The Mothership entered the Billboard chart at number 7, selling 136,000 copies in its first week. Not bad at all!

For those of you with Facebook accounts, there is now a Led Zeppelin mothership application for your profile. You guide a little Zeppelin through caves and have to pick up plectrum-shaped bonuses along the way. Another perfect way of killing some time on the internet! There will be weekly giveaways of CD’s and t-shirts for the most dedicated high-scoring Zeppelites out there! Here’s the link: wooogomothership!

I’ve also been informed that Rhino are currently hosting a competition, giving a lucky son or daughter of a gun to win a pair of tickets to the hallowed reunion gig on December 10…along with other prizes. Here’s the link: gimmethoseticketsboy

Speaking of the gig…well if you aren’t going, and the Fairy Competition Godmother doesn’t grant you with access to the ball there’s an alternative way to spend the weekend leading up to it. Even if you are going, it’s a potential warming up prospect.. I’ve been told that it’s going to be a “Led Zeppelin tribute weekend set out in Oxfordshire” put on by event organisers Rockmasters. It’s a chance for Led Zep fans to get together and jam and learn to play classic Zep tracks. Guests will include former bandmate of Jimmy Page, Mike Hurst; percussion legend Clem Cattini and Led Zep support act Maggie Bell as your dinner date. There will even be a Led Zeppelin tribute act playing live on the Saturday night. You can even get picked up by motorcycle! Interested? Here’s the link: LetmeplaylikeBonhamPagePlantandJonespleeeeaaassse!

Still no follow-up news on further LZ gigs, but fingers crossed and brace yourselves…

As you were.