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LED ZEPPELIN were among the 10 acts selected Tuesday (Jan. 4) to receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award."The Lifetime Achievement, Trustees and Technical Grammy Awards recognize music people who have made a lasting contribution to culture around the world," said Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy in a statement Tuesday."These profoundly inspiring figures are being honored as legendary performers and archetypal musicians, cultural ambassadors, and technical visionaries," Portnow added. "Their outstanding accomplishments and passion for their craft have created a timeless legacy that has positively affected multiple generations, and will continue to influence generations to come." The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement awards will be handed out Feb. 12, one day before the 47th annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles.



UPDATED PART:  Former LED ZEPPELIN members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones will be on hand at a ceremony Saturday night in Los Angeles to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy, according to ABC ePrep.

"The Lifetime Achievement, Trustees and Technical Grammy Awards recognize music people who have made a lasting contribution to culture around the world," said Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy in a statement last month.

"These profoundly inspiring figures are being honored as legendary performers and archetypal musicians, cultural ambassadors, and technical visionaries," Portnow added. "Their outstanding accomplishments and passion for their craft have created a timeless legacy that has positively affected multiple generations, and will continue to influence generations to come."

The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement awards will be handed out Feb. 12, one day before the 47th annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles.

About time.

I'll second that...

Yup, about time is right.

Rock On!  :beer:

updated

Led who?  :P

Led Zeppelin... 

One of the greatest hard-rock bands to ever walk the earth.

Now be silent peasant.

 :hihi:

I don't hate 'em, just don't have much time for them...at all.

Imagine you're Jimmy Page,guitar god and member of one of the most magnificent bands in music history, with millions of people worshiping you even now,25 years after the band ended.  Would you really give a flyin fuck about a stupid Grammy Lifetime Achievment Award?

I mean cone on, 20-30 years from now P.Diddy is gonna get one of those

True, he might not give a fuck, but it's still an acknowledgement of his achievements. I believe the Grammy's are the biggest awards in music? So...

Reuters is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN got a "whole lotta" belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that changed the face of rock 'n' roll.

The English band was one of 10 performers, alongside the likes of rockabilly hellraiser JERRY LEE LEWIS, blues belter JANIS JOPLIN and country crooner EDDY ARNOLD, celebrated at a luncheon one day before the Grammy Awards.

During their 12 years together, LED ZEPPELIN never won a Grammy, even though they were arguably the biggest band of the 1970s, a combo whose blues-based rock anthems resonate loudly to this day.

LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones showed up with the two children of late drummer John Bonham to receive crystal trophies. Singer Robert Plant, busy rehearsing for a tour, sent in a video message.

"It wouldn't have taken much just to pop over here and meet everybody, would it really?" Page asked Reuters.

For his part, the newly svelte guitarist said he found the ceremony very emotional. From the stage, he blew a kiss to his old label boss, Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, and later chatted with soul guitarist Ike Turner, who jokingly exclaimed, "You're a grown man now!"

As for the belated recognition, Page bore no ill will, saying that LED ZEPPELIN's eclectic oeuvre ? with one album completely different from the next ? may have been too difficult for Grammy voters to comprehend.

In a separate interview, Jones said LED ZEPPELIN was too busy touring and recording to pay much attention to awards. But now, the recognition was "incredibly cool."

Bonham, whose alcohol-related death in 1980 at the age of 32 spelled the end of LED ZEPPELIN, was represented by children Jason and Zoe.

"It's totally overwhelming," said Zoe, who was five when he died. "The whole crazy thing about it is that it's a lifetime achievement award, and he's not here. The legend lives on."

I cant believe Led Zeppelin never won a grammy b4, their first 6 albums r pure class and they never even released singles in the UK!

Does anybody here like and listen to them?

I'm not a huge fan of their entire material, but about 10-15 songs are just Earth-shatering !

yes I like and listen to them, lol.
name is Led ZeppElin btw ;)

I love the Led.

Though I don't get to blast it that mush cause the wife hates them.

well whaddya know, Marty McFly's nemesis! :hihi:

McFly is a dead man .

