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Led Zeppelin to Climb The Stairway To The Stage Again Mon, 06/25/2007 - 2:38pm — TicketNews
Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN TO REUNITE
Rock legends LED ZEPPELIN will reportedly reunite for a one-off memorial concert in honour of their late record boss before embarking on a world tour. The Whole Lotta Love hitmakers have only performed a handful of concerts, including Live Aid in 1985, since their split in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham. But singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will re-group alongside Bonham's son Jason for a special concert in memory of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun in London. A source says, "Page, Plant and Jones spoke and agreed to do the memorial concert. . .
They are waiting for a definite date. "And no-one can quite believe it, but during discussions about the concert they all gave the green light to a tour if it all does well and they don't all fall out. "It has been hoped-for and denied for years. But this is the closest they have ever come to a reunion tour. The feeling is that this is going to happen next year." Ertegun died in December (06) after seven weeks in a coma following a fall at a Rolling Stones concert.
Led Zepplin in The 2000s In October 2002, the British press reported that Robert Plant and John Paul Jones had reconciled after a 20-year feud which had kept Led Zeppelin apart, and rumours surfaced of a reunion tour in 2003.[58] This was later denied by Plant and Page's management company.
2003 saw the release of a triple live album, How the West Was Won, and a video collection, Led Zeppelin DVD, both featuring material from the band's heyday. At the year's end, the DVD had sold more than 520,000 copies. Around Christmas 2004, "Stairway To Heaven" was voted the best rock song of all time by Planet Rock listeners in a poll conducted on the station's website. Two other Led Zeppelin songs were also featured in the top ten - "Whole Lotta Love" at number six and "Rock and Roll" at number eight.
In 2005, Led Zeppelin received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and readers of Guitar World magazine voted the guitar solo from "Stairway to Heaven" to be the best rock guitar solo of all time. In Rolling Stone magazine's tabulation of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Jimmy Page was ranked number nine. Led Zeppelin ranked #14 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In November 2005, it was announced that Led Zeppelin and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev were the winners of the 2006 Polar Music Prize. The King of Sweden presented the prize to Plant, Page and Jones, along with John Bonham's daughter, in Stockholm in May, 2006.
In 2006, Led Zeppelin were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. At the ceremony, rock group Wolfmother played a tribute to Led Zeppelin, playing the song "Communication Breakdown".
Led Zeppelin have always been very protective of its catalogue of songs, and have seldom allowed them to be licensed for films or commercials. In recent years, this position has softened, and their songs can be heard in movies such as School of Rock, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Almost Famous, and Shrek the Third. One Tree Hill was the first, and so far only network television show to license a Led Zeppelin song, with "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" featured during the cliffhangers of the season three finale. However, Led Zeppelin remain one of the few bands to not allow the sale of their music on online music stores. The publisher of the video game Guitar Hero has for years tried unsuccessfully to obtain permission to use band's songs in the game, the most sought after being "Stairway to Heaven".
In 2007, rumours surfaced yet again of a possible reunion in which Q107, Toronto's classic rock radio station, reported that Led Zeppelin would jump on the "reunion bandwagon" following months of countless reunions from classic bands in 2007. John Paul Jones himself reportedly stated that the band is considering a reunion of some sort on the radio broadcast but representatives from the radio station deny even speaking to Jones and claim the report to be false.
On 25th June 2007, World Entertainment News reported Led Zeppelin have allegedly agreed to re-form for a special memorial concert for Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records who died in December 2006. It was also reported that if the concert goes well, they may also tour in 2008. The same report suggests that the three surviving members (Page, Plant and Jones) would be joined by John Bonham's son Jason.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
I'm already planning on going back next year. There no way I'd ever miss it if Zep was playing. I saw Page and Plant on their last tour and out of the hundreds of shows I've seen it's my number two (Sorry. Gotta give it up to Pink Floyd). JPJ tore it up with Mule, and Superjam was pretty sweet. All of them together would probably give me a heart attack!!!
