Did you get tickets for the Led Zeppelin comeback gig next month in London? Well done if so, and bah humbug if not. And whichever category you fall into, we've got some bad news for you. It sounds like good news: Led Zeppelin are finally making their back catalogue available in digital form, allowing fans to buy albums or individual tracks from online stores.
But the bad news part is that US operator Verizon Wireless has signed an exclusive deal to sell mobile full-track downloads and ringtones. Bright sparks among you will have twigged that Verizon doesn't operate in the UK, which seemingly means no Led Zep for UK mobile users - at least until the exclusive runs out.
Admittedly, this isn't a dreadful state of affairs. If you want the band's songs on your phone, you can just rip the CDs. Meanwhile, the files sold through online stores may work on phones too, format permitting. But still, these kind of exclusives - when restricted to an operator in one country - are a great shame for fans in the rest of the world.
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