And I use the turn man very loosly .Considering he has no dick.

damn right, Tannen!
bout time you showed him who's boss!

Yeah I like Led Zeppelin a lot, not my most favorite though.

When they're great, they're amazing. When they're bad, they're unlistenable. They're one of the greatest rock bands of the 70's, but still behind Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Rush, Thin Lizzy, and so on. I'd say they're at least in the top 20 of the 70's, maybe top 10.

Yeah, that's why I say they're not my most favorite, but I love the band.

One of my favourite bands. Mostly due to Jimmy Page being in it.

Yes

love them!!!  :love:

Very well said..Same goes here..Whole Lotta Love is amazing

Who doesn't love to ge the Led out? I just bought the best of.. Early and Latter Days.. Kick ass shit.. Zep owns.

i fucking love zep. even tho gn'r are my favourite band, zep are the best band ever. going to go see whole lotta led in a few weeks; supposedly they are fantastic. can't wait.

i love them. i think there 2nd album is best. so great.

 I got burnt out on them when I was a teenager, but they do have some great epics. Ten Years Gone, Kashmir, No Quarter, In the Evening, Dancing Days, etc. But anyone that thinks everything they did is spectacular has never listened to Coda. :hihi:

:rofl:
I know what you mean... :hihi:
 : ok:

Yeah and I went out and bought their first album but I coulden't find physical graffati.

But, someday I will. You watch.  : ok:

I need to by a Zeppelin album. I love Immigrant song, Rock and roll, Whole lotta love and Kashmir.

The led are unreal, i have a good lot of their stuff and have the live cds, How the west was won. brilliant stuff. 

Interesting.. I would love to hear Plant and Page back together kicking ass again. Damn, now that would be some damn good material.

zeppelin is a great band, one of my favorites. i have a shit load of bootlegs and all there albums.

i saw plant live last july in nashville tn, he was amazing ! still has that earth shattering voice and fantastic stage presence  :beer:

i always loved some songs, but i finally got the actual albums. aweseom stuff. Robert Plant is a vocal chamelon, Jimmy Page is a guitar god/riff master and bonham is an amazing powerhouse drummer.

wats ur favorite? i'd love to hear.

Have you heard Coda yet?? :nervous: :nervous:

My favorite song is Achilles Last Stand, ummm Tea For one....... think they are on Presence

ATM i am right into rock biographies, Is there a decent Led Zep one???? Id love to read it.... Tell me a good one..

haha no that is one of the few i dont have.

Dont bother buying it. Its garbage. I'm still shocked that they allowed it to be released. They should pull the album from the shelves. It puts a stain on their legacy, but luckily not very many people have heard it.

According to a posting on Led-Zeppelin.com, LED ZEPPELIN legends Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are scheduled to perform together at the upcoming Montreux Jazz Festival on June 30, 2006 in Montreux, Switzerland as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

Fuckin Legends!!

zep is my favorite band other than gnr. i saw plant live last year at the ryman auditoriam in nashville. he was fucking amazing.

busy guy eh?

these guys deserve to win everything there is to win. one of the fuckin' greatest bands ever!

Edit: I saw Plant live last year too, in-fuckin-credible!! :peace:

Considering when they were at the hight of their popularity they were the most hated band by the critics

Led Zep rocks my socks. Have allot of Cd's from them. Huge inspiration!

does anyone else think that after led zep 1 2 3 4, they arnt as good?

i think they grew and evolved after four symbols in the same way i hope gnr do.

houses of the holy and physical graffitti are the door to a better, more rocking world. when i stepped through i could never return.

some of the later stuff doesnt do it for me as much but they took their music from just being brilliant to being stratospherically good.

so, errm, in short, no.

No chance. Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti are two of my favorite albums of all time

Anyone else hearing whispers about a 2007 Stadium tour with Page/Plant AND J.P.J.?

Can someone post an mp3 of hey hey what can i do? I absoloutly love this song and dont have it.

Houses of the Holy was great, great, great, as was Physical graffiti. And then they began to suck. I love'm anyway! So fucking heavy.

If they took more time with Presence, I'm sure it would've been another killer album.

