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My oh my, this appears to be the year of reunions. The Police are back together and touring well, the second version of Black Sabbath with Dio at the helm is touring as Heaven and Hell and Eddie is out of treatment, Van Halen is queued up with David Lee Roth at the helm. What could top this?
A Led Zeppelin reunion trumps all.
via Telegraph.co.uk:
Speculation has been rife that the three surviving band members, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones had been planning to perform their greatest hits at a memorial concert for the late Island Record boss Ahmet Ertegun.
If — and it’s a big if, this Zeppelin reunion is only a good rumor at this point — this reunion pans out with Bonham’s son Jason who is currently beating skins for Foreigner, then it’s sadly only for one show. Boo, hiss.
While Plant still has the pipes, they should just run out a full tour already. What are they waiting for? If it’s out of respect for Bonham, they should remember that Jason Bonham is willing and able to fill the drum set of his father; Bonham’s legacy does go on.
I mean when less popular bands like the Scorpions and more popular bands like the Rolling Stones are still out there touring and cranking out new albums, what are Page and Plant doing? When Dio is over 60 and belting out Sabbath tunes and Ozzy’s voice is gone, there is no such thing as an “old” rocker.
Just lace ‘em up and take the Stairway to fans. We’ve waited long enough. The real question is how much would you pay for a ticket? Me? I’d pay more to see a Led Zeppelin reunion tour than any other reunion band out there.
Update 9/12/07 4:12pm PST: This one-off Led Zeppelin concert — a full set, not a partial set — has been confirmed according to the BBC. Tickets will cost £125 and be “allocated by ballot” (whatever that means).
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I agree on paying more to see them than anyone else… Of course their concerts are legendary 3 hour no break marathons and THAT could be the “real” reason they would never do a tour… (age does limit some things after all)
With their tunes in car commercials and still playing on radio and still selling they probably don’t need the cash….
Comment by FranciscoIV — September 4, 2007 @ 10:54 am PST
Well two things in my opinion. They can always use more money, and it would be HUGE money for the tour. Their children could use the money in the estate.
As far as John’s boy doing a good job on the drums, I saw him play in London once and he is an AMAZING drummer. No problem.
Comment by Cathy — September 9, 2007 @ 8:06 pm PST
The amount the ticekts could go far is unimaginable. I could easily see sell out after sell out at $500-1000/ticket.
Comment by Steve — September 12, 2007 @ 2:58 pm PST
This one-off concert has been confirmed by the band. It will be a full set. Original post has an updated added with link to reflect this news.
Comment by TDavid — September 12, 2007 @ 4:02 pm PST
It’s a very nice thing to do for Ahmet’s charity. You’ll find no bigger Zep fan than me, but I have to say that Jimmy’s not the player he has been and Robert’s vocals are much reduced from his earlier range. That said, Zep live can still kick anyone’s ass. I’d love to see Jonesy back at stage left working his magic. Haven’t seen that since ‘77. These guys love the stage and a full tour should not be ruled out but Plant’s recent success may prevent that. Great to see Bonzo Jr. locked in too. I hope they do a nice job recording the show for dvd!
Comment by DG — November 27, 2007 @ 4:25 pm PST
Who will Led Zeppelin have as an opening act on their 2008 US tour???
The rumors have finally been silenced: Plant has personally tapped his illegitimate son’s band–MEAN VENUS–to open all 2008 shows.
MEAN VENUS’ lead singer, J, when recently interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine, spoke of his utter disbelief at the prospect:
“I only found out he [Plant] was my dad a few years ago.
My mum hid it from me for the majority of my life. So to actually be going on the road with my Dad is bloody outrageous!”…..
Comment by Angel — January 16, 2008 @ 11:17 am PST
This Mean Venus guy has supposedly landed the Velvet Revolver gig now. i guess it is all who you know in the music business. he better be fricking good that’s all i know. plant’s son or not, scott weiland has some pretty big shoes to fill. good luck there “J”. hope this dont interfere with the reunion tour
estelle
Comment by estelle — May 2, 2008 @ 10:32 am PST