LED ZEPPELIN RUMORS BACK IN OVERDRIVE
It's no surprise that rumors about Led Zeppelin's future
plans are in overdrive again following Monday's (Dec.
10) triumphant return at the O2 Arena in London. The
latest report, published in Britain's Sun newspaper and
quoting a backstage source, have Zep playing a
three-night stand at New York's Madison Square Garden in
2008. The Sun quotes its source as saying: "The band
were really fired up and were talking about their late
drummer John Bonham and what he would have thought about
it. Then the talk went to, 'What next? Was this it or
would there be something else?' One of the guys started
talking about their three concerts at the Garden. There
was a consensus of, 'Why not?' " There are also rumors,
equally unsubstantiated, that the group is holding dates
at a number of venues around North America for some kind
of tour in the new year. What is definite, however, is
that frontman Robert Plant plans to tour with American
bluegrass star Alison Krauss to support their
Grammy-nominated album "Rising Sand." Plant is also
reportedly talking to that set's producer, T-Bone
Burnett, about working on Plant's next solo album.
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*THIS WAS EASILY THE BIGGEST
EVENT
IN CLASSIC ROCK IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS**
- Robert Plant
- Jimmy Page
- John Paul Jones
- Jason Bonham (son of drummer John Bonham)
The concert also features:
- Bill Wyman (former Rolling Stones member) and his
Rhythm Kings
- Paul Rodgers (performing with Wyman's band)
- Foreigner (featuring Mick Jones)
and more..
Read below for breaking news and video on the Led Zeppelin Concert...
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 Rogers, 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."
TICKET HOLDERS PLEASE NOTE
ALL Tickets for the November 26th show will be valid for the rescheduled date.
Here's the original press release announcing
Led Zeppelin's "one show" reunion.
TRIBUTE TO AHMET ERTEGUN
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
O2 ARENA, LONDON
It's official! Led Zeppelin will reunite for one
show, a tribute concert for the co-founder of Atlantic
Records,
Ahmet Ertegun.
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bohnam will play a one-off show at the O2 Arena in London, which has a capacity of 20,000, on November 26th.
Tickets
will be 150 pounds (around $250). Some of this
Information is posted on the recently updated
Led
Zeppelin web site. The Who's Pete Townshend,
former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Foreigner and
Paolo Nutini will also be performing.
The
only way to get tickets is by registering at
http://www.ahmettribute.com/, and they will
be randomly selected in a drawing. If you do
win, they will notify you and you must purchase
the tickets at that time.
Contact
the O2 Arena at 011 44 208 463 2000.
Due
to the massive interest in this reunion, most of
the sites are currently unreachable and phone
numbers are busy. So if you can't access these
websites, you're not alone.
Organizers
of the show have extended the deadline from
midday today (Monday, September 17th) to midday
(about 7 a.m. EST) Wednesday, September 19th,
due to "unprecedented demand," according to
promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
Goldsmith
said the web site,
www.AhmetTribute.com, has been receiving
more than five million hits an hour since it
went up last week and 80,000 ticket requests a
minute.
Here is a slideshow of Led Zeppelin pictures