Prescence has a lot of great music on it- it just isn't as consistently great, as say Physical Graffiti. But I really think there's a lot of really interesting idea there, that perhaps didn't get finished as slickly as they might have done but are still worth far more time than most albums I've come across lately.

I like Presence. Achilles is my favorite Zep tune, so that alone puts the album up there for me. But I definitely find more average songs on this album than any of their other ones.

So anyone here is a Led Zppelin fan Huh?!
I just saw yersterday the DVD ''the song remains the same'' it is so good,Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are incredibles,
JP guittar assignature is unique,his guittar tone,estayle and he was a soulfull player amazing...i can't think about another guittarist that play similiar to JP the only one that i can think about it is Slash...what you think ?!
The drumer John Bonham was a Savage what a Band...
Just wondering what Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are doing ?! They are out of the music Bussines?!Retired?

They got old.

However, im confused which dvd this is.

is it the lame one with the fictional movies in between. or is it the ace dvd with the cover of like australian sand dunes or something on the front?

its the one with the fictional movies.

the newer 2 DVD set with the sand dunes is MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER!!!! get it now if you dont have it!!!

Jimmy page is pretty much retired and Plant is touring with his new band the Strange Sensations who are very good actually!

what do u have against coda? bonzos circus is great!

The Song Remains the Same soundtrack rocks.  The movie is actually pretty good if you're not sober - it's really more of a psychadelic-trippy flick. Haven't listened to the soundtrack or watched the movie in years.  From what I recall, my favorite tracks on the soundtrack are either No Quarter or the Rain Song. 

Good memories. 

 

Wow, what the fuck are you smokin'? Rush and Thin Lizzy? ROFLMFAO.


You got ripped off. "Heartbreaker" isn't even included in that set. You would have been better off buying their first 6 albums. Here's my list of essential Zeppelin songs (in order chronologically):

1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3. Dazed And Confused
4. Communication Breakdown
5. Whole Lotta Love
6. What Is And What Should Never Be
7. The Lemon Song
8. Heartbreaker
9. Living Loving Maid
10. Ramble On
11. Moby Dick
12. Bring It On Home
13. Immigrant Song
14. Since I've Been Loving You
15. Out On The Tiles
16. Tangerine
17. That's The Way
18. Black Dog
19. Rock And Roll
20. The Battle Of Evermore
21. Stairway To Heaven
22. Misty Mountain Hop
23. Going To California
24. When The Levee Breaks
25. The Song Remains The Same
26. The Rain Song
27. Over The Hills And Far Away
28. Dancing Days
29. D'yer Mak'er
30. No Quarter
31. The Ocean
32. Custard Pie
33. In My Time Of Dying
34. Houses Of The Holy
35. Trampled Underfoot
36. Kashmir
37. In The Light
38. Bron-Yr-Aur
39. Achilles Last Stand
40. Fool In The Rain
41. All My Love

Uh I own every Zep album. I bought that set cause I dug the track listing.

Ah, well you still got ripped off. LOL.

Not really. I Like the songs on those CDs so when I'm feeling the need to get the Led out right quick I can throw it in my CD player with out going through all the different albums. They aren't the best of the best they did leave some good tunes out but it serves the purpose.

Yeah I hear ya. The first disc is damn great except for the glaring omission of "Heartbreaker." I actually own that one. I got that before I really got into Zeppelin. Now that sucker simply sits in its case. LOL. In my car I have burned copies of II and IV so I can listen to those kickass albums without worrying about scratching the "real" ones that sit in their cases.

Having said this, if you like the playlist from Early and Latter Days, then why not just rip the songs from the real albums and then burn them using the playlist of Early and Latter Days? It woulda been much cheaper. But if you're like me you bought the greatest hits before jumping into the real stuff.

Yeah I have the two discs in my car. The CD's I burn always end up getting damaged and im sick of making more copies. I also hate taking the actual CD in my car so it was a perfect fit.

Eh, you gotta take care of burned discs as if you paid full price for them. I take pretty good care of mine and they're still in great shape. I also have a burned copy of Appetite in my car that I play the fuck out of and it's still doing just fine. One thing I definitely won't do is actually play the real thing in the car b/c of scratching of course.

