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Rare Pink Floyd Footage To Air Tonight

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The Pink Floyd Story is to be told in a special 40th anniversary documentary on BBC1 tonight. 'Which One's Pink?' sees interviews with the four surviving members Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason - together tracing their careers from their debut album Piper At The Gates of Dawn to reuniting at Live8. The documentary which goes out at 10.45pm tonight, will also feature extended archive footage of the band, some of which has never been braoadcast before. Meanwhile, Pink Floyd have also just released their entire studio album collection in a 16CD boxset - See Uncut's review of 'Oh By The Way' by clicking here.

The Pink Floyd Story is to be told in a special 40th anniversary documentary on BBC1 tonight.

‘Which One’s Pink?’ sees interviews with the four surviving members Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason – together tracing their careers from their debut album Piper At The Gates of Dawn to reuniting at Live8.

The documentary which goes out at 10.45pm tonight, will also feature extended archive footage of the band, some of which has never been braoadcast before.

Meanwhile, Pink Floyd have also just released their entire studio album collection in a 16CD boxset – See Uncut’s review of ‘Oh By The Way’ by clicking here.

Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same (R1976)

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Usually dismissed as Led Zep ordinaire, The Song Remains The Same was a live album of shrill-sounding 1973 Madison Square Garden recordings, released in ’76 alongside a rather bovine motion picture. Long, meandering improvs (“No Quarter”) documented Zep’s proggy/jazzy side, but the album was soon deemed inessential. Now much has changed. The sound is vastly improved, as is the playing of the musicians (due to digital re-editing of the three MSG concerts, presumably). Not so much remastered as reconstructed, the 15 tracks (six previously unreleased) showboat, strut and snarl. Purists might quail at this Pro Tools jiggery-pokery, but can hardly deny the bloodthirstiness of “Rock And Roll”, “Heartbreaker” or “Whole Lotta Love”. “Dazed And Confused”, stunningly rebuilt, becomes a 29-minute odyssey of bass, Bonham and violin-bow illusionism. Palpable battle-and-theatre. And effectively a new album, not an upgrade, so don’t throw your old copy away. DAVID CAVANAGH

Usually dismissed as Led Zep ordinaire, The Song Remains The Same was a live album of shrill-sounding 1973 Madison Square Garden recordings, released in ’76 alongside a rather bovine motion picture. Long, meandering improvs (“No Quarter”) documented Zep’s proggy/jazzy side, but the album was soon deemed inessential.

Now much has changed. The sound is vastly improved, as is the playing of the musicians (due to digital re-editing of the three MSG concerts, presumably). Not so much remastered as reconstructed, the 15 tracks (six previously unreleased) showboat, strut and snarl.

Purists might quail at this Pro Tools jiggery-pokery, but can hardly deny the bloodthirstiness of “Rock And Roll”, “Heartbreaker” or “Whole Lotta Love”. “Dazed And Confused”, stunningly rebuilt, becomes a 29-minute odyssey of bass, Bonham and violin-bow illusionism. Palpable battle-and-theatre. And effectively a new album, not an upgrade, so don’t throw your old copy away.

DAVID CAVANAGH

Morrissey To Release New Single

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Morrissey is set to release a brand new single 'That's How People Grow Up' on January 28. The former Smiths' frontman has also confirmed that his solo 'Greatest Hits' will be released on February 4, his first release for new record label Decca. New single “That’s How People Grow Up” produced by Jerry Finn, is one of two new songs to be included on the 15-track hits collection which spans Morrissey's 20-year career. Morrissey is also working with Finn for his follow-up album to 2006’s 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors'. The new single will be available on CD and on two 7" vinyls, backed with live versions of 'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys', The Smiths' 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' and 'Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself' all recorded on the recent N. American tour. Morrissey is also due to play the following live dates in early 2008: London, Roundhouse (January 21/22/23/25/26/27) Doncaster, Dome (30) Sunderland, Empire (February 1) Edinburgh Playhouse (2)

Morrissey is set to release a brand new single ‘That’s How People Grow Up’ on January 28.

The former Smiths‘ frontman has also confirmed that his solo ‘Greatest Hits’ will be released on February 4, his first release for new record label Decca.

New single “That’s How People Grow Up” produced by Jerry Finn, is one of two new songs to be included on the 15-track hits collection which spans Morrissey’s 20-year career.

Morrissey is also working with Finn for his follow-up album to 2006’s ‘Ringleader Of The Tormentors’.

The new single will be available on CD and on two 7″ vinyls, backed with live versions of ‘The Last Of The Famous International Playboys’, The Smiths’ ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’ and ‘Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself’ all recorded on the recent N. American tour.

Morrissey is also due to play the following live dates in early 2008:

London, Roundhouse (January 21/22/23/25/26/27)

Doncaster, Dome (30)

Sunderland, Empire (February 1)

Edinburgh Playhouse (2)

Miami Steve Van Zandt Answers Your Questions!

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Got a question for MIAMI STEVE VAN ZANDT? The E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos star is all set to be interviewed for a future An Audience With... feature in UNCUT. And we're after your questions! So, is there anything you've always wanted to ask him..? Just how many bandanas does he own? What did he think of *that* ending to The Sopranos? Why "Miami"? Send your questions to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com by next Tuesday, December 18.

Got a question for MIAMI STEVE VAN ZANDT?

The E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos star is all set to be interviewed for a future An Audience With… feature in UNCUT. And we’re after your questions!

So, is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him..?

Just how many bandanas does he own?

What did he think of *that* ending to The Sopranos?

Why “Miami”?

Send your questions to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com by next Tuesday, December 18.

