On 26 April 2018, the song “Piece of Me” was released.
For Record Store Day on 21 April 2018, Led Zeppelin released a 7″ single “Rock and Roll” (Sunset Sound Mix) / “Friends” (Olympic Studio Mix) , their first single in 21 years.
The band became known late in the USA. The April 2018 issues of Maximumrocknroll began with a debate on the band’s merits in the punk scene. The single “Rapist” achieved belated fame in the US punk scene and was re-released in 2019 by Splattered! Records.
In April 2018, founder member and original drummer Ray Phillips published his autobiography.
The band played five dates in April 2018, at Moscow , St Petersburg , Helsinki , Berlin , and Prague . The shows were well-attended, with Helsinki a sell-out. The set-list again varied from night-to-night, with an almost 50/50 selection of Rainbow and Deep Purple songs.
Although the band continued to avoid studio recording, April 2018 saw the full release of another live album, Live in Vienna , presenting the complete concert in Vienna on 1 December 2016.
On 1 April 2018, the band debuted a new song, “Over It”, on BBC Radio 1. The song was the first single off their sixth studio album, Gravity , which was confirmed for release on 29 June 2018.
Also released for the celebration was a reissue of How the West Was Won on 23 March 2018, which includes the album’s first pressing on vinyl.
The eighteenth album, Firepower , was released on 9 March 2018, with a world tour taking place thereafter, beginning in North America with Saxon and Black Star Riders as their support acts. Firepower achieved a new peak in the US, where it peaked at number five, where it sold over…
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The third single ” Dylan & Caitlin ” was released as a download on 9 March 2018.