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Post by rockfan on Sept 12, 2007 10:23:29 GMT -5
CNN News
Report: Led Zeppelin re-forming for concert
Published: 9/12/07, 11:00 AM EDT
LONDON, England (CNN) - Rock legends Led Zeppelin are to reform for the first time in 19 years for a one-off concert in London, the band is expected to announce.
Singer Robert Plant, 59, last week hinted that the band were reforming when a fan asked him about the possibility of a performance.
He replied: "How did you know about that?", the British Press Association reported.
The three surviving original band members -- Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones -- are said to be planning a concert at the O2 Arena in November, organized by promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
It would coincide with a new "Best Of Led Zeppelin" CD due to be released that month.
It is believed a tour could follow if the concert is successful.
The band broke up in 1980 when drummer John Bonham died after a drinking binge.
His son, Jason, is expected to join the band on stage.
The band have played several times since they split, including at Live Aid in 1985.
Led Zeppelin have sold around 200 million albums, including more than 100 million in the US.
It is reported that money raised from ticket sales will go to a charity formed following the death of Ahmet Ertegun, who founded Atlantic Records
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Post by greeneyes on Sept 12, 2007 11:29:26 GMT -5
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Post by Stiletto on Sept 12, 2007 12:02:35 GMT -5
One of the greatest bands...........ever...........
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Post by klees on Sept 12, 2007 12:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by Cheza on Sept 12, 2007 17:10:39 GMT -5
MSN Article: Zeppelin Takes Flight Once More Sept. 12, 2007, 12:43 PM EST Hard rock giant Led Zeppelin is re-forming, but for one night only By Lars Brandle and Tom Ferguson Billboard British band Led Zeppelin will play a one-off show in London on Nov. 26, a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder and chairman emeritus Ahmet Ertegun, who died Dec. 14, 2006, at age 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 www.ahmettribute.com Web site. Confirmation of the show, putting an end to several months of speculation, came at a press conference Wednesday when 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," on Nov. 13 in the United States. It will be the band's third onstage reunion since folding shortly after Bonham's death. Page, Plant and Jones initially re-formed with Genesis' Phil Collins and Power Station's Tony Thompson sharing drum duties, for a performance at Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985. In May 1988, Jason Bonham joined the three originals for another reunion at an Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert in New York. 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 Rodgers (Free, Bad Company) and also scored two "Death Wish" movies in the early 1980s. The pair reunited 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 outtakes 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 offstage 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. |
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Post by rockfan on Sept 13, 2007 9:27:57 GMT -5
 CNN News Whole lotta rush for Zep tickets Published: 9/13/07, 10:00 AM EDT LONDON, England (CNN) - Rock fans have rushed to register to see Led Zeppelin's comeback gig after the legendary group announced plans for their first live performance in more than two decades. Around 20 million people have already applied online to buy tickets for the November 26 concert at London's O2 Arena at a rate of 80,000 a minute, promoters said.
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Post by Cindy on Sept 13, 2007 9:56:40 GMT -5
As Robert Browning so wistfully wrote....
"Oh to be in England...."
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Post by greeneyes on Sept 13, 2007 11:57:04 GMT -5
CNN News It is believed a tour could follow if the concert is successful. Sounds pretty successful so far...   |
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Post by rockfan on Nov 11, 2007 13:36:33 GMT -5
CNN News It is believed a tour could follow if the concert is successful. Sounds pretty successful so far... Except for this press release: AHMET ERTEGUN TRIBUTE CONCERT POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 10th Led Zeppelin Guitarist Jimmy Page Fractures Finger The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, originally scheduled for Monday, November 26th and featuring Led Zeppelin, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings,Paul Rodgers, Paolo Nutini, and Foreigner has been postponed until December 10th due to Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page fracturing his finger. The injury to Page's finger, which was sustained this past weekend, will not allow him to play guitar for 3 weeks. The specialist treating Mr. Page said, "I have examined the fracture to Mr. Page's finger, and it is my opinion that with proper rest and treatment, he will be ready to resume rehearsing in three weeks time, and thus able to perform on December 10." Jimmy Page added, "I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks. However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to." |
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Post by rockfan on Jan 28, 2008 18:14:25 GMT -5
Hmmm, there is hope for a tour  - Led Zeppelin Guitarist Wants World Tour
Published: 1/28/08, 10:05 AM EDT
By ERIC TALMADGE
TOKYO (AP) - Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Monday he was ready to take the iconic band on a world tour after burning up the stage at last month's reunion concert in London. But it probably won't be before September.
"The amount of work we put into O2 was what you would normally put into a world tour anyway," Page, 64, said of the intense rehearsing the band did for the Dec. 10 concert at London's O2 Arena.
The band's three surviving members - Page, singer Robert Plant and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones - were joined at the sold-out benefit show by the late John Bonham's son Jason on drums.
Page, who was in Japan to promote the new Zeppelin release, "Mothership," said the two-hour-plus concert was proof that Led Zeppelin can still perform at its best.
He said the band, which formed in 1968, was ready musically to get back together and take it out on a wider run, but it was not clear when it would go on tour as the singer had other plans.
"Robert Plant has a parallel project and he is busy with that until September," Page said.
Plant and bluegrass star Alison Krauss will begin their world tour with a run of shows in the southern U.S. this spring. The two released an album in October called "Raising Sand" that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard chart in the U.S. The duo will tour Europe in May before returning for North American shows still to be announced for June and July.
Page said the band set their standards very high before agreeing to do the reunion, their first in 20 years. Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 after the elder Bonham's death.
Page said they rehearsed for weeks, apprehensive that the cohesion they had in the 1970s when they were at their peak might be hard to rediscover.
"We wanted people who might not have even been alive in 1980 when we finished to understand what we were," he said.
Page said all went well until he broke a finger in three places, forcing the band to postpone the show for several weeks.
"But we did the show, and it was great," he said. "It was instant in terms of chemistry."Recent pic of the great Jimmy Page   |
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Post by cfbj01 on Jan 28, 2008 20:04:18 GMT -5
Thanks for posting rf.
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Post by klees on Jan 31, 2008 15:32:50 GMT -5
I'm loving Jimmy's look. And he still sounds great in the clips I've seen at youtube.  |
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