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Led Zeppelin are an English blues/rock band. Noted for their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal bands (although this was a term the band despised) and were one of the most popular bands of the 1970s. The band was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name "the New Yardbirds" in order to fulfill some performance commitments booked before the break up of the original Yardbirds. The band were driven by the rhythm section of John Bonham on drums and John Paul Jones on bass, and their vocalist Robert Plant.

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"Stairway to Heaven" is a rock song by the English rock group Led Zeppelin, composed by guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist Robert Plant and recorded on their fourth studio album, (Led Zeppelin IV). It is the most requested and most played song on FM radio stations in the United States, despite never having been released as a single there. In November 2007, through download sales promoting their recent Mothership release, the song hit #37 on the UK Singles Chart. Similarly, the song hit #13 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

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Led Zeppelin's O2 Stadium appearance in 2007.

Did you know…

...that a version of "Dazed and Confused" was clocked at 43 minutes at the LA Forum in March 1975?
...that on October 15, 1968 Led Zeppelin performed its first show at Surrey University?
...that Bad Company was the first album released on Swan Song Records?
...that the first Led Zeppelin recordings enter the public domain in the year

2018?

...that Eddie Van Halen developed his tapping technique after seeing Page play "Heartbreaker"?

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25 January 2008, Royal Orleans website reports Jimmy Page is to hold a press conference at Shinjyuku, Japan on Monday 28th. Speculation of future tour dates [1]
19 January 2008, A photographic exhibition of Led Zeppelin's 1972 Australia tour opens in Sydney's S. H. Ervin Gallery. [2][3]
22 December 2007, Daily Express reports insider information that the proposed Led Zeppelin tour will kick-off at Glastonbury in 2008. [4]
17 December 2007, The Millennium Stadium is in talks with promoter Harvey Goldsmith for a Led Zeppelin concert in Wales. [5]
16 December 2007, A new biography on Robert Plant entitled Robert Plant: Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page & The Solo Years, authored by Neil Daniels, was released on 31 January 2008. [6]

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