Yeah Im bad with CDs so thats why I usually make copies and rip them onto my PC.

Speaking of Early Days, what kind of speakers do you have in your car? I have two 10-inch subwoofers and some other really good speakers in mine, and the bass response is TERRIBLE on Early Days. With Led Zeppelin II or IV, however, I don't have to crank it so much to get a good bass sound going. I'm not the type to try to rattle the crap out of the car next to me or anything, but I do like my rock music to have some good bass response. Appetite is the PERFECT album for my car. Unbelievable sound.

After market speakers. I have a kicker box sitting in my garage waiting to put it in. I get pretty good sound. But you know what is strange? Appetite plays great in my car as well. Its fucking weird you say that cause I was listening to Out Ta Get Me a few days ago and I said to myself damn this sounds pretty fucking sweet.

Oh man, my roommates and I were going bowling a while back. We were pulling out of the parking lot at our dorm in my car, and Nightrain was finishing. A cell phone goes off so I pause it. One of my roommates is basically only a country fan. So, while I've got the music paused I ask him if his head is about to explode yet. He goes, "Nah, this stuff is actually pretty good." And the other roommate goes, "Yeah, that's cuz it's by the best band to come out of the 80's!" So then, he hangs up his phone and I overcranked the volume back up and restarted after the pause. The opening licks of "Out Ta Get Me" come on and the two of us just look at each other with that "this fuckin' kicks ass" smile on our faces. I just went, "Oh yeah, now THAT will blow his fuckin' head off!" Before pausing it, I had been playing it at 42ish or so (which is damn loud since CD's play quite a bit louder at a lower volume than radio stations do). 62 is max volume on my Pioneer head unit. When I cranked it, I had it up to 55. That shit was LOUD and just unfuckingbelievable, especially with how great the opening to "Out Ta Get Me" is.

Good times. :)

EDIT: Forgot to say that my car is a Firebird, so there's not much space and it really is a kickass sound bubble.

Bro I have a Pioneer as well and 62 is Max volume on mine as well. Yeah once the opening riff hits its on. Axl's voice comes through perfect on them as well. I usually have my volume around the 50 mark. I like it loud and eat spilting so I don't have to hear the rap bullshit or club shit from morons.

Bullshit bro.. I own a Trans AM.

LMFAO. In my car you don't have to crank it so much unless the windows are down. With the windows up, 42 is plenty of volume unless you're on the freeway (45+ is better b/c my car gets a ton of road noise from the wind, etc.). With the windows down, I usually crank it to 50+ routinely.

Bullshit? I'm not BSing if that's what you were saying.

Yeah I have my exhaust to deal with so 50 is good for me. I love the looks I get when I crank up Gn'R or Pantera or BLS or anything that just kicks ass.

Nah cool to see another bird owner with the same head unit and knows how them bitches sound.

Yeah I've got dual exhaust on mine and a performance muffler. Not as good as your Trans-AM, but still makes the car more efficient and adds about 15-20 HP (not that it matters with a V6).

The looks from other folks are pretty interesting for sure. One time I was sitting at a long ass red light and had "Rocket Queen" cranked to 60 with the windows down and the bass cranked a bit too. The cars all around me were shaking and pretty pissed. Good thing a cop didn't show up. LOL.

dudes,  i dont even own a damn car or know what the hell you're talking about-  but when im sitting on the bus and im screaming GNR or NIN or LEDZEPPELIN at the top of my lungs people look at me strange-especially since i dont know the words to entire songs unless im listening at the same time, so it goes something like this-

THERES A LADY WHOS SURE......SHANANANANANA KNEES KNEES!

id run around the streets with leathers n cowboy boots on rocking out acting as if im a frontman onstage singing songs when out with my mates, and you guys think you get weird looks!

 :drool:
Great news!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002471692,00.html

how come it says just america - they better come to Ireland too.

Best birthday present ever! :beer:

very stupid move. they cant do it properly without an amazing drummer and they are too old. :no:

Jason's a great drummer. And Robert Plant rocked on his solo tour.

