Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven roller coaster has slipped off the rails after just nine months - the bosses of the ambitious park where the ride is housed have filed for bankruptcy.

The money men behind the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina have officially closed their gates nine months after they launched the tourist trap.

Unable to find new owners, a bankruptcy judge has given the bosses permission to begin liquidating "the world's first rock 'n' roll theme park."

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