Latest news with #TheSongRemainstheSame
Daily Mirror
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Yungblud delights fan, 4, as they recreate scene from Lovesick Lullaby music video
The world-famous singer-songwriter, whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison, showed up at Tottenham Court Road to recreate a scene from his recent video with fans Singer Yungblud recreated a scene from his new video for latest track Lovesick Lullaby, with the help of what could be his youngest fan. The star enlisted the help of four-year-old Hope and her family to reenact the clip in a heartwarming video. The 27-year-old Doncaster native is set to take over the National Bowl in Milton Keynes in June for the first of four massive summer gigs. But the world-famous artist stunned fans when he showed up at Tottenham Court Rd this afternoon, inviting them to act out one of the scenes from his latest video where he's sat on a couch. Hope's mother, from Portsmouth, explained: "I'm a huge fan of Yungblud's music. I play it so much around the house that the kids have gotten into it too!" She added: "Hope's favourite song is 'Anarchist'!" Yungblud's latest release saw him visit various iconic spots in London for the video, including Primrose Hill, Regents Park and Camden's infamous boozer the Hawley Arms. The track is the first released after the "industry disruptor dropped his first single for a year, Hello Heaven, Hello. The video for the single was shot in Bulgaria, and featured the star riding a stallion through a winter scene. As fans waited for the video to become available, the YouTube page was flooded with comments of excitement from his adoring fan base. User Kate Angel wrote: "Woman in Rock Music Here! Excited for your new phase Yungblud! Thank you for inspiring me Dom. Much Love!" referring to the songwriter's real name, Dominic Richard Harrison. Another fan added that they couldn't "believe in 3 hours we'll be listening to the song!!!!" Many more posted about how they were counting down the minutes in the comment section. Yungblud's last music video idea came from a New Year's Eve party at a friends where he was looking through his host's record collection at 2am. The singer became transfixed on the iconic Led Zeppelin song, The Song Remains the Same. The video for the 1973 track shows Led Zep's lead singer Robert Plant riding a horse through a stunning landscape. The singer evidently took inspiration and included a striking clip of him on snow-laden mountains with a huge black stallion behind him. His red lips, eyeliner and tattoos stood out against the white background. The Lowlife singer recalled a conversation with his video director where he described his vision for the piece. He said: "I wanna be on a horse in the Bulgarian mountains, then I wanna grow wings and fly off it, then I wanna flashback, rewind time and end up on a hillside with a cross". Yungblood was then asked about the practicalities of his idea, with the director asking him: "Do you know how to ride a horse?" The answer was 'no', with Yungblud then going on to have a week's worth of lessons where he was stood in a minus 14 degree blizzard on the mountains of Bulgaria. He said he was introduced to Harry the Horse, adding that the animal was "beautiful to ride. It was epic." The star has performed alongside the likes of Avril Lavigne and Halsey, who he dated for a year from the end of 2018.
Forbes
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Rare Drum Artifact From Led Zeppelin's John Boham On Auction Block
John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (Photo by Jeffrey ... More Mayer/WireImage) A rare drum piece from late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is attracting big attention at auction. Heritage Auctions is auctioning the only known bass drumhead featuring Bonham's personal symbol. The auction is April 17 and online bids are currently being accepted on the Heritage Auctions website. As of this publication, bidding is up to $21,000 on the rare rock music artifact. Bonham, singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones formed Led Zeppelin in 1968 and the group disbanded in 1980 after the drummer's untimely death at 32. According to Heritage Auctions, the drumhead featuring Bonham's symbol of interlocking rings was used throughout Led Zeppelin's iconic 1973 and 1975 North American tours. 'The drumhead earned rock immortality in The Song Remains the Same, the band's iconic concert film shot at Madison Square Garden in July 1973,' a Heritage press release noted. 'It last saw the stage during the group's legendary five-night run at London's Earls Court in May 1975, and then disappeared into storage.' The John Bonham drumhead featuring his personal symbol is on the auction block. Per Heritage Auctions, the iconic John Bonham drumhead with his symbol resurfaced in 1987 when Edwin Shirley Shipping— a touring company for the biggest acts in rock music — was clearing its warehouse. During a bonfire set to destroy abandoned gear at the warehouse, Heritage noted, Bonham's drumhead was rescued from the flames. 'John Bonham is widely considered the greatest rock drummer of all time,' said Garry Shrum, Heritage Auctions' director of Music Memorabilia and Concert Posters said in a statement. 'And this is the most significant Bonham artifact ever to come to public auction. It's astonishing that it survived – and now it's here.' Drummer John Bonham (1948-1980), playing a Ludwig Vistalite see-through acrylic perspex drum kit, ... More performs live on stage during a concert by English rock band Led Zeppelin on the third of three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City on 29th July 1973. The concert movie 'The Song Remains the Same' was filmed over the three nights from 27th to 29th July at the venue. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) Heritage noted in its press release about the Bonham bass drumhead that 'with authentication, photo matching and provenance included, this museum-worthy relic could set a new auction record for Bonham memorabilia.' The timing of the auction, coincidentally, comes just after a new documentary about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group — Becoming Led Zeppelin — debuted on digital streaming. The film is the first-ever documentary about Led Zeppelin authorized by the band and includes new interviews with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Rated PG-13, Becoming Led Zeppelin opened in an IMAX-only engagement on Feb. 7 and expanded to additional theaters on Feb. 14. Directed by Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, Becoming Led Zeppelin debuted on digital streaming via premium video on demand on April 4. The auction for Bonham's bass drumhead ends on April 17.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Review: 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' brings riffage and volume but little in the way of fresh insight