Blade Runner — The Final Cut

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While John and Farah were riffing it up at Led Zeppelin last night, I went to see Ridley Scott's latest and, presumably, Final Cut of Blade Runner, one of my favourite films. For a cold and drizzly Monday night viewing at the Screen On The Green in Islington, it was remarkably busy -- unsurprisingly, the audience conspicuously all male, pretty much all of them, like me, glued to the screen. The last time I saw Blade Runner at the cinema was in 1992, or thereabouts, when the Director's Cut was released. It was, I think, at the Sutton Odeon that’s now, I believe, Zoots nightclub. Anyway, I remember pretty clearly how stunned I was to see it on the big screen for the first time, to be able to appreciate the incredible levels of visual detail Ridley Scott layered onto the film, something I'd never previously appreciated when seeing it on video. Scott's Final Cut offers nothing new in terms of content -- there's a few minor tweaks but no great revelatory conclusion to the Is Deckard A Replicant? debate (yes he is, thank you). What Scott has done, though, is strike a new digital print from the negatives and tidied up the special effects. For a film made in the last days of the pre-digital era, it still looks fantastic. I caught a few moments of the second Star Wars prequel Attack Of The Clones on TV over the weekend, and the CGI looks so ham-fisted next to Blade Runner's graceful model work. Watching Hayden Christiansen's Anakin Skywalker battle animated 'droids and monsters against a blue-screen background is such an arid experience compared to those establishing shots in Scott's film of LA at night, plumes of flame rising into the air, the Spinner hover cars gliding overhead, blimps advertising life Off-World. Then there’s the constant rain, the way that on ground level, everything looks like it’s about to malfunction, the cramped apartments, shonky equipment, leaking pipes, the dilapidated buildings… It's astonishing how fully-realised the film’s setting is, as opposed to the sterile CGI landscapes we're so used to now. At the risk of sounding too geeky here, I've seen Blade Runner 20 odd times, and when I watch it now I tend to find new things to look at in the film. Last night, for instance, I was struck for the first time by the interiors of the apartment belonging to genetic designer JF Sebastian; all the funny little toys, mannequins and drapes resembling a densely textured sci-fi take on Miss Havesham's cobwebbed palace in Great Expectations. I could go on all night about this film. Lead Replicant Roy Batty's ultimately moving attempt to extend his life and his crucial decision that life, anyone's, is worth preserving. How Harrison Ford's never been better than here as harrassed, troubled cop Rick Deckard. How, amazingly, the smoking ban's been revoked in LA by 2019. Instead, though, I'll just steer you towards this new print. At cinemas now, as they say, for a limited time. Please do go and see it.

While John and Farah were riffing it up at Led Zeppelin last night, I went to see Ridley Scott’s latest and, presumably, Final Cut of Blade Runner, one of my favourite films. For a cold and drizzly Monday night viewing at the Screen On The Green in Islington, it was remarkably busy — unsurprisingly, the audience conspicuously all male, pretty much all of them, like me, glued to the screen.

Status Quo To Rock All Over The Woods

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Status Quo have confirmed that they will be supporting the Forestry Commission's annual tour, by playing four shows in the woods next year. The annual series of shows will see The Quo play four shows from June 4, kicking off at Thetford Forest, followed by gigs in Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and North Yorkshire. The band, a British rock institution, have recently released their 28th studio album 'In Search Of The Fourth Chord' helping notch up even more sales to the 118 million album units sold throughout their 40 year career. Commenting on the gigs, Status Quo's Francis Rossi says, "We are really looking forward to playing in the forest. Fans can rest assured they'll be rocking all over the woods!" The Forestry Commision raises awareness for social and environmental programmes. Status Quo will be performing at: High Lodge, Thetford Forest, near Brandon, Suffolk (June 7) The National Arboretum, Westonbirt, Glos. (22) Cannock Chase Forest, near Rugeley, Staffs. (27) Dalby Forest, near Pickering, North Yorkshire. (28) More information can be found at: www.statusquo.co.uk and www.forestry.gov.uk/music Pic credit: PA Photos

Status Quo have confirmed that they will be supporting the Forestry Commission’s annual tour, by playing four shows in the woods next year.

The annual series of shows will see The Quo play four shows from June 4, kicking off at Thetford Forest, followed by gigs in Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and North Yorkshire.

The band, a British rock institution, have recently released their 28th studio album ‘In Search Of The Fourth Chord’ helping notch up even more sales to the 118 million album units sold throughout their 40 year career.

Commenting on the gigs, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi says, “We are really looking forward to playing in the forest. Fans can rest assured they’ll be rocking all over the woods!”

The Forestry Commision raises awareness for social and environmental programmes.

Status Quo will be performing at:

High Lodge, Thetford Forest, near Brandon, Suffolk (June 7)

The National Arboretum, Westonbirt, Glos. (22)

Cannock Chase Forest, near Rugeley, Staffs. (27)

Dalby Forest, near Pickering, North Yorkshire. (28)

More information can be found at: www.statusquo.co.uk and www.forestry.gov.uk/music

Pic credit: PA Photos

Solomon Burke Leads The Soul Pack After Led Zep Concert

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Solomon Burke, resplendently dressed in purple, headlined the aftershow party for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at London's O2 last night (December 10). Taking place immediately after Led Zeppelin's storming reunion show, the aftershow party also included performances from Atlantic recording legends Ben E King and Percy Sledge. The aftershow took place in the smaller indigo2 venue within the O2 Arena complex, and the star-studded audience included Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, Beatle Paul McCartney, Gene Simmons, Pink, Oasis' Gallaghers and Arctic Monkeys. See footage from last night's concert by clicking here - great quality clips of Kashmir, Staitway To Heaven and Whole Lotta Love are online. Plus! See Uncut's first review of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert by clicking here. Plus, you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions! Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Pic credit: PA Photos

Solomon Burke, resplendently dressed in purple, headlined the aftershow party for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at London’s O2 last night (December 10).

Taking place immediately after Led Zeppelin‘s storming reunion show, the aftershow party also included performances from Atlantic recording legends Ben E King and Percy Sledge.

