California
Led Zeppelin’s three surviving members reunited Friday in Los Angeles, not to rev up the iconic rock band one more time but to defend themselves against charges that the group’s 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven” was stolen in part from another band’s song.
June 17, 2016
Music
The estate of musician Randy California, of L.A. rock band Spirit, intends to appeal the jury verdict last month that found that Led Zeppelin did not lift music that formed the basis for the group’s hit “Stairway to Heaven” from an earlier Spirit instrumental, “Taurus,” court documents show.
July 26, 2016
Rock giant Led Zeppelin did not lift music that formed the basis for the group’s hit “Stairway to Heaven,” a jury found Thursday, clearing the band of accusations that it stole the opening of one of rock’s most celebrated songs.
June 23, 2016
A new documentary on Led Zeppelin timed to coincide with the band’s 50th anniversary this year, and the first authorized by and involving participation of the group’s surviving members, is being assembled by director Bernard McMahon, part of the creative team behind the acclaimed 2017 documentary “American Epic.”
May 8, 2019
The legal battle over one of rock music’s most monumental ballads got underway Tuesday as the famous opening guitar riff from Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” filled a downtown courtroom and members of the iconic band looked to defend themselves against allegations they lifted the music from another group.
June 14, 2016
Led Zeppelin’s digital “Communication Breakdown” ends Nov. 13.
Oct. 15, 2007
NBC’s futuristic sci-fi series “Revolution” is turning to classic rock heroes Led Zeppelin to score its Thanksgiving-week episode.
Nov. 13, 2012
In the closely watched trial to determine whether rock behemoth Led Zeppelin stole another band’s music for its iconic hit “Stairway to Heaven,” two music experts Thursday suggested similarities exist between the two songs while Zeppelin guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page continued to deny allegations of theft.
June 16, 2016
Led Zeppelin cast such an enormous shadow over rock that it’s no wonder guitarist Jimmy Page, the group’s founder and chief musical architect, is still trying to move out from under it.
March 14, 1993
Television
Led Zeppelin talk sex, Vikings and Elvis with David Letterman
Dec. 4, 2012