Jimmy Page said that previously unheard Led Zeppelin music and 'all manner of surprises' will be released for the band's fiftieth anniversary in 2018
(YouTube/Academy of Achievement)
Posted By: ledzepnews 19th December 2017
Jimmy Page has said in a new interview that previously unheard music by Led Zeppelin will be released for the band's fiftieth anniversary in 2018.
Page spoke to the Academy of Achievement in a 50-minute video interview, and at the end he was asked about plans for Led Zeppelin's fiftieth anniversary next year.
"There'll be Led Zeppelin product coming out, for sure, that people haven't heard," Page said, "because I'm working on that. Next year will be the fiftieth year so there's all manner of surprises coming out."
Page's comments fit with what we already know about plans for Led Zeppelin's fiftieth anniversary.
In September we reported that an executive from Led Zeppelin's record label Warner Music Group wrote a letter in support of a planned statue of John Bonham in which he said that Warner Music is planning "a series of high-profile events" in 2018. He also said that the label plans to conduct "extensive outreach to media and fans worldwide" in conjunction with the events.
And in October we reported on a deleted Facebook post by Led Zeppelin mastering engineer John Davis in which he said that he was mastering Led Zeppelin music again.
(Facebook/John Davis)
The video interview with Page was filmed on October 19, seven days before Davis' Facebook post about mastering Led Zeppelin. So Page's comment "I'm working on that" is likely to refer to whatever Davis was also working on.
But what could Page mean when he says that "all manner of surprises" are on the way in 2018? We speculated here on what Led Zeppelin could release.
Elsewhere in the interview, Page said that "I hope to be seen to be playing. So I'd better get on with it!"
You can watch the full video interview here:
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33 Comments on "Jimmy Page said that previously unheard Led Zeppelin music and 'all manner of surprises' will be released for the band's fiftieth anniversary in 2018"
Sandy | 19th December 2017 at 2:17 pm | Reply
Best musicians, Led Zeppelin is my favorite Rock n Roll group. Cannot wait till 2018. Thanks
William powers | 19th December 2017 at 2:28 pm | Reply
Can't wait to hear been a Zeppelin fan my whole life and still to this day listen to them!! Bucket list meet jimmy page!! Every Zeppelin fans wish
Richard Lewis | 19th December 2017 at 3:16 pm | Reply
Well I can write that off my bucket list . I met Jimmy Page 15 yes ago at a chuckle cheese while having a birthday party for my niece at the same time he was having a party for his child . We hung smoking cigarettes and just shooting the breeze . It was one of the best days of my life
Elvia Rosana Cusneros de Lara | 19th December 2017 at 2:38 pm | Reply
Maravilloso….Recordar es vivir…
That's it???? I doubt. Led Zeppelin. have a…lot to give Before take. The stairs to heaven…..
Martin Ramirez | 19th December 2017 at 3:11 pm | Reply
Can't wait for hear new material Page is talking about.
Can't wait to hear new material Page is talking about.
Frank Cagle | 19th December 2017 at 3:42 pm | Reply
Zeppelin will (never) b touched as far as there type of (classic) music the most (classic)song ever .wrote & played ..stairway to heaven. Jimmy page Robert plant ..john baunun & John Paul Jones thank you for a era of music that will live forever. Hope one day ALL four of u will take that.stairway to heaven. Thx
Abby | 19th December 2017 at 3:46 pm | Reply
Can't wait what a gift and talent these guys had,they shared with the whole world,and with each other 50 years wow.
Lisa Dornhecker | 19th December 2017 at 4:00 pm | Reply
FAROUT. CANT WAIT
Robert p Dacurro | 19th December 2017 at 4:14 pm | Reply
Page and Davis are working on music that should be most interesting and a real pleasure to listen to, for Zep fans….like me…
It doesn't have to be published, doesn't matter anyway..
Mark Carroll | 19th December 2017 at 4:22 pm | Reply
I love Zeppelin, but come on,
unheard Led Zeppelin, and more surprises. Get your cash out fans, Jimmy wants in your wallets, again. lol
william glass | 19th December 2017 at 4:23 pm | Reply
I've always said I was very fortunate to have seen this group,because most young people today don't know what is meant to have "a following"Zeppelin shows were ALWAYS sold out, their fans followed them everywhere, their manager Peter Grant wanted that, & they didn't always play the major venues they had their fans come… For them!