The aftershow took place in the smaller indigo2 venue within the O2 Arena complex, and the star-studded audience included Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, Beatle Paul McCartney, Gene Simmons, Pink, Oasis’ Gallaghers and Arctic Monkeys.

See footage from last night’s concert by clicking here – great quality clips of Kashmir, Staitway To Heaven and Whole Lotta Love are online.

Plus! See Uncut’s first review of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert by clicking here.

Plus, you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions!

Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Pic credit: PA Photos

Radiohead Add Another 2008 Date

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Radiohead have today announced a second show in Dublin as part of their European Tour next June. The band will now kick off their tour on June 6, a day earlier than the original date of June 7. Tickets for the new Dublin date go on sale Thursday morning (December 13) at 9am GMT. Radiohead will now play: Dublin Malahide Castle (June 6/ 7) Paris Bercy (9, 10) Barcelona Parc del Forum (12) Nimes Arenes (14) Milan Civica Arena (18) Southside Festival (20) Hurricane Festival (22) London Victoria Park (24, 25) Glasgow Green (27) Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground (29) Amsterdam Westerpark (July 1) Roskilde Festival (3) Berlin Wuhlheide (8) Pic credit: PA Photos

Radiohead have today announced a second show in Dublin as part of their European Tour next June.

The band will now kick off their tour on June 6, a day earlier than the original date of June 7.

Tickets for the new Dublin date go on sale Thursday morning (December 13) at 9am GMT.

Radiohead will now play:

Dublin Malahide Castle (June 6/ 7)

Paris Bercy (9, 10)

Barcelona Parc del Forum (12)

Nimes Arenes (14)

Milan Civica Arena (18)

Southside Festival (20)

Hurricane Festival (22)

London Victoria Park (24, 25)

Glasgow Green (27)

Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground (29)

Amsterdam Westerpark (July 1)

Roskilde Festival (3)

Berlin Wuhlheide (8)

Pic credit: PA Photos

James Return!

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James have announced details of a brand new tour for 2008 starting in April. The band have also revealed that they will release their first studio album since 2001's 'Pleased To Meet You' on April 7, just before the UK dates start. James who reformed earlier this year, after disbanding in 2001, will play tracks from their as-yet-untitled new album on the tour, as well as their hits such as 'Sit Down'. They are also due to play next Summer's Isle of Wight Festival from June 13-15. Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday (December 14). James will play the following venues: Derby Assembly Rooms (April 10) Lincoln Engine Shed (11) Liverpool University (12) Newcastle Academy (14) Sheffield Academy (15) London Shepherds Bush Empire (17) Norwich UEA (18) Bristol Colston Hall (21) Blackpool Empress Ballroom (22) Edinburgh Corn Exchange (24) Aberdeen AECC (25)

James have announced details of a brand new tour for 2008 starting in April.

The band have also revealed that they will release their first studio album since 2001’s ‘Pleased To Meet You’ on April 7, just before the UK dates start.

James who reformed earlier this year, after disbanding in 2001, will play tracks from their as-yet-untitled new album on the tour, as well as their hits such as ‘Sit Down’.

They are also due to play next Summer’s Isle of Wight Festival from June 13-15.

Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday (December 14).

James will play the following venues:

Derby Assembly Rooms (April 10)

Lincoln Engine Shed (11)

Liverpool University (12)

Newcastle Academy (14)

Sheffield Academy (15)

London Shepherds Bush Empire (17)

Norwich UEA (18)

Bristol Colston Hall (21)

Blackpool Empress Ballroom (22)

Edinburgh Corn Exchange (24)

Aberdeen AECC (25)

See Led Zeppelin’s O2 Arena Reunion Concert Here!

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Footage from Monday's (December 10) spectacular rebirth of Led Zeppelin concert has already started appearing online. Despite stringent security measures stopping fans taking in cameras to the O2 Arena, great mobile footage has still been taken. See below for some of the best clips to appear on YouTube so far. Plus! See Uncut's first review of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert by clicking here. Plus, you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. Don't forget, if you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your photos, reviews, and opinions! Email us at: Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Kashmir: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZxukPZ0pjA&rel=1 Stairway To Heaven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_JTMuHOQk&rel=1 Whole Lotta Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_azOraU34&rel=1 Good Times, Bad Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsHcUwtw5H0&rel=1 Dazed And Confused: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XhAqG5f8Ak&rel=1 Since I've Been Loving You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunajGvY8-Q&rel=1 The Song Remains The Same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KmqiUSX1jw&rel=1

Footage from Monday’s (December 10) spectacular rebirth of Led Zeppelin concert has already started appearing online.

Despite stringent security measures stopping fans taking in cameras to the O2 Arena, great mobile footage has still been taken.

See below for some of the best clips to appear on YouTube so far.

Plus! See Uncut’s first review of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert by clicking here.

Plus, you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

Don’t forget, if you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your photos, reviews, and opinions! Email us at: Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Kashmir:

Stairway To Heaven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_JTMuHOQk&rel=1

Whole Lotta Love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_azOraU34&rel=1

Good Times, Bad Times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsHcUwtw5H0&rel=1

Dazed And Confused:

Since I’ve Been Loving You:

The Song Remains The Same:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KmqiUSX1jw&rel=1

