Stones hint at guest stars and more shows. I wish Jimmy was one of the guests. http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/69587

Courtesy of Cookie0024's twitter account LedZepNews - a photo of Jimmy with fan while out record shopping in New York today. .

aen27, Cookie0024 was informed by Louise Mensch that Jimmy was in NY for Peter Mensch's birthday party. JPP had gone with Ross Halfin (surprise!!)

This photo was posted on fantastic resource, LedZepNews on twitter, courtesy of Cookie0024.

Led Zeppelin Ultimate Fan Page. I think these will be copyright Ross Halfin.

Photo copyright Ross Halfin. Apparently taken on 30 March 2013, with members of Metallica. Sorry about tiny size. Here's the link - if you go through it, there are about four photographs taken on that day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/94483109@N03/8600935895/

Cookie, Thanks so much for this up to date info - you really are an invaluable contributor here. I think it was very decent of Louise Mensch to 'keep you in the loop'.

ScarletMacaw, It's great to get your input on this thread - you have an interesting work background! On February 10 2013, Jimmy and Ross had gone to the Reading Record Festival, as noted in Ross' diary entry of that date. Ross' comments about Jimmy being approached for an autograph were completely different, principally due to the fact that the fan was polite and respectful. I have quoted his comments below. ".... On the way home a woman politely asked Jimmy to sign her daughter's homework book for 5-9 year olds. Jimmy signed it and wrote something like "Jimmy Page, older than 9".

Last Spartan, I am so relieved and delighted for you. I can't begin to think what you went through while waiting for the results. Let's hope that there is also good news for the other innocent victims involved in this disgraceful episode.

Yes ZepRex, I agree entirely, particularly when they are hassling people who are eating a meal.

This is from Halfin's Diary 1 April, 2013. www.rosshalfin.com "... The weekend was the Reading Record Fair with Jimmy Page. One old looney told him that his wife had met Robert Plant in a pub. He stood over us while we were eating, not going away while we both looked, waiting for the point. There was no point, of course, and people will not go away. Another got all bent out of shape when Jimmy wouldn't sign a bootleg Led Zeppelin 18 cd box set."

Reswati, I was delighted to see someone on here remembering excellent rockers, Nazareth. Saw them live in 1974 at the height of their popularity - brilliant!!

Cookie, Like Lightandshade, I did not realise that you had an LZ account on Twitter. Well done to you that these people have picked up on your efforts! Is your account the @LedZepNews one?

SAJ, I found the whole concept of him being interviewed by his wife to be 'toe-curlingly' embarrassing. I don't know how JPP could spend five minutes in their company, let alone an evening at the RAH. There have been so many times when I have thought that Jimmy is a very tolerant, patient person.

Thanks Cookie and PlanetPage for your diligent research work!!!

Hi Cookie, Thanks for bringing this to the board! Maybe the Mensch family is here for Easter. Even better still, if Peter Mensch was here to work on important announcements regarding his client. I wondered if they used Jimmy's private RAH box?

Hi clw, Welcome to the forums It is on Led Zeppelin News' Twitter page. Led Zeppelin News‏@LedZepNews PHOTO: Robert Plant with Grandpa Elliott of Playing For Change from last night in Adelaide #robertplant #ledzeppelin pic.twitter.com/SRHqEqNLyS

Cookie, Thanks for the additional info and photos.

Peter has said that he is writing a book on his many years as a rock journo. Questionable as to how much coverage he will devote to his great mate due to respecting privacy. By the way, Scarlet Page has finally given in, and started using twitter @scarletp. She appears to be working on an exhibition for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

From Peter Makowski-Wordsmith Facebook page regarding Jimmy at the London Int's Ska Festival on Saturday, 23/03/2103 "Great evening tonight which started off at the South Kensington and a fabulous walk through the magical tunnel that takes you from the station into the equally fabulous Victoria and Albert Museum.Once there I negotiated my way through the MASSIVE queue of people who were there to catch the sold out David Bowie (Official)owie exhibition to I made my way the Event 1 of 12: London Intl Ska Festival @... The V&A - The Legacy of the Blues Dance which was easy to find thanks to the Heavy,Heavy Sounds of the Huge Sound System and fabulous music being played by my favourite reggae DJ Steve Rice.Also had a suprise reunion with my dear friend of many years and late nights Andre Bell and his beautiful other 'half.What could follow that,you may well ask. Well how about a mind blowing set from one of my nu fave bands Du Bellows at the Archangel accompanied Tony 'Sound'n'Pressure' Cummins and Mr Jimmy Pagewho was well impressed by the magickal chemistry of this exciting eclectic/ephemeral quintet who for me conjure up many diverse influence all of them very pleasant indeed.