Edmundo García Saldaña | 19th December 2017 at 4:36 pm | Reply
Edmundo García Saldaña
Edmundo García Saldaña Come on Jimmi play again! Before it's too late and all we desappear leave the message and the document to the generations that they will need it and your music will help them there are lost with no ideas and digital crap, leave your talent, your artist person work to the human kind, played again, give it till the last Breath. With respect to Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert and thank you for their artistic music that also gave us fun good fun heavy fun. Love the blues
Marnda | 19th December 2017 at 4:36 pm | Reply
I can't wait to hear. Been my favorite band for years. My late husband took the stairway to heaven last year, too bad he can't hear new album. R.i.p Dave Alfaro
Edmundo García Saldaña Come on Jimmy play again! Before it's too late and all we desappear leave the message and the document to the generations that they will need it and your music will help them there are lost with no ideas and digital crap, leave your talent, your artist person work to the human kind, played again, give it till the last Breath. With respect to Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert and thank you for their artistic music that also gave us fun good fun heavy fun. Love the blues
John Dyer | 19th December 2017 at 5:20 pm | Reply
Zeppelin will never be copied a lot of country and rock bands were influenced by them.my bucket list to meet jimmy and Robert.but I don't think it will happen.i hope it does though.
Tim Pollard | 19th December 2017 at 5:21 pm | Reply
This is great news for all us "Zeppelinites" around the world!
James Patrick Page, I will be one of those fans waiting for the release of the gifts you are giving to all of us…
Yes I have the slides at The Inglewood Forum, Last USA Tour, with photo pass from Swang Song records.
Ektachrome 35mm with Nikon F2 Nikkors zoom lens.
It seems that the office in charge don't care aboyes this valiouse vault they will disappears, cause they don't wan to pay, they want them for free.
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El callejón del blues by Parménides García Saldaña.
Mick Leech | 19th December 2017 at 6:13 pm | Reply
If you're a Zep fan, Santa's come a little bit early.
Grizzly greg wyke | 19th December 2017 at 6:46 pm | Reply
Hey hey hey! Bring it on jimmy from a yardbird to 50th anniversary of ZEP. Glad i lived to see it all. Got to see you live with the firm in tempe arizona years ago. Cant wait for new stuff. My favorite album is Led Zeppelin 2. Thank you! Grizzly greg wyke.
Total Sceptic. | 19th December 2017 at 9:00 pm | Reply
Maybe his lawyer told him he had to wait until the composers of the songs he's going to plagiarize to pass away before he releases the "new" Zepplin songs……what a fraud.
Kevin Beyerle | 19th December 2017 at 10:52 pm | Reply
Sorry total sceptic. Copywrites last long after death. Sonic Aftermath is one of the few bands that doesn't play covers
Andrew | 20th December 2017 at 12:07 am | Reply
New unheard music sounds great just hope it's not old songs with different lyrics been done before. And maybe it follows up with a couple of shows but that's reaching
Ozy Zoeller | 20th December 2017 at 6:21 am | Reply
Zeppelin was the heart and soul of my upbringing. Its who i am roday
Grumpster | 20th December 2017 at 12:48 pm | Reply
Dude standing up looks like he's using an iPhone. Time travel is real!!!!! 😉
David Eldridge | 20th December 2017 at 5:00 pm | Reply
AS LONG AS HUMANS HAVE EARS THEY WILL BE GRACED WITH ZEPPELINS POWERFUL MUSIC! 2018 CAN'T GET HERE FAST ENOUGH! THE BAND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS GETTING TO BIG…
terri voerman | 20th December 2017 at 8:21 pm | Reply
Come back to LA Jmmy Page , in any form, seen Led Zeppelin and Plant and Page and Jimmy with the Black Crowes .They all were great but man he tore it up with those crows at the Greek. I was front row ad he made my knees weak !
Maui Mig | 3rd January 2018 at 6:35 pm | Reply
That's a very vague statement. That could mean outtakes of previously released songs, thus not "new" songs, just versions of same old songs we've heard before. Or official release of live songs that have not been released but have been bootlegged. I can't imagine there is anything left in the vaults. I am not going to get my hopes up.
Manuel Riveramelo | 11th May 2018 at 6:58 am | Reply
It sounds interesting hope Jason bongam play with them in some new Music with johns SON THAT WOULD BE COOL JIMMY PAGE ROBERT PLANT JOHN PAUL JONES JASON BONHAM 50 YEARS CELEBRATION ? AWSOME DOIT NEVER QUIT!!!!!.
Roy JOHN Watson | 2nd July 2020 at 12:59 pm | Reply
surprise suprise it did.nt happen did it how much more crap are we going to hear from him .