PropertyValue
?:author
?:datePublished
  • 2021-08-16 (xsd:date)
?:headline
  • Does This Video Show A ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Firework Tribute To Led Zeppelin In Japan? (en)
?:inLanguage
?:itemReviewed
?:mentions
?:reviewBody
  • A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows a fireworks display in Japan as a tribute to the band Led Zeppelin. Verdict: False The video was taken in China, not Japan, and is unrelated to the band Led Zeppelin. Fact Check: The 61-second video shows what looks like explosions of golden light slowly inching upwards in a night sky to form a ladder. In Japan they made a tribute to the rock and roll band Led Zeppelin by making a stairway to fireworks heaven, the video’s caption reads. Spectacular. Something never seen... The video, however, does not show a Japanese tribute to the English rock band Led Zeppelin that recorded the 1971 hit song Stairway to Heaven . Through a keyword search, Check Your Fact found the same video included a 2015 article from Chicago news station WGN 9 , which explained the display took place in Quanzhou City in southeastern China and showed a sky ladder. An August 2015 article from Bloomberg further explained that Chinese artist and pyrotechnic fan Cai Guo-Qiang created the display and dedicated it to his grandmother for her 100th birthday. Guo-Qiang previously attempted the display in 1992, 2001 and 2012 but was unable to obtain the proper permissions in each instance, according to the outlet . The project was the subject of the 2016 Netflix documentary Sky Ladder . A photo of the fireworks display can be found on Guo-Qiang’s website . (RELATED: Does This Video Show Olympic Fireworks In Japan?) The reports from WGN-TV and Bloomberg do not mention anything about the fireworks being a tribute to Led Zeppelin. Nor does Guo-Qiang’s website mention the British band. A wider internet search likewise turned up no results for the fireworks display being related to Led Zeppelin. (en)
?:reviewRating
rdf:type
?:url