There's pummeling hard rock, yes, and then there's the nuclear-grade explosion of Shirley Bassey performing the theme to 'Goldfinger' — a whole separate beast. In one of pop music's oddest confluences, future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones sat in on that 1964 recording session, years before the band came together. The two musicians remember Bassey's command with smiles on their faces in the new documentary 'Becoming Led Zeppelin,' still blown away. It's a charming moment in a profile that could have used more of them. In retrospect, it makes sense that backing Bassey would prove formative: So much of Led Zeppelin was about power, poise and drama (or melodrama, if you think of the first album's overwrought 'Babe I'm Going to Leave You'). And putting those elements together into a controlled, disciplined package is what the group would do better than any other before it — and most others since. Unfortunately, that same level of control has resulted in a timid, far-from-revelatory film, authorized by the three surviving Zeppelin vets and graced by their presence in new interviews that give off the faint scent of impatience: Can we get on with it? Drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, is represented by recently unearthed audio, also stubbornly uninsightful. Read more: The 27 best movie theaters in Los Angeles Why are these guys so boring? It's a mystery that won't be probed by director Bernard MacMahon and co-writer Allison McGourty, who tick off the usual gigs and recording anecdotes on the rise to fame with a then-this-happened dutifulness. (Performance footage is fun but "Becoming Led Zeppelin" may in fact have more fudged overdubs than "The Song Remains the Same.") Meanwhile, if ever a project called out for some historical context and a few talking heads to speak to Led Zeppelin's revolutionary hugeness — something that could be lost on today's audiences — it's this one. But no other voices have been allowed, a mistake. Instead, an intriguing portrait emerges of Page as shrewd Svengali, flying to New York City in 1968 with a completed, self-financed album under his arm to negotiate with Atlantic Records potentate Ahmet Ertegun personally, along with muscle Peter Grant. No singles, the riff-wrangler insisted. Take it or leave it. Oh, for a feature-length documentary on just this business trip alone: "Selling Led Zeppelin." Only a hardened viewer with no sense of fun (or ears) will find this music a drag. Almost every track of the band's first two full-lengths is a miracle and you can hear the rules of metal being forged in songs like 'Communication Breakdown' and 'Whole Lotta Love.' (Seeing the film in deafening Imax is certainly the way to go.) But as any superfan will tell you, 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' ends when things are just about to get interesting: a pivot to acoustic folk, a plunge into drug abuse and bad decisions — and even more terrific music. None of that danger comes through here. Sign up for Indie Focus, a weekly newsletter about movies and what's going on in the wild world of cinema. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Review: ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin' brings riffage and volume but little in the way of fresh insight
There's pummeling hard rock, yes, and then there's the nuclear-grade explosion of Shirley Bassey performing the theme to 'Goldfinger' — a whole separate beast. In one of pop music's oddest confluences, future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones sat in on that 1964 recording session, years before the band came together. The two musicians remember Bassey's command with smiles on their faces in the new documentary 'Becoming Led Zeppelin,' still blown away. It's a charming moment in a profile that could have used more of them. In retrospect, it makes sense that backing Bassey would prove formative: So much of Led Zeppelin was about power, poise and drama (or melodrama, if you think of the first album's overwrought 'Babe I'm Going to Leave You'). And putting those elements together into a controlled, disciplined package is what the group would do better than any other before it — and most others since. Unfortunately, that same level of control has resulted in a timid, far-from-revelatory film, authorized by the three surviving Zeppelin vets and graced by their presence in new interviews that give off the faint scent of impatience: Can we get on with it? Drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, is represented by recently unearthed audio, also stubbornly uninsightful. Why are these guys so boring? It's a mystery that won't be probed by director Bernard MacMahon and co-writer Allison McGourty, who tick off the usual gigs and recording anecdotes on the rise to fame with a then-this-happened dutifulness. (Performance footage is fun but 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' may in fact have more fudged overdubs than 'The Song Remains the Same.') Meanwhile, if ever a project called out for some historical context and a few talking heads to speak to Led Zeppelin's revolutionary hugeness — something that could be lost on today's audiences — it's this one. But no other voices have been allowed, a mistake. Instead, an intriguing portrait emerges of Page as shrewd Svengali, flying to New York City in 1968 with a completed, self-financed album under his arm to negotiate with Atlantic Records potentate Ahmet Ertegun personally, along with muscle Peter Grant. No singles, the riff-wrangler insisted. Take it or leave it. Oh, for a feature-length documentary on just this business trip alone. Only a hardened viewer with no sense of fun (or ears) will find this music a drag. Almost every track of the band's first two full-lengths is a miracle and you can hear the rules of metal being forged in tracks like 'Communication Breakdown' and 'Whole Lotta Love.' (Seeing the film in deafening Imax is certainly the way to go.) But as any superfan will tell you, 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' ends when things are just about to get interesting: a pivot to acoustic folk, a plunge into drug abuse and bad decisions — and even more terrific music. None of that danger comes through here.