HELL YEAH!!

Jason is a great drummer and can play just like his pops. Dam that will be cool 2 huge bands reuniting Van Halen, The Police (don't realy care) and Led Zepplin.

Seen Page/Plant play and they really rocked!!

what reunion will be next? Guns n' Roses?  :rolleyes:

I don't like LZ but, good news, will make a lot of fans happy, will make them richier, so it's all good for me.

Does Freddie Mercury has a son?

It's from 2oo2!!! >:(  The thing hasn't happened.

Apparently this is in fact a five-year article that the Sun accidentally reposted as news on January 25th 2007 (check the top of the page) . The 22-years thing fits in as they broke up in 1980 although I had initially thought that they were referring to the 1985 Live Aid gig. The ages are also wrong, about 5 years out i believe, so yeah this is probably really old. Oh well, sorry if i got anyone's hopes up! As it obviously didn't happen it proves that newspapers do make up a lot of stuff up about classic rock bands reforming. And I strongly believe they did it with GnR last year too, coz I never believed any of that.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.

Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine(well just for one show) and now Led Zeppelin????


i am so there.

now my dream will be complete if Pink Floyd decide to do a full fledged tour... lol.

So is this an old article or no?

It's old. Look at the link, that tells that it dates back to 2oo2.  :-\

thats a shame. i got all excited for nothing. o well.

i also remember reading that they would never tour again cuz they didnt want to ruin/disturb their "mystique".

Ya buddy should delete this thread before it gets to be a waste

"LEGENDARY rockers Led Zeppelin are set to re-group after 22 years for a money-spinning stadium tour of America."

Considering Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 this must be from 2002, too bad this is old news, I'd do anything to watch them perform again no matter how old.

this ain't gonna happen!

Id be happy with a Page/Plant reunion. Actually anything from Page would be good.

The Firm was far from good.

I remember reading this article back in 2003, its bogus.

If the Rolling Stones can make more money than any other band on the planet simply by touring, I don't think the members of Led Zeppelin are "too old" to tour. Did you guys hear the Rolling Stones at the Super Bowl last year? Holy crap they were AWFUL (especially Keith's guitar playing). And yet they're still selling out shows all over the place.

i saw plant is 04' in nashville TN. his peformance and his voice was nothing short of amazing. THEY ARE NOT TO OLD. bitch.

Exactly. If those 60 yr old granpas can jump around on stage, then Led Zep are by no means too old to regroup.

Yes, could one of you mods please delete this thread?  It contains old misinformation that serves no other purpose than to confuse and disappoint all of us Zeppelin fans here.

Cheers,
W.R.

According to Launch Radio Networks, Robert Plant says that, although there's no bad blood between him and LED ZEPPELIN co-founder Jimmy Page, the two have fallen out of touch. Plant spoke to Britain's Mojo magazine, who asked him if he and Page, who co-wrote most of the band's most popular material, are still in contact. Plant said, "No. I'd like to talk to him but I never do. Lives change. The unfortunate thing is that whenever John (Paul Jones), Jimmy and myself meet up, the points of reference are always about the past. If there wasn't any previous triumph then we probably wouldn't be in touch."

Launch asked Plant why he hasn't been gung-ho for a full-scale LED ZEPPELIN reunion. "It's not that I've been obstructive," he replied. "It's just that it meant what it meant when it meant it, and beyond that there was no story, and with John's (Bonham) passing and all that stuff, it was gone. There's no need for it."

Led Zeppelin guitarist to testify against bootlegger

Led Zeppelin's former guitarist Jimmy Page is set to to testify against a bootlegger in Scotland.

Robert Langley was arrested in Glasgow in 2005 with what police claimed was over ?25,550 ($50,000) worth of pirated CDs.

Amongst these were Led Zeppelin shows which have never been released, including one at Knebworth from August 1979.

Other items included unreleased material from The Beatles and Bob Dylan.

Page has already been to Glasgow to identify the Led Zeppelin tapes for investigators from the British Phonographic Institute.

The guitarist will reportedly testify when the trial is held in Glasgow's Sheriff Court.

