Here we go again...
Led Zeppelin has been ordered by a U.S. appeals court to face a new trial over whether it stole the opening guitar riff of “Stairway to Heaven” from an obscure instrumental written four years earlier by Randy California for the Spirit song "Taurus." On Friday, a 3-0 decision in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco threw out a June 2016 verdict in the rock band’s favor, citing a series of errors by the trial judge. The decision revives one of the music industry’s most closely-watched copyright cases, potentially exposing Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page to millions of dollars of damages.
Stay tuned!