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MusicRadar vs the BBC on the demise of Led Zeppelin

'Zep-gate': a timeline of critical events

The MusicRadar Team, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 4:10 pm UTC

8 January 2009

9:00am
Norwegian newspapers, New York City's 'premier rock station' Q104.3, Kerrang! Radio and Rolling Stone discover the contradiction.

9:55am
The BBC and NME are contacted with the updated news. The NME removes the old article from the homepage. The BBC agrees to check its facts.

15:15pm
Still no retraction from the BBC.

9 January 2009

10:01am
Overnight, the rest of the internet is, quite rightly, rather confused. MusicRadar's exclusive hits the mainstream including The Guardian, LA Times, Teletext's Planet Sound, XFM, Undercover News, Blabbermouth, Gibson and Idolator, to name but a few.

12:52pm
The NME adds a brand new story, acknowledging the latest interview on MusicRadar.

14:43pm
Still no retraction from the BBC.

16:29pm
MTV see the light.

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