Thanks aen27. You are right, Queen of Pagettes. Happy birthday

ASL’s 8/3/13 event at London’s Century Club I have checked up - ASL stands for 'Art Saves Lives'

Sydney Morning Herald Mali Mountain Hop March 16, 2013 Date George Palathingal Global sound: Robert Plant embraces world music with his latest venture. Photo: Getty Photo: Getty Images In more ways than one, Robert Plant likes to keep on the move. Physically, his adventures in the past 10 years alone have taken him from Mali to Mississippi via Tennessee and Texas. Musically, in that same period he has sung African blues, made a Grammy-slaying country-folk album (with Alison Krauss) and played rootsy rock with his partner, country star Patty Griffin, in Band of Joy. He is on the move again with his latest venture, the Sensational Space Shifters. The project reunites him with most of his early 2000s band, Strange Sensation, adding the redoubtable tweak of Juldeh Camara, a west African master of the ritti (a traditional one-stringed African violin) and the kologo (a kind of cross between a lute and a banjo). Camara's contributions give the Sensational Space Shifters a heady and potent world-music flavour. ''The musical overview of this thing is so … kaleidoscopic,'' Plant says. ''It means that we can visit songs from my distant past or contemporary songs or stuff from the darkest sort of swamps of Mississippi or bayou of Louisiana and turn 'em upside down on their head using amazing west African rhythms.'' It's fair to say Plant's ''distant past'' is the reason most fans are still interested in what he's up to, especially following the recent release of Celebration Day, a recording of a one-off 2007 tribute concert to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. During that show, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin (Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones) and their late drummer's son (Jason Bonham) tore through highlights from their devastating back catalogue. Despite repeated requests for that band to reunite for a tour, Plant has resisted because, ''to actually pour forth into something beyond a special occasion is folly''. ''But, y'know, we're in touch quite a lot and when there's another special occasion, somebody'll tell me about it and I'll say yes or no. I'm certainly not against that idea as a hoot - providing it's fresh, exciting, riveting and so long as we're scared out of our minds.'' This would further explain some of the thrilling, unusual versions of Led Zeppelin standards such as Black Dog, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp and Rock and Roll that have made it into Sensational Space Shifters sets alongside the band's own originals and covers of blues giants such as Howlin' Wolf and Bukka White. When Plant noticed, during a trip to Mali ''about seven or eight years ago'', the blues affinity between the Tuareg people of noted collective Tinariwen and his old-school American idols, ''I got really, really excited. I was listening to stuff that was coming off the stage and thinking, well, this is amazing, really, 'cause neither these guys who are playing this music in the beautiful Malian desert evening nor the guys down there in Cleveland, Mississippi, have any idea of these links - but they're there.'' Before he could pursue that train of thought, though, he started his duet project with Alison Krauss. They would go on to win five Grammy awards in 2009 for their collaboration, including album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for Please Read the Letter. An album with the Band of Joy followed before Plant came to the realisation that he ''really just missed the wolf in me'', something he rediscovered with the Sensational Space Shifters. ''You have to actually move out into other spheres to get a lick of this and a lick of that, y'know, and I've learnt how to sing in lots of different ways and I thank all the gods for that.'' It's Plant's distinctive voice that has made him the rock icon he has become over the years. But as far as he is concerned, the Sensational Space Shifters are about much more than the voice. ''It's about energy - and also it's about Juldeh Camara. He's a guy who's spent most of his life entertaining and he's every bit as dynamic and interesting as an entertainer as I could ever be. ''We laugh and we work off each other and when he speaks to me in Bambara or whatever it is and I'm completely befuddled by it, we just reach to the heavens and we pull down the great gift that all the gods put together for us. And that is what it's all about. That's why you actually commit to tours and say, 'Yeah, OK, I'm gonna do it. Let's go.''' Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters play at the Entertainment Centre on March 28, at Byron Bay Bluesfest on March 30 and in the Hunter at Hope Estate on Easter Sunday, March 31. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/mali-mountain-hop-20130313-2g0ni.html#ixzz2NkAk9fQP

There was a copy of LZ4 in the front window of the undernoted vinyl specialist last night (Friday). It is not an original, but a late 80's or early 90's pressing. It costs £7.99. I don't know if they do mail order, but the boss will be back late Saturday afternoon, or phone on Monday. http://www.vinylvillainsrecords.co.uk/