Langley has not pleaded guilty to copyright violation charges.

No date for the trial has been set, reports The Rock Radio.

http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/27178

From the Sunday Mirror:



IT'S the reunion rock fans thought would never happen. Led Zeppelin are planning to re-form for a massive world tour.

The surviving members of the Seventies "Whole Lotta Love" group have been approached to headline a memorial concert for the founder of their record label, who died last year.

They are understood to have agreed - and during discussions about the concert, they gave the green light for a tour afterwards.

Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will be joined by the late drummer John Bonham's son Jason. Led Zep, who split in 1980 following the death of Bonham, have reunited only a handful of times in the last 20 years - most famously for Live Aid in 1985.

But a tour has never been on the agenda for the group who invented hard rock with songs such as Whole Lotta Love, Stairway To Heaven and Black Dog.

Plans for the gig in London to remember Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun are in the advanced stages. Approaches have also been made to the Rolling Stones, Genesis, James Blunt, The Streets and Bloc Party.

A friend of the band said: "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 goes well and they don't all fall out.

"It has been hoped-for and denied for years. But this is closest they have ever come to a reunion tour. The feeling is that this is going to happen next year.

"They have watched the way The Police and Pink Floyd have come back together.

"And, of course, they would like to step up again to the world stage before they are all too old to do it. They certainly don't need the money. But they would like the adulation."

A world tour by Led Zeppelin would generate a whole lotta cash. The Stones' epic A Bigger Bang tour has already grossed more than ?200million.

But, with 300million album sales worldwide, money is not a concern for Led Zep. While they no longer make the mayhem for which they became famous - at their peak, the band wrote the rock rulebook for drink and drug-fuelled antics - the surviving members all still make music.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have continued to work together on-and-off and in 1998 released the album Walking Into Clarksdale.

Plant, now 58, has never left his roots in the West Midlands and still lives on a farm near Kidderminster.

Since splitting from his wife Maureen Wilson in 1982 he has remained single, although he has been romantically linked with singers Alannah Myles and Najma Akhtar.

Often voted the best rock guitarist of all time in polls, Page, 63, from Hounslow, Middx, wrote the soundtracks to the Death Wish films in the 1980s.

A renowned philanthropist, he was awarded an OBE two years ago for his charity work helping Brazilian slum children. His daughter Scarlett is a respected photographer.

John Paul Jones, 61, from Sidcup in Kent, has continued as a musician and record producer and has worked with Paul McCartney, Brian Eno and R.E.M.

John Bonham died aged 32 after choking on his own vomit following a drinking session. His son Jason is also a fine drummer and has filled in for his dad at the rare reunions as well as playing with Foreigner.

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/tm_method=full%26objectid=19347124%26siteid=98487-name_page.html

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;D

Man, I hope this is real.

That would be a dream come true for me

maybe Poison could be supporting act, but i dont think your heart could cope with that sort of excitement   

I say, go for it! but get good old Mister Grohl to bang the skins instead of Jason!

they could charge 1000$ a seet and make it. they could be the biggest selling band EVER if this happens, it would put The Rolling Stones to shame. But its probably a good thing they said that they don't need the money because if they do tour they'll prolly only charge the amount of money it costs to tour so they break even maybe make a little more kinda like sammy hagar.

Man this is right up there with the REAL major things

1 the return of Christ
2 CHINESE DEMOCRACY
3 Led Zeppelin reunion
Hope its true and not bullshit
;D
who you thihk they'd tour with? G'n'R KISS AC/DC

there playing whole lotta love on the radio right now :) :headbanger:

heres another good sign its on Blabbermouth, and they just don't post anything :smoking:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75447

:peace:

I wouldn't be particularly excited about it

I've heard Plants recent solo stuff and his voice isn't what it was even ten years ago. Still I would jump at a chance to go. It's fucking Zeppelin. Anyone Hear the live album of Zep songs and old blues songs Page did with The Black Crowes? One of the best live albums ever.

i don't think its gonna happen, and it will never be the same without Bonzo, but it should be interesting to see what happens in any event......

I believe it when they are on stage

OMG OMG OMG OMG


i just creamed my pants !!!!!!!!


