Led Zeppelin - To Reunite For One Night Only
Classic Rock has just announced after much speculation that Led Zeppelin will reunite for a one-off special show at the O2 Arena in London on Monday, November 26.
The message on the Classic Rock website procedes:
"Tickets cost £125 each and will be available 'by ballot'. More details as we have it.
The bill also includes Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini.
Founding members Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals) and John Paul Jones (bass) will be joined by Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, on drums.
The one-off performance has just been announced via a handout given to attendees at a press conference in the Vue cinema at the O2 complex. It's a memorial gig in honour of Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder and longstanding chairman of Atlantic Records.
Ertegun, the man who signed Zep to Atlantic, died in December 2006 at age 83.
Profits from the show will go to Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund which provides students with annual scholarships to universities in the UK, USA and Turkey."
To read the full message visit the Classic Rock page at this location.
The message on the Classic Rock website procedes:
"Tickets cost £125 each and will be available 'by ballot'. More details as we have it.
The bill also includes Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini.
Founding members Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals) and John Paul Jones (bass) will be joined by Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, on drums.
The one-off performance has just been announced via a handout given to attendees at a press conference in the Vue cinema at the O2 complex. It's a memorial gig in honour of Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder and longstanding chairman of Atlantic Records.
Ertegun, the man who signed Zep to Atlantic, died in December 2006 at age 83.
Profits from the show will go to Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund which provides students with annual scholarships to universities in the UK, USA and Turkey."
To read the full message visit the Classic Rock page at this location.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
125 pounds? That's a fucking lot.
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353  |
My dad was right  I thought it was just a rumour. Well, good for these old folks, but it is so unfair that they are going to do just one gig, they should do a world tour instead.
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| jupitreas hi-fi / lo-life Staff Posts: 6659  |
hmm i think i might go and see them. probably wont be many chances to see these guys play again in the future...
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| Vunts Posts: 910  |
hmm...the ticket costs more than I would need to get there by plane. I'm out 
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| selken Irreligious Posts: 949  |
wow, it's one day after my birthday, London is so far away, one gig is not enough for them. 125 pounds? is that the minimal weight for going or is the price? 
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
money, money, money
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| Veertje Posts: 627  |
I believe there will bo maaaaany students who will get a scholarship, the concert is going to make huge profits with 125 pounds for one ticket 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
pfft, reunion my ass. Dig up John Bonhams corpse and then Ill consider taking this seriously.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Dane Train Beers & Kilts Elite Posts: 8902  |
Well I am planning on selling my room mate on eBay for money so I can try and go.
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698  |
I'm thinking of selling my virginity on-line to go...
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| BF Posts: 45  |
Written by jupitreas on 12.09.2007 at 19:30 There won't be any chances to go see them again. They havn't played together in 19 years, and by the time another 19 years goes by these guys will be pensioners.
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What a big feeling it must be for Jason to play all his father's tracks along with the classic line-up. I envy him, I want to play drums for Led Zep too 
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| Hyvaarin Posts: 1487  |
One-off? Hahahahahaaha.
---- "Summoned By Words Never Spoken Before..."
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101  |
Written by iaberis on 13.09.2007 at 04:08 How will you get the last £124 then?
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698 |
Written by GT on 13.09.2007 at 11:30 You're right! I'll become a pornstar then! These guys get much more! There will be money even for the plane tickets! Haha! 
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101 |
Written by iaberis on 13.09.2007 at 11:40 Sounds like a better idea...much more money in the pornindustry 
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| Darth Satanious Post Destroyer Posts: 2157  |
It has been ages since I first heard that rumor of a reunited Led with the son of Bonham on drums. I think that we should also consider the possibility that after playing together they would like to keep on going. I wonder if that would turn out to be a good idea.
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| Infurnace Posts: 948  |
Wow, I'd really like to see them. I'm a pretty big fan of Led Zeppelin.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by BF on 13.09.2007 at 04:34 12 years. I was reading about this gig in the paper today and it said 12 years.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by jupitreas on 12.09.2007 at 19:30 I fdon't think you've got a chance. All 20,000 tickets are sold out. There were 20,000,000 requests for tickets.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| BF Posts: 45 |
Depends on which paper/news report you read/see. I never trust T.V these days anyway. The highlight story of the night is always a dog on a surfboard, while a cure for cancer gets a 5 second mention and is generally quite poorly reported. However the band disbanded in 1980 so that means that at a maximum they havn't played together for 27 years. However Page and Plant did tour together (last show 1998). if you count this as a Led Zep show (I don't as there are still surviving members missing) then it was 9 years ago. Either way we know what I mean.
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| jupitreas hi-fi / lo-life Staff Posts: 6659 |
im 100% certain that this concert will suck big time btw (they already sucked back in the aforementioned page and plant shows in the 90s) but it would be nice to say "i saw led zeppelin live". Oh well, Alice Cooper is coming to these parts soon anyway, so Ill just go see him instead 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by jupitreas on 14.09.2007 at 10:57 Btw I saw the Page & Plant show in the 90s in Rotterdam, and lemme guarantee you that absolutely DIDN'T suck, it was great. Especially the addition of an Egyptian and Dutch orchestra worked brilliantly.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| BrightNight Posts: 236  |
I did read that Led Zeppelin is to consider a world tour after this.
---- "So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in spread the words today Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave Or you children of today are Children of the Grave."
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