Led Zeppelin Reunion: The First Review

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I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great. I’ve been listening again to those ‘90s records recently (the “No Quarter” set, the “ Clarksdale” album, Jimmy Page’s album with The Black Crowes), and my biggest fear before the show starts is not – as rumours suggest – that Robert Plant won’t be able to handle the vocal gymnastics, but that Page will smudge the dextrous flurries that his astonishing songs demand. Initially, it seemed like this might be the case. Led Zeppelin begin with “Good Times Bad Times”, then a slowed version of “Ramble On”, and Page’s playing seems muddy, unresolved, lacking the brute delicacy that the songs demand. Plant is magisterial, throwing his mic stand around with an unlikely kind of dignity, but it's hard to tell whether Page – his spirit brother-cum-nemesis – is playing badly, or whether the sound is corrupting his efforts. Song three, though, suggests it’s the mixers coming to terms with the venue. “Black Dog” is quite brilliant, and it’s striking how much Page is better suited to that glottal, elemental take on the blues than the more baroque excesses of some of his material. “In My Time Of Dying”, with some fantastic slide, compounds this idea that his gifts now are focused at the raw, rather than at the progressive, end of his spectrum. If The White Stripes were ever to come clean and cover a Zep song, it strikes me that this should be the one. As the show progresses, though, Page comes into his own, and the sort of songs I thought they’d never play – “Trampled Underfoot”, “The Song Remains The Same” – are quite superb. On the former, John Paul Jones at the keyboards comes out of his shell, while Plant manages to come across like the golden god of yore, while still retaining an implausible decorousness. There’s a great moment during “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (part of an expansive mid-section which includes “Dazed And Confused”, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and a wonderful “No Quarter”) when Plant stands cross-legged looking quizzically, ostentatiously at Page as he solos. It’s an unlikely moment of approval from Plant, who’s seemed the least needy of the original band prior to the gig – he has an excellent solo career to cultivate, after all (and sadly there’s no “Battle Of Evermore” and Alison Krauss, as some of us hoped). I blogged a couple of months ago about “Raising Sand” and said something about how the more reserved R&B/country stuff was what Plant should stick with nowadays. After tonight, though, I think I was wrong; his voice can still pull off this thunderous schtick, with such soul and guts that the high frequency ululations (there’s no “Immigrant Song”} aren’t missed at all. I may be raving now, and I should go to bed. But I should also note that “Stairway To Heaven” is reclaimed from that world of cliche in which it has existed for over three decades, and that Page dusts down the doubleneck for it. He also gets out the e-bow for “Dazed”, showcased in a laser pyramid for his impressively avant-garde solo. Jason Bonham looks like he should be in a nu-metal band, but does just fine. “Misty Mountain Hop” manages, inconceivably, to make the Dome feel psychedelic. Greg Dyke and Marilyn Manson – plus bouncer and girlfriend – seem to be enjoying themselves nearby. My wife keeps texting from the other side of the arena, convinced Martin O’Neill is sat in front of her. Kevin Shields is here. Men from America, mainly, are calling for catheters whenever I go to the bogs. “Kashmir” induces me, not for the first time, to write the word “imperious” in my notebook. “Whole Lotta Love” is preposterously overdriven. I may be a little tired, and not completely in control of my tenses. Three things though, before I call it a night: one, this whole business was better than I could ever have imagined; two, they’d better do it all again next year for the benefit of the rest of you; and three, I’ll write something more coherent in the next issue of Uncut, out in the first week of January. Review Post: John Mulvey Led Zeppelin played: Good Times Bad Times Ramble On Black Dog In My Time Of Dying For Your Life Trampled Underfoot Nobodys Fault But Mine No Quarter Since I've Been Loving You Dazed and Confused Stairway To Heaven The Song Remains The Same Misty Mountain Hop Kashmir * Whole Lotta Love * Rock And Roll Now you can see live footage from the Led Zeppelin O2 Arena concert by clicking here - great quality clips of Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven and Whole Lotta Love are online to view. Plus, you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine. Don't forget, if you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your photos, reviews, and opinions! Email us at: Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Pic credit: Getty Images

I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great.

I’ve been listening again to those ‘90s records recently (the “No Quarter” set, the “ Clarksdale” album, Jimmy Page’s album with The Black Crowes), and my biggest fear before the show starts is not – as rumours suggest – that Robert Plant won’t be able to handle the vocal gymnastics, but that Page will smudge the dextrous flurries that his astonishing songs demand.

Initially, it seemed like this might be the case. Led Zeppelin begin with “Good Times Bad Times”, then a slowed version of “Ramble On”, and Page’s playing seems muddy, unresolved, lacking the brute delicacy that the songs demand. Plant is magisterial, throwing his mic stand around with an unlikely kind of dignity, but it’s hard to tell whether Page – his spirit brother-cum-nemesis – is playing badly, or whether the sound is corrupting his efforts.

Song three, though, suggests it’s the mixers coming to terms with the venue. “Black Dog” is quite brilliant, and it’s striking how much Page is better suited to that glottal, elemental take on the blues than the more baroque excesses of some of his material. “In My Time Of Dying”, with some fantastic slide, compounds this idea that his gifts now are focused at the raw, rather than at the progressive, end of his spectrum. If The White Stripes were ever to come clean and cover a Zep song, it strikes me that this should be the one.

As the show progresses, though, Page comes into his own, and the sort of songs I thought they’d never play – “Trampled Underfoot”, “The Song Remains The Same” – are quite superb. On the former, John Paul Jones at the keyboards comes out of his shell, while Plant manages to come across like the golden god of yore, while still retaining an implausible decorousness. There’s a great moment during “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (part of an expansive mid-section which includes “Dazed And Confused”, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and a wonderful “No Quarter”) when Plant stands cross-legged looking quizzically, ostentatiously at Page as he solos.

It’s an unlikely moment of approval from Plant, who’s seemed the least needy of the original band prior to the gig – he has an excellent solo career to cultivate, after all (and sadly there’s no “Battle Of Evermore” and Alison Krauss, as some of us hoped). I blogged a couple of months ago about “Raising Sand” and said something about how the more reserved R&B/country stuff was what Plant should stick with nowadays. After tonight, though, I think I was wrong; his voice can still pull off this thunderous schtick, with such soul and guts that the high frequency ululations (there’s no “Immigrant Song”} aren’t missed at all.