Post by canexplain on Jun 25, 2007 16:43:12 GMT -5
jpj kicked it up with warren and govt mule if you caught that set at the roo ... one of my favs of the week ... do you know the first place zep ever played? it was here in denver in 68 ... they were part of a three band show and they were the opening group ... i was there and it is one of the best memories of shows from the past .... and if they hit the roo, guess i will be back again ... peace ... cr****
jpj kicked it up with warren and govt mule if you caught that set at the roo ... one of my favs of the week ... do you know the first place zep ever played? it was here in denver in 68 ... they were part of a three band show and they were the opening group ... i was there and it is one of the best memories of shows from the past .... and if they hit the roo, guess i will be back again ... peace ... cr****
These stories make me so jealous but they also make me love you. Karma.
Post by canexplain on Jun 25, 2007 17:09:30 GMT -5
hey tnx for the karma ... i hate people that always say "been there done that", but when it comes to music, i cant keep it back about the shows i have seen ... i feel like a turkey saying i have seen so and so, but i am proud of my misic history .... when you have seen the greats of the past , the beatles, doors, jimi, janis, and went to some of the great past fests, woodstock one, altamont, watkins glen, etc, i feel so lucky that i got to see who i did ... and i am still going strong lol .... peace to the board ... cr****
hey tnx for the karma ... i hate people that always say "been there done that", but when it comes to music, i cant keep it back about the shows i have seen ... i feel like a turkey saying i have seen so and so, but i am proud of my misic history .... when you have seen the greats of the past , the beatles, doors, jimi, janis, and went to some of the great past fests, woodstock one, altamont, watkins glen, etc, i feel so lucky that i got to see who i did ... and i am still going strong lol .... peace to the board ... cr****
Our rock history is in your head. Thanks for sharing it. I've read things and watched thing on TV but to be there.....
I am probably going to do early bird tickets for 08, just to make sure I get my tickets, just in case they do headline in 2008
Oh and alyroo, I love the profile picture. Karma. That thing had spooked me when it popped out in front and behind me at SuperJam and Flaming Lips. Swear it was following me all weekend.
I am very excited to hear about this. I love Zeppelin. If their performance goes well, whenever it may be, let's hope they start a tour that has a stop in Manchester, TN during mid June of 2008!
Post by augustwest on Jun 25, 2007 19:41:38 GMT -5
I got free tickets to Page/Plant about ten years ago, I was skeptical, thinking they were too old to do the music justice, boy was I wrong, I was blown away by the way they could still kick ass, they sounded just like good old Zep. JPJ would only sweeten the deal.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 26, 2007 7:23:40 GMT -5
spookymonster said:
Does Plant still have the chops to pull this off? I keep hearing from people how his voice has rapidly degenerated over the past few years...
Listen to his new album releases in recent years. He's by no means as errr... high pitched, i guess as he used to be but he can still belt out a good tune in my opinion.
If Led Zeppelin is at Roo 08, I will be writing out my will this winter because my head will surely explode as soon as Plant starts wailing in the Immigrant Song.
reading this really makes me think I should buy some early bird tickets just in case they do decide to sign them. AC will definalty come calling and be like 'JPJ didnt you have fun? you can tell the rest of the band how cool it is" and that is their foot in the door to be signing for the 2nd year year in a row an amazing reuinion.
As awesome as it would be, my first question would be how would it affect Ticket Prices? Second question would be how would affect VIP? (clearly The Police had something to do with expanded VIP this year, imo.)
Regardless of Price I'd still go. Those are the questions I would have.
I'd like to see Roger Waters, The Beastie Boys, and Pearl Jam next year, but would surely take Zeppelin over all 3.
That would certainly seal the deal for me. I said before that I'd give blood to see Floyd again, especially at Roo, but a Led Zep reunion would trump all others, IMO.
Again, not to be a buzzkill, but just take this info with a grain of salt. I still haven't seen any recent articles saying they WON'T be getting together! Here's hoping JPJ can swing it.