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Jimmy Page's proudest moment…. was with Leona Lewis?

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In a recent interview with Uncut, Jimmy Page has said that his greatest achievement outside of Led Zeppelin was performing with X-factor winning singer Leona Lewis at the 2008 olympics in Beijing. In the interview Page complimented Lewis' vocals during their performance of Whole Lotta Love  saying that "She's really plucky, she's superb and she sang ' Whole Lotta Love ' brilliantly". Of the performance he also said that he was very proud that "We didn't fuck it up". "It was a Led Zeppelin number but it took on another persona. I was proud to be able to play that riff for the handover." Page has in recent interviews discussed the possibility that he will tour in 2015 alongside a backing band, while he in september he discussed with NME that Led Zeppelin are not looking likely to reunite "I don't think it looks as though thats a possibility or on the cards". Recently Page has also published a self-titled aut...

Bob Dylan plays unique concert for one very lucky son of a *****

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Yesterday afternoon about 3pm I was in the supermarket. I bought a pack of roll, A pack of chargrilled chicken and a packet of Crackers. I then walked back to my dorm in the rain, and listened to some Replacements on the way back. While I was listening to I Will Dare one Swedish lucky 41 year old fellow named Fredrik Wikingsson was sitting in Philadelphia's Academy of Music. To his left was no-one, to his right was no-one, behind him was no-one, but in front of him was the greatest artist of the 20th century, and the voice of more than one generation; Bob Dylan, or Zimmy to his weirder fans.  In the amazing concert Wikingsson was alone, he sat in the second row of the arena. Because as he told Rolling Stone, he thought "the front row might freak him [Dylan] out".  Photo by Getty. In the unique concert experience Dylan played 4 songs, Covers of Buddy Holly's Heartbeat , Fats Domino's Blueberry Hill  and Chuck Will's It's Too Late (She...