Well it have been speculated for whole summer and now the rumours starts to carry wind…
From Led-zeppelin.org
Zeppelin Takes Flight Once More A.K.A. THE REUNION
From: BILLBOARD.BIZ 2007.09.12
Hard rock giant Led Zeppelin is reforming, but for one night only.The British band will play a one-off show at London’s 22,000-capacity O2 arena Nov. 26.
The O2 show is a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder and chairman emeritus Ahmet Ertegun, who died Dec. 14 2006, aged 83. Led Zeppelin’s heavyweight manager, the late Peter Grant, signed the band to Ertegun’s Atlantic in November 1968.
The Who’s Pete Townshend, former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini will also perform on the night. Profits will benefit the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun’s homeland, Turkey.
Tickets costing £125 ($254) will be allocated on a lottery basis through the http://www.ahmettribute.com web site.
The O2 show was first tipped in Billboard’s Aug. 4 issue, but industry sources acknowledge standing offers have been on the table for a Led Zeppelin tour for more than a decade.
Confirmation of the date, putting an end to several months of speculation, came at a press conference at the O2 today. The three surviving members of the band, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones confirmed they are to reunite onstage for the third time in 27 years. The drummer for the evening will be Jason Bonham, son of the band’s original drummer John Bonham, who died from a heart attack in 1980.
The show will follow the release of a new Atlantic/Rhino two-disc, 24-track best-of set, “Mothership,” in the United States on Nov. 13 in the United States.
The original band split shortly after Bonham’s death. Page, Plant and Jones initially reformed with Genesis’ Phil Collins and Chic/Power Station sticksman Tony Thompson sharing drum duties, for a performance at Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985. And in May 1988, Jason Bonham joined the three originals for another “one-off” reunion at an Atlantic Records 40th-anniversary concert in New York City.
Post-Zeppelin, Plant has released a string of solo albums, while Page has collaborated with other vocalists, including David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) and Paul Rogers (Free, Bad Company) and also scored two of the successful “Death Wish” action movie franchise in the early 1980s. The pair re-united in 1994 for an MTV special, toured globally and released the live set “No Quarter” (Mercury, 1994). Jones has released two solo albums, although his post-Zeppelin work has largely concentrated on production and arranging.
Led Zeppelin was assembled in 1968 by Page, who at that time, was one of the United Kingdom’s most in-demand session guitarists and a member of successful but newly-folded British Invasion act the Yardbirds. The latter act had been managed by former wrestler Grant. Page recruited the other three members initially as the New Yardbirds, but the band swiftly adopted the Led Zeppelin moniker.
Zeppelin was an immediate success, particularly in the United States, where its 10 albums, including the live film soundtrack “The Song Remains the Same” and the posthumous out-takes collection “Coda” all made the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. Industry sources suggest the band’s total sales to date exceed 300 million albums. The act was also a huge live draw throughout the 1970s, equally famed for its lengthy, much-bootlegged, live sets and a reputation for off-stage excess.
Led Zeppelin formed its own Warner-distributed label, Swansong in 1974, signing Scottish Blues-rock vocalist Maggie Bell and 1960s survivors the Pretty Things. Its own first release on the label was the 1976 double set “Physical Graffiti,” a Billboard chart-topper.
Sadly I belong to the group of millions who wont have the change to see them. What a pity…if they have ready for one show, why not for whole tour? Call it cash-in or anything else, I surely would pay alot to see them…
By: mike currill - 4th November 2007 at 09:40
Well ofcourse they wont sound as they use to..Tough Jason is a good drummer, he is no way near of his father. But the whole point for these reunions is not to expect them to sound as they use to. I’ve seen both Jethro Tull and The Who during this summer and with both I was somewhat positively suprised as I didn’t expect perfromances that they use to do back in the days..
But the question is, will the concert be filmed for TV?
Whilst I may not always see eye to eye with your oppinions I have to say I like your taste in music.
Regards
An Aging Rocker:D
By: Gollevainen - 3rd November 2007 at 13:30
Could almoust said its rigth for them:rolleyes:
…not bitter but…
By: barrythemod - 3rd November 2007 at 08:57
Imagine this……
Got the tickets,booked the flights and hotels.
Then This Happens.
Oooppsss:o 😮
By: Gollevainen - 18th October 2007 at 08:08
hmm…don’t know wether thats a good news, since I havent (yet) came up with any decent effort when “old gits” decideds to spirit up their calm pensionare days by going to the studio…:confused:
One of the magical elements of led Zeppelin is that almoust every single piece of music that they recorded (not to mention those that they didn’t) in their prime were solid diamond. To add something as…hmm…mediocore like in the “Walking Into Clarcsdale” to that catalogue wouldnt be IMO best possiple move.
By: barrythemod - 18th October 2007 at 07:36
Every cloud has a silver lining Golly 😀
By: Gollevainen - 29th September 2007 at 10:17
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:( 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
By: barrythemod - 29th September 2007 at 09:17
By: barrythemod - 21st September 2007 at 08:22
Led Zep to do a second reunion show?
By: Old Git - 16th September 2007 at 23:05
When Led Zep first came on the scene, I thought they were phenomenal and I would rather remember them as they were. My only regret is that I never saw them live when I could have done. I also had the chance to go to the IOW festival when Jimi Hendrix et al were playing but declined in favour of spotting at Heathrow and Northolt….sigh
By: barrythemod - 16th September 2007 at 21:09
The registration site has had over 20 million hits already.Looks like we’ve got more chance of having intimate relations with a religious leader than getting our grubby hands on a ticket.
By: KabirT - 14th September 2007 at 11:46
I thought i would fly down to London for this but seeing the tickets are to be priced 160 pounds onwards and there is some ballot system, i think i shall miss another great gig.
But anyway… this is a very very good news.
By: Gollevainen - 14th September 2007 at 05:17
Well ofcourse they wont sound as they use to..Tough Jason is a good drummer, he is no way near of his father. But the whole point for these reunions is not to expect them to sound as they use to. I’ve seen both Jethro Tull and The Who during this summer and with both I was somewhat positively suprised as I didn’t expect perfromances that they use to do back in the days..
But the question is, will the concert be filmed for TV?
By: Hornchurch - 14th September 2007 at 04:07
Interesting that you mention about Mick Jones’s ‘Foreigner’ playing on the same night……
This last year, Jason Bonham has been their drummer, since leaving UFO (with the return of Andy Parker), so he’s been filling in those superb & intricate ‘in-song’ drum rolls that Dennis Elliot used to do before he retired….
(like on the track “I’ll Get Even With You” from the Album “Head Games”)
The new vocalist sounds excellent (from what I’ve heard on ‘You-Tube’) which is just as well, now that Lou Gramm’s voice has (apparently, dramatically) declined since his heyday (“Cold As Ice”, etc), due to his tumour removal in ’97.
Personally, I reckon it’s just as well most of us WON’T get to see ‘Zeppelin’ playing live, as despite I reckon that Jason & J.P.J. will sound good – I can’t see Page or Plant sounding anywhere near as good as they did in their heyday
Page was a great innovator on his style & chord structures (& was my main influence when I first started playing guitar !), as well as riffs like “Black Dog”
Tracks like “The Rain Song” with their intricate chords still sound great, but as a 25 year-playing guitarist now, I can tell ya, I’d expect him to be a tad ‘scrappy’ live, especially if he’s like he was in the late ’70’s, & busy round the ol’ ‘Jack-Daniels’
Think I’ll just stick to listening to the likes of ‘Zep II’ & ‘Physical Graffitti’
& see what turns up on ‘You-Tube’, if any (?)
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September 13, 2007 at 4:59 pm