I may be raving now, and I should go to bed. But I should also note that “Stairway To Heaven” is reclaimed from that world of cliche in which it has existed for over three decades, and that Page dusts down the doubleneck for it. He also gets out the e-bow for “Dazed”, showcased in a laser pyramid for his impressively avant-garde solo.

Jason Bonham looks like he should be in a nu-metal band, but does just fine. “Misty Mountain Hop” manages, inconceivably, to make the Dome feel psychedelic. Greg Dyke and Marilyn Manson – plus bouncer and girlfriend – seem to be enjoying themselves nearby. My wife keeps texting from the other side of the arena, convinced Martin O’Neill is sat in front of her. Kevin Shields is here. Men from America, mainly, are calling for catheters whenever I go to the bogs.

Kashmir” induces me, not for the first time, to write the word “imperious” in my notebook. “Whole Lotta Love” is preposterously overdriven. I may be a little tired, and not completely in control of my tenses. Three things though, before I call it a night: one, this whole business was better than I could ever have imagined; two, they’d better do it all again next year for the benefit of the rest of you; and three, I’ll write something more coherent in the next issue of Uncut, out in the first week of January.

Review Post: John Mulvey

Led Zeppelin played:

Good Times Bad Times

Ramble On

Black Dog

In My Time Of Dying

For Your Life

Trampled Underfoot

Nobodys Fault But Mine

No Quarter

Since I’ve Been Loving You

Dazed and Confused

Stairway To Heaven

The Song Remains The Same

Misty Mountain Hop

Kashmir

*

Whole Lotta Love

*

Rock And Roll

Now you can see live footage from the Led Zeppelin O2 Arena concert by clicking here – great quality clips of Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven and Whole Lotta Love are online to view.

Plus, you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine.

Don’t forget, if you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your photos, reviews, and opinions! Email us at: Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Pic credit: Getty Images

Joe Cocker Honoured On Queen’s Birthday List

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Singer Joe Cocker is to receive an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours List for services to music on December 13. Celebrating the award, Cocker will be playing two special concerts this month, including his first show in his hometown in thirteen years. The concert takes place at Sheffield arena on December, the same day that Cocker will also be inducted into Sheffield's Hall Of Fame. The singer who is one of the few artists to have appeared at both the original Woodstock festival and it's sequel in 1994, explained his joy at recieving the Queen's honour: “I must confess I almost shed a tear upon hearing I was to be awarded an OBE for my contribution to music. Growing up in the North of post-war England, singing in pubs, such an honour seemed inconceivable. My elder brother Vic received a CBE for services to the water industry a few years back in 2000, and I’m told that having two medals in one family is quite a rarity”. Cocker recently achieved his highest chart position in ten years with the release of his 'Hymn For My Soul' album. 2008 will see Joe Cocker embark on a tour, visiting New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, before going to the US. Joe Cocker will play the following two UK dates: Sheffield, Arena (December 15) London, Indigo2 (16)

Singer Joe Cocker is to receive an OBE in the Queen’s 2007 Birthday Honours List for services to music on December 13.

Celebrating the award, Cocker will be playing two special concerts this month, including his first show in his hometown in thirteen years.

The concert takes place at Sheffield arena on December, the same day that Cocker will also be inducted into Sheffield’s Hall Of Fame.

The singer who is one of the few artists to have appeared at both the original Woodstock festival and it’s sequel in 1994, explained his joy at recieving the Queen’s honour:

“I must confess I almost shed a tear upon hearing I was to be awarded an OBE for my contribution to music. Growing up in the North of post-war England, singing in pubs, such an honour seemed inconceivable. My elder brother Vic received a CBE for services to the water industry a few years back in 2000, and I’m told that having two medals in one family is quite a rarity”.

Cocker recently achieved his highest chart position in ten years with the release of his ‘Hymn For My Soul’ album.

2008 will see Joe Cocker embark on a tour, visiting New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, before going to the US.

Joe Cocker will play the following two UK dates:

Sheffield, Arena (December 15)

London, Indigo2 (16)

Foo Fighters To Play Man City

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Foo Fighters have announced that they will play their biggest ever UK show outside of London next June. Dave Grohl and co, who have already just sold-out two nights at Wembley Stadium next June 7 and 8 - will now play the 57, 000 capacity Manchester Stadium on June 2, 2008. Tickets for the show will go onsale this Friday (December 14) at 10am, with a six ticket limit per application. Foo Fighter's latest studio album 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace' has this week been nominated for five US Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Foo Fighters have announced that they will play their biggest ever UK show outside of London next June.

Dave Grohl and co, who have already just sold-out two nights at Wembley Stadium next June 7 and 8 – will now play the 57, 000 capacity Manchester Stadium on June 2, 2008.

Tickets for the show will go onsale this Friday (December 14) at 10am, with a six ticket limit per application.

Foo Fighter’s latest studio album ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace‘ has this week been nominated for five US Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Led Zeppelin: The Fans’ Reaction

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So, now you know what happened at the O2 tonight courtesy of our earlier blogs - but what did the fans think of Led Zeppelin's historic return? Here are the views of a selection of people we accosted on their way out of the mighty dome...oh, and here's the opinion of a bona fide rock star to start ...

So, now you know what happened at the O2 tonight courtesy of our earlier blogs – but what did the fans think of Led Zeppelin‘s historic return?

Here are the views of a selection of people we accosted on their way out of the mighty dome…oh, and here’s the opinion of a bona fide rock star to start you off too.

Led Zeppelin – our first review!

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So I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great. I’ve been listening again to th...

So I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great.

Led Zeppelin return – our first review!

