Grape songs ‘8:05’ and ‘Naked, If I Want To’ were covered by Plant in 1993 and released as B-sides. The latter was also covered by Power on her 2000 album ‘The Covers Record’.The band’s first tenure lasted briefly from 1966 to 1969.

UPDATED: Willie Nelson will soon be on the road again after an extended break on doctor’s orders. Originally, on June 21, the country music legend was advised to “rest for the next four days.” That was then extended to this week, before it was announced that the Presidential Medal of Freedom winner would, appropriately, be available to rejoin the running Outlaw Tour on July 4.

stepping away from performing due to health concerns.According to videos posted on social media, Nelson’s appearance at his annual Fourth of July Picnic event in Camden, New Jersey, was met with enthusiasm and love from fans.“He’s bbaaacccckkkkk,” the singer wrote via Instagram, sharing footage of the crowd. As he sat on a stool, Nelson then launched into a set of his classic hits, including “On the Road Again,” “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.”Additionally, he treated the audience to the debut performance of his new song “The Border.”Nelson, 91, recently had to miss several shows at the Outlaw Music Festival due to “doctor’s orders.” He was set to kick off the tour on Friday, June 21, but hours before showtime, his decision not to appear was announced with a statement from his team on X, formerly Twitter.“We regret to inform you that Willie Nelson is not feeling well and, per doctor’s orders, has been advised to rest for the next four days,” the statement read.

“We regret to inform you that Willie Nelson is not feeling well and, per doctor’s orders, has been advised to rest for the next four days,” reads a statement posted to the legendary county singer’s socials. He was scheduled to appear as part of the Outlaw Music Festival tonight, Saturday and Sunday.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared a new version of Led Zeppelin‘s classic track ‘When The Levee Breaks’.The live cut of the song, which you can listen to below, is their first single since their second collaborative album ‘Raise The Roof’ was released in 2021.This version, which the pair have been performing on their recent North American tour, features guitarist JD McPherson, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Krauss.During the tour, the pair have also performed Zeppelin classics ‘The Battle Of Evermore’ and ‘Rock And Roll’, as well as a medley that includes ‘Gallows Pole’.Their tour will continue until September 1 where it wraps up in Vail, Colorado. You can purchase any remaining tickets here.The duo last toured together in 2022, which itself was their first complete tour in 12 years.Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Led Zeppelin’s long awaited documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is finally set for a cinema release.The authorised film, which was first announced in 2019, has been acquired for release by Sony Classics Pictures in a number of countries including North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia (except for Japan) and the Middle East.

Self Esteem has revealed that she is close to completing the “finishing touches” on her new album.The singer-songwriter, who recently teamed up with Becky Hill for new single ‘True Colours’, gave an update on her third album to podcaster Adam Buxton.Speaking at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival, Rebecca Lucy Taylor was asked how close the record was to being completed, to which she responded: “I’ve sort of got it, sitting with it, thinking about it and then in September/October we are going to go back and finish it.”She also went on to confirm that, “there will be something by the end of the year” in terms of the release of new material.In addition, Taylor said she already plans to make another solo album.She added: “I’m always psychologically an album ahead, the next album I want to do a bit more orchestral and stand still a bit more. I want to sing more, I want to be Chris Martin.”Taylor also said that at some point she wants to a do a record with Richard Hawley.