Led Zeppelin must face new trial claiming it stole 'Stairway' riff

Lifestyle Sunday 30/September/2018 10:46 AM
By: Times News Service
Led Zeppelin must face new trial claiming it stole 'Stairway' riff

San Francisco: British rock band Led Zeppelin was ordered by a U.S. appeals court to face a new trial over whether it stole the opening guitar riff for its 1971 anthem "Stairway to Heaven" from an obscure instrumental written four years earlier.
In a 3-0 decision on Friday, the in San Francisco threw out a June 2016 verdict in the rock band's favour, citing a series of errors by the trial judge.