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Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Pantera) Books The Inaugural Berzerkus Festival with Cody Jinks, BLS, Clutch, Rival Sons, Black Stone Cherry, and More

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Legendary guitarist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera) has announced his inaugural Berzerkus Festival, set to take place on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Poconos Park in Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Berzerkus will be co-headlined by outlaw country music’s Cody Jinks and Black Label Society. Berzerkers will rock out to an incredible festival lineup that will also include Clutch, Rival Sons, Black Stone Cherry, Zoso (the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience), Atomic Punks (a tribute to early Van Halen) and The Iron Maidens (the world’s only all-female tribute to Iron Maiden). Early Bird presale tickets go on sale Thursday, February 1 at 8 a.m. Eastern exclusively available to those who register through Berzerkus.com. Registrants will receive early access to get the best seats or the limited quantity of Early Bird General Admission lawn tickets for only $19.99 (plus fees) before the price increases to Tier 2 or Tier 3 pricing. Also available are elevated experience packages such as front row, standing pit, reserved seats, dinner on the lake, private cabanas, hotel options and camping packages. Those who wish to purchase tickets on Thursday (prior to tickets going on sale to the general public) should register for a presale password at between now and Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at midnight.Continue reading →


Led Zeppelin Cleared Once Again In Copyright Lawsuit Over “Stairway To Heaven”

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According to NBC News and Blabbermouth.net, the Justice Department filed a friend of court brief late Thursday supporting Led Zeppelin’s in the “Stairway To Heaven” copyright lawsuit. Last September, a federal appeals court decided unanimously to overturn a jury’s decision that ‘Stairway’ classic was not a rip-off of Spirit’s song ‘Taurus’. Michael Skidmore, the trustee of ‘Taurus’ songwriter Randy “California” Wolfe’s estate, had brought the claims more than four decades after ‘Stairway To Heaven’ appeared on Led Zeppelin’s s untitled album, better known as Led Zeppelin IV or Zoso. In its brief filed Thursday, the Justice Department said the trial judge got it right when he ruled that the only work subject to copyright protection was the sheet music because the song was written before Congress changed the law in 1972, which gave protection to sound recordings. In June 2016, a Los Angeles jury deliberated for about five hours before deciding unanimously in favor of Zeppelin.Continue reading →


Led Zeppelin To Receive New Hearing to Uphold “Stairway To Heaven” Verdict

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In a story Ghost Cult has been following for some time, a federal appeals court agreed today (Monday, June 10) to give Led Zeppelin a new hearing to defend a jury’s favorable verdict in a suit that claimed the opening lines of ‘Stairway To Heaven’ had been plagiarized from the 1968 instrumental song ‘Taurus’, by the band Spirit. In addition to the band themselves, music experts, including Rik Emmet of Triumph testified that the descending chord progression found in both songs is common in classical and popular music in countless compositions and cannot be “copyrighted” as a signature riff. Last September, a federal appeals court decided unanimously to overturn a jury’s decision that the 1971 track, arguably the most popular classic rock song ever, was not a rip-off of Spirit’s song. Michael Skidmore, the trustee of ‘Taurus’ songwriter Randy “California” Wolfe’s estate, had brought the claims more than four decades after ‘Stairway To Heaven’ appeared on Zep’s untitled album, better known as Led Zeppelin IV or the Zoso album. Skidmore is a well-known in the industry “copyright troll” who’s many lawsuits are cash-grabs without merit. Continue reading →