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I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great. I’ve been listening again to those ‘90s records recently (the “No Quarter” set, the “ Clarksdale” album, Jimmy Page’s album with The Black Crowes), and my biggest fear before the show starts is not – as rumours suggest – that Robert Plant won’t be able to handle the vocal gymnastics, but that Page will smudge the dextrous flurries that his astonishing songs demand. Initially, it seemed like this might be the case. Led Zeppelin begin with “Good Times Bad Times”, then a slowed version of “Ramble On”, and Page’s playing seems muddy, unresolved, lacking the brute delicacy that the songs demand. Plant is magisterial, throwing his mic stand around with an unlikely kind of dignity, but it's hard to tell whether Page – his spirit brother-cum-nemesis – is playing badly, or whether the sound is corrupting his efforts. Song three, though, suggests it’s the mixers coming to terms with the venue. “Black Dog” is quite brilliant, and it’s striking how much Page is better suited to that glottal, elemental take on the blues than the more baroque excesses of some of his material. “In My Time Of Dying”, with some fantastic slide, compounds this idea that his gifts now are focused at the raw, rather than at the progressive, end of his spectrum. If The White Stripes were ever to come clean and cover a Zep song, it strikes me that this should be the one. As the show progresses, though, Page comes into his own, and the sort of songs I thought they’d never play – “Trampled Underfoot”, “The Song Remains The Same” – are quite superb. On the former, John Paul Jones at the keyboards comes out of his shell, while Plant manages to come across like the golden god of yore, while still retaining an implausible decorousness. There’s a great moment during “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (part of an expansive mid-section which includes “Dazed And Confused”, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and a wonderful “No Quarter”) when Plant stands cross-legged looking quizzically, ostentatiously at Page as he solos. It’s an unlikely moment of approval from Plant, who’s seemed the least needy of the original band prior to the gig – he has an excellent solo career to cultivate, after all (and sadly there’s no “Battle Of Evermore” and Alison Krauss, as some of us hoped). I blogged a couple of months ago about “Raising Sand” and said something about how the more reserved R&B/country stuff was what Plant should stick with nowadays. After tonight, though, I think I was wrong; his voice can still pull off this thunderous schtick, with such soul and guts that the high frequency ululations (there’s no “Immigrant Song”} aren’t missed at all. I may be raving now, and I should go to bed. But I should also note that “Stairway To Heaven” is reclaimed from that world of cliche in which it has existed for over three decades, and that Page dusts down the doubleneck for it. He also gets out the e-bow for “Dazed”, showcased in a laser pyramid for his impressively avant-garde solo. Jason Bonham looks like he should be in a nu-metal band, but does just fine. “Misty Mountain Hop” manages, inconceivably, to make the Dome feel psychedelic. Greg Dyke and Marilyn Manson – plus bouncer and girlfriend – seem to be enjoying themselves nearby. My wife keeps texting from the other side of the arena, convinced Martin O’Neill is sat in front of her. Kevin Shields is here. Men from America, mainly, are calling for catheters whenever I go to the bogs. “Kashmir” induces me, not for the first time, to write the word “imperious” in my notebook. “Whole Lotta Love” is preposterously overdriven. I may be a little tired, and not completely in control of my tenses. Three things though, before I call it a night: one, this whole business was better than I could ever have imagined; two, they’d better do it all again next year for the benefit of the rest of you; and three, I’ll write something more coherent in the next issue of Uncut, out in the first week of January. I suspect, though, that Farah will have plenty more news to post tomorrow (Tuesday December 11), so don’t be a stranger. . .

I’ve just got home from the Dome and the Led Zeppelin gig, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for the fact that my thoughts aren’t quite as neatly organised as usual. First off, I have to point out that, at the risk of sounding smug, they were fucking great.

Led Zeppelin Close Historic Show With Rock And Roll

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Led Zeppelin have just closed their first full concert show since headlining the Knebworth Festival in 1979, with their fourth album classic 'Rock And Roll.' The band played for just over two hours, to just under 20, 000 fans, the audience including former Beatle Paul McCartney, Oasis' Liam and Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Moss, Kevin Shields, Neil Finn, Richard Ashcroft and Marilyn Manson. The band finished at ten past eleven after going on stage promptly at nine, treating the baying air-guitaring crowd with as many classics as time would allow. Any previous concerns from Jimmy Page and Robert Plant about whether or not they would they would enjoy playing a full live show together after all these years proved unfounded by the time they were through with the first two tracks of 'Good Times Bad Times' and 'Ramble On'. Full of calm confidence, Plant, Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were all beaming grins as they ploughed through their inimmitable and iconic back catalogue. Hit followed hit, all sounding as great as you would imagine live, if you just squinted slightly, you'd not notice their now advancing years. Plant paused to talk to the audience briefly about five times throughout the set, giving the fans introductions to tracks like 'Trampled Underfoot' and 'Nobody's Fault But Mine'. Led Zeppelin played the Presence album track 'For Your Life' for the first time ever in public, calling it an "adventure" and it fitted in seamlessly. 'Kashmir', with it's thunderous riffs, and huge hippy patterned images behind the screen took the concert into it's run of classics' finale. The track that readers of www.uncut.co.uk and nme.com today voted song 'most wanted' tonight, turned out to be the most energetic, crunchy ten minutes of the night. 'Whole Lotta Love' in all it's glorious trippy power came next, compounding on the electric buzz in the O2 Arena. Quite a sight watching colour-washed 50ft tall projections of Led Zeppelin playing out behind the figures clad in black on the stage. Plant then thanked the audience "for the amazing experience, and for supporting Ahmet Ertegun" before the band left the stage to raptuous applause. Led Zeppelin closed the show with 'Rock And Roll', the song that prior to the show, was rumoured most likely to be their opening track. The lyrics from that track were, in the end, the most fitting act of closure to this historic show. "Rock And Roll Its been a long time since I rock and rolled, Its been a long time since I did the stroll. Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, Let me get it back, baby, where I come from. Its been a long time, been a long time, Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has." Maybe it won't be so long 'till the next time. Also performing at tonight's concert were Foreigner and Paul Rodgers, and Paolo Nutini, as well as other guest artists including Dave Emerson and members of Yes and Bad Company. You can read Uncut's first review of the show by clicking here now for John Mulvey's Wild Mercury Sound blog. And you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine. We'll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11). If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions! Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Led Zeppelin played: Good Times Bad Times Ramble On Black Dog In My Time Of Dying For Your Life Trampled Underfoot Nobodys Fault But Mine No Quarter Since I've Been Loving You Dazed and Confused Stairway To Heaven The Song Remains The Same Misty Mountain Hop Kashmir * Whole Lotta Love * Rock And Roll Pic credit: Getty Images

Led Zeppelin have just closed their first full concert show since headlining the Knebworth Festival in 1979, with their fourth album classic ‘Rock And Roll.’

