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Depeche Mode Announce 2017 Tour to Support New Album

English electronic giants Depeche Mode have announced a 2017 world tour to support their upcoming album Spirit, which will be

It’s over. A jury said that Led Zeppelin did not infringe in any way on Spirit’s “Taurus” for guitar bits

Led Zeppelin may have, er, appropriated some works and passed them off as their own (here are ten examples along with

The trial to determine if Jimmy Page and Robert Plant owe money for ripping off bits of “Stairway to Heaven”

Possibly. Three days into testimony, lawyers for Led Zeppelin have asked that the judge halt the whole trial because the

The Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism trial started Tuesday and has wrapped up for the week. Where do we

Did Jimmy Page and Robert Plant cop some of the guitar bits for “Stairway to Heaven” from an instrumental entitled

To recap: lawyers representing the remains of the band Spirit want a judge and jury to decide if Jimmy Page

It was 25 years ago that Mount Pinatubo blew its stack in the Philippines. So much dust was thrown into

When I was in Hong Kong the other day, a guy in a shop asked where I was from. “Toronto,”

If you’ve been following this story, the accusation is that Jimmy Page lifted material for “Stairway to Heaven” from a

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver