Led Zeppelin’s back catalog to be available online

LONDON – Led Zeppelin, one of the last major acts to resist digital distribution, is releasing its back catalog online.\nLed Zeppelin said its songs, including “Communication Breakdown,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “Stairway to Heaven,” will be available from online music stores Nov. 13. The band is due to release a two-CD retrospective, “Mothership,” the same day.\n“We are pleased that the complete Led Zeppelin catalog will now be available digitally,” guitarist Jimmy Page said in a statement Monday. “The addition of the digital option will better enable fans to obtain our music in whichever manner that they prefer.”\nThe band has signed a separate deal with Verizon Wireless to offer songs as ringtones and downloads to mobile phones, Verizon said in a statement.\nThe Beatles are the highest-profile holdouts for digital distribution.\nLed Zeppelin, which split up in 1980 after the death of drummer John Bonham, announced last month a Nov. 26 reunion concert in London. The lineup includes Page, singer Robert Plant and bass player John Paul Jones, along with Bonham’s son Jason, on drums.\nMore than 1 million fans entered a draw for a chance to buy one of the 10,000 tickets to the show. The concert is a tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last year.