The band played for just over two hours, to just under 20, 000 fans, the audience including former Beatle Paul McCartney, Oasis’ Liam and Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Moss, Kevin Shields, Neil Finn, Richard Ashcroft and Marilyn Manson.

The band finished at ten past eleven after going on stage promptly at nine, treating the baying air-guitaring crowd with as many classics as time would allow.

Any previous concerns from Jimmy Page and Robert Plant about whether or not they would they would enjoy playing a full live show together after all these years proved unfounded by the time they were through with the first two tracks of ‘Good Times Bad Times’ and ‘Ramble On’.

Full of calm confidence, Plant, Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were all beaming grins as they ploughed through their inimmitable and iconic back catalogue.

Hit followed hit, all sounding as great as you would imagine live, if you just squinted slightly, you’d not notice their now advancing years.

Plant paused to talk to the audience briefly about five times throughout the set, giving the fans introductions to tracks like ‘Trampled Underfoot’ and ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine’.

Led Zeppelin played the Presence album track ‘For Your Life’ for the first time ever in public, calling it an “adventure” and it fitted in seamlessly.

‘Kashmir’, with it’s thunderous riffs, and huge hippy patterned images behind the screen took the concert into it’s run of classics’ finale.

The track that readers of www.uncut.co.uk and nme.com today voted song ‘most wanted’ tonight, turned out to be the most energetic, crunchy ten minutes of the night.

‘Whole Lotta Love’ in all it’s glorious trippy power came next, compounding on the electric buzz in the O2 Arena.

Quite a sight watching colour-washed 50ft tall projections of Led Zeppelin playing out behind the figures clad in black on the stage.

Plant then thanked the audience “for the amazing experience, and for supporting Ahmet Ertegun” before the band left the stage to raptuous applause.

Led Zeppelin closed the show with ‘Rock And Roll’, the song that prior to the show, was rumoured most likely to be their opening track.

The lyrics from that track were, in the end, the most fitting act of closure to this historic show.

“Rock And Roll Its been a long time since I rock and rolled,

Its been a long time since I did the stroll.

Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,

Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.

Its been a long time, been a long time,

Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

Yes it has.”

Maybe it won’t be so long ’till the next time.

Also performing at tonight’s concert were Foreigner and Paul Rodgers, and Paolo Nutini, as well as other guest artists including Dave Emerson and members of Yes and Bad Company.

You can read Uncut’s first review of the show by clicking here now for John Mulvey’s Wild Mercury Sound blog.

And you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine.

We’ll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11).

If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions!

Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Led Zeppelin played:

Good Times Bad Times

Ramble On

Black Dog

In My Time Of Dying

For Your Life

Trampled Underfoot

Nobodys Fault But Mine

No Quarter

Since I’ve Been Loving You

Dazed and Confused

Stairway To Heaven

The Song Remains The Same

Misty Mountain Hop

Kashmir

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Whole Lotta Love

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Rock And Roll

Pic credit: Getty Images

Led Zeppelin Live Set List: Stairway To Heaven Begins

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The Led Zeppelin show continues apace tonight at the O2 Arena, with the legends playing classic tracks back-to-back from their immense rock canon. 'Since I've Been Loving You' is swiftly followed by 'Dazed and Confused', then straight into fan's favourite 'Stairway To Heaven' then staight into 'The Song Remains The Same' and 'Misty Mountain Hop' - MMH replete with brilliant harmonious pairing between Plant's vocals and Page's guitar riffs. The set list now so far played now runs as follows: Good Times Bad Times Ramble On Black Dog In My Time Of Dying For Your Life Trampled Underfoot Nobodys Fault But Mine No Quarter Since I've Been Loving You Dazed and Confused Stairway To Heaven The Song Remains The Same Misty Mountain Hop You can read Uncut's first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey's Wild Mercury Sound blog. Plus, you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine. We'll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11). If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions! Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Pic credit: Getty Images

The Led Zeppelin show continues apace tonight at the O2 Arena, with the legends playing classic tracks back-to-back from their immense rock canon.

‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ is swiftly followed by ‘Dazed and Confused’, then straight into fan’s favourite ‘Stairway To Heaven’ then staight into ‘The Song Remains The Same’ and ‘Misty Mountain Hop’ – MMH replete with brilliant harmonious pairing between Plant’s vocals and Page’s guitar riffs.

The set list now so far played now runs as follows:

Good Times Bad Times

Ramble On

Black Dog

In My Time Of Dying

For Your Life

Trampled Underfoot

Nobodys Fault But Mine

No Quarter

Since I’ve Been Loving You

Dazed and Confused

Stairway To Heaven

The Song Remains The Same

Misty Mountain Hop

You can read Uncut’s first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey’s Wild Mercury Sound blog.

Plus, you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine.

We’ll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11).

If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions!

Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Pic credit: Getty Images

Robert Plant Says Last Few Weeks Have Been Emotional

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Robert Plant has revealed that the last few weeks have "been filled with a thousand kinds of emotions" at tonight's reunion show at London's O2 Arena (December 10). Speaking after 'In My Time Of Dying' - the first time since coming on stage at 9pm, the singer thanked the audience and explained that the build up to tonight's show has been immense, "for Ahmet, and for bringing Jason into this. This is our first adventure with this song in public" before launching into 'For Your Life.' Plant, speaking calmly and very precisely, then also introduced the next track saying: "In 1936, Robert Johnson recorded 'Terraplane Blues'. It's been covered by many people, but this is Led Zeppelin's Terraplane Blues. This is 'Trampled Underfoot.' One of the most famous riffs of all time then kicked in, with the screen projections coming from the back of the stage, huge live feed of Plant, Page, JPJ and Jason being being mixed up with psychedelic graphics and multi-coloured shapes around the footage of the band. The next track was 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' - long and brooding vocals by Robert Plant who's obviously really getting into his stride as the concert goes on. Next track was 'No Quarter' and the show is about halfway through. Then came 'Since I've Been Loving You' - introduced by an almost apologetic Plant. "Its hard to imagine how difficult, we recorded so much, it's been hard to choose things from ten albums. But there are some songs that have to be on there. This is one." You can read Uncut's first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey's Wild Mercury Sound blog. Plus, you can check out some of the fan's immediate reactions here. A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine out the first week of January. We'll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert online from tomorrow (December 11). If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions! Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Pic credit: PA Photos

Robert Plant has revealed that the last few weeks have “been filled with a thousand kinds of emotions” at tonight’s reunion show at London’s O2 Arena (December 10).

Speaking after ‘In My Time Of Dying’ – the first time since coming on stage at 9pm, the singer thanked the audience and explained that the build up to tonight’s show has been immense, “for Ahmet, and for bringing Jason into this. This is our first adventure with this song in public” before launching into ‘For Your Life.’

Plant, speaking calmly and very precisely, then also introduced the next track saying: “In 1936, Robert Johnson recorded ‘Terraplane Blues’. It’s been covered by many people, but this is Led Zeppelin’s Terraplane Blues. This is ‘Trampled Underfoot.’

One of the most famous riffs of all time then kicked in, with the screen projections coming from the back of the stage, huge live feed of Plant, Page, JPJ and Jason being being mixed up with psychedelic graphics and multi-coloured shapes around the footage of the band.

The next track was ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine’ – long and brooding vocals by Robert Plant who’s obviously really getting into his stride as the concert goes on.

Next track was ‘No Quarter’ and the show is about halfway through.

Then came ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ – introduced by an almost apologetic Plant. “Its hard to imagine how difficult, we recorded so much, it’s been hard to choose things from ten albums. But there are some songs that have to be on there. This is one.”

You can read Uncut’s first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey’s Wild Mercury Sound blog.

Plus, you can check out some of the fan’s immediate reactions here.

A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine out the first week of January.

We’ll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert online from tomorrow (December 11).

If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions!

Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Pic credit: PA Photos

Led Zeppelin Perform At London’s O2 Arena

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Led Zeppelin have finally hit the stage at London’s O2 Arena – coming on at 9pm (GMT). Opening song was ‘Good Times Bad Times’ , the first song from their first self-titled album, and it's as good a place as any to start - from the band's very beginning. And Led Zep sound as good as the hype surrounding them. Plant’s vocals sound incredibly good, as he swings his microphone in a swoon onstage and Page’s guitar sounds okay if a bit murky and the crowd have gone wild. The band who are all clad in black except Page who's wearing a white shirt, are playing on a big open stage, with a huge screen behind them projecting the show to the 20, 000 lucky fans in attendance. No pausing between tracks, th, the second track is second album track ‘Ramble On’ and the third, ‘Black Dog’ from Zeppelin III, by which time the sound quality hits it's stride. The crowd began singing back to Robert Plant during the ‘Ah Ah – Ah Ah’ refrain halfway through. There was a short pause in the set, with only the intermittent cackle of feedback as equipment or cables were shifted around, and Plant then finally spoke, saying, in an almost vampiric comedy tone: "Good evening" with a cheeky grimace, before Led Zeppelin start on 'In My Time Of Dying.' You can read Uncut's first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey's Wild Mercury Sound blog. A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine. We'll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11). If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions! Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com Pic credit: Getty Images

Led Zeppelin have finally hit the stage at London’s O2 Arena – coming on at 9pm (GMT).

Opening song was ‘Good Times Bad Times’ , the first song from their first self-titled album, and it’s as good a place as any to start – from the band’s very beginning. And Led Zep sound as good as the hype surrounding them. Plant’s vocals sound incredibly good, as he swings his microphone in a swoon onstage and Page’s guitar sounds okay if a bit murky and the crowd have gone wild.

The band who are all clad in black except Page who’s wearing a white shirt, are playing on a big open stage, with a huge screen behind them projecting the show to the 20, 000 lucky fans in attendance.

No pausing between tracks, th, the second track is second album track ‘Ramble On’ and the third, ‘Black Dog’ from Zeppelin III, by which time the sound quality hits it’s stride. The crowd began singing back to Robert Plant during the ‘Ah Ah – Ah Ah’ refrain halfway through.

There was a short pause in the set, with only the intermittent cackle of feedback as equipment or cables were shifted around, and Plant then finally spoke, saying, in an almost vampiric comedy tone: “Good evening” with a cheeky grimace, before Led Zeppelin start on ‘In My Time Of Dying.’

You can read Uncut’s first review of the show by clicking here straight after the show for John Mulvey’s Wild Mercury Sound blog.

A longer more in-depth review will follow in the next issue of UNCUT magazine.

We’ll have more pictures, reports and fan reactions from the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert from the morning (December 11).

If you were at the O2 Arena, email us with your reviews and opinions!

Email your views to Uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Pic credit: Getty Images