{"id":10899,"date":"2026-07-19T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10899"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:13:00","slug":"pavement-have-fun-with-clunky-led-zeppelin-cover-at-tour-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10899","title":{"rendered":"Pavement Have Fun With Clunky Led Zeppelin Cover at Tour Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pavement.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1612527\" data-title=\"Pavement Perform Clunky Cover of \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d: Watch\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/pavement-perform-clunky-zeppelin-cover\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/pavement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pavement<\/a> performed a wretched cover of Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d on Saturday, July 17th at an Oakland, California festival in what was clearly a bit of fun for the band.<\/p>\n<p>The indie rock progenitors engaged in a bit of what English chaps like Zeppelin would call \u201ctaking the piss\u201d out of the guitar-god-level slow jam while on their opening date of a short U.S. tour at Mosswood Meltdown. The clunky cover by a group that belies the idea of guitar-shredding rock stardom was also obviously the band having fun at their own expense. See fan video of the cover below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=Pavement%2Azeppelin-cover-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fpavement-tickets%2Fperformer%2F22178\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Pavement Tickets Here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pavement transitions from their late-blooming hit \u201cHarness Your Hopes,\u201d a 1999 song that found unexpected streaming success in 2017 and went viral a couple years later, into a partial take on \u201cStairway to Heaven,\u201d playing on similarities of the intro to their tune to the 1971 composition. Frontman Stephen Malkmus sang mostly nonsense lyrics, at one point rhyming \u201cfandangos\u201d with \u201cI like mangoes\u201d before atonally moaning in a humorous impression of Robert Plant. The guitarists managed some excellent six-string stunts.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Their rendition showed the band was loose and having fun at the onset of their tour, which next hits St. Paul, Minnesota on July 21st. Fans can look for tickets to any dates on Pavement\u2019s week-long U.S. tour <a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=pavement&amp;subId2=zeppelin-cover&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fpavement-tickets%2Fperformer%2F22178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band blasted through a 25-song set at Mosswood Meltdown that kicked off with \u201cSilence Kid\u201d and featured \u201cCut Your Hair,\u201d \u201cRange Life,\u201d and \u201cSummer Babe\u201d before ending with an encore of \u201cAT&amp;T.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pavement released their<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/05\/pavement-witchitai-to-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> first new studio<\/a> recording in 25 years in 2025, a cover of Jim Pepper\u2019s \u201cWitchitai-To,\u201d which was on the soundtrack for <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/05\/pavements-review-pavement-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Ross Perry\u2019s biopic Pavements<\/a>. The band also made their <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/05\/pavement-perform-on-colbert-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first late-night TV appearance in 15 years<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pavement - Harness Your Hopes (Live) \/ Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Cover)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSYFuFQ0aWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pavement 2026 Tour Dates:<\/strong><br \/>07\/21 \u2013 Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre<br \/>07\/22 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed<br \/>07\/23 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater &amp; Ballroom<br \/>07\/25 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National<br \/>07\/27 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium<br \/>07\/28 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pavement performed a wretched cover of Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d on Saturday, July 17th at an Oakland, California festival in what was clearly a bit of fun for the band. 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