PLEASE BE TRUE !!!!!

I hope its true nothing can touch LED ZEPPELIN. ;D

Damn ! I would cash out investments to see that show .


While Bonzo was the man , I think Jason would be the only person to replace him .

Agreed :beer:

Wow, if this is true, would really be cool. I hope they go on a world tour or something

So much so, that I thought he was the drummer from Led Zep!

That's what you get for trying to watch TV in the bedroom....... ;)

the last chance to see them live, it would be amazing.

i wonder how much tickets will be  :-\

You gotta be fucking kidding me?

If this is true, i will eat my own face off.

Surely Zeppelin aren't that bad? :P

One of my regrets in life is not being born in the 60's. Missing Zeppelin and Sabbath in their peak and missing the punk revolution in the 70's.

If i could see Zeppelin live, i would be dumbstruck.

Yeah plus you could of seen The Doors (at a push), Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Queen and Poison :-\

I gave up my only ticket in '77 so a friend could see the show . I haven't seen him in 25 years .

Hendrix and Queen maybe.
The rest can blow me. :D

I would be happy to see Zepplin with Jason. ?He's a good drummer and the son of one of the greatest drummers of all time. ?The only thing I would really worry about is Robert Plant's ability to still sing. ?He's not young and he abused his vocal chords for so many years. ?It would be a very different sounding Zepplin but I would still go see them.

Its Zeppelin!

Zeppelin + Reunion = Price doesn't matter

Robert Plant has shot down reports that LED ZEPPELIN will reunite for a one-off memorial concert in honor of their late record company boss.

A report was published earlier in the week suggesting that Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will re-group alongside John Bonham's son Jason for a special concert in memory of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun in London.

A source was quoted as saying, "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."

Speaking at a press conference for the upcoming Rockwave festival ? which is scheduled to be held June 29, June 1 and June 3 in Athens, Greece ? Plant insisted that he hadn't heard anything about the rumored ZEPPELIN reunion and jokingly added, "If there was one, then there wouldn't be enough doctors to support it!"

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/index.aspx

shit :s

I say we force them...

plant has always been against a zep reunion. i dont blame him though. people dont give a shit about his solo work (i do) they just credit him for days in zeppelin and i think that pisees him off a little bit.

Well honestly, who the hell would prefer his solo stuff to Zeppelin? Most of it is pretty bad.

I'll meet Mr. Plant this Saturday.

If I don't shit my pants, I might ask him...

I met him once,i was 12years old. ;D


I hope the reunion its real. :beer:

As a teen in the 70s, that dude is GOD.

He still is a fuckin GOD. He's the singer of Led Zeppelin...

Just cause the band broke up (cause of the drummer's death) doesn't mean he stopped being a GOD...

That's the reason I might shit my pants...

There are 3 bands I love that much. GN'R, Led Zeppelin, Queen...

^I was speaking extemporaneously. Sorry, I was carried away by the moment.

EDIT : It has been corrected.

I got into Zep in high school when that huge box set came out ( 1990 ).

Was listenining to Howard the other day and this guy named
Denny Somach. He says Zep ripped off many old blues songs in the first half of their career and credited themselves as the writers- essentially calling them the greatest cover band ever.

oh well, those first 4 albums still rock.

when the music form known as rock uses instruments which only have so many notes, similarities are bound to happen.

you were on a roll until you said poison.  :hihi:

jimi would've been a big push, so would lennon. He didn't play that many solo gigs.

Led Zeppelin 'in talks'

07/27/2007 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dotmusic

The surviving members of Led Zeppelin are in talks to reform and play live in 2008, according to reports.

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones are said to be discussing plans to tour together for the first time in almost 30 years.

The news comes as the rock legends confirm news of a new greatest hits collection, the 24-track Mothership compilation, which has been specially chosen by the group.

Led Zeppelin last toured in July 1980, just months before the death of founding drummer John Bonham, playing again with numerous one-off shows in the intervening years.

Mothership is due for release on November 13.


Link to article: http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/45290344

I thought Plant recently shot down this rumor?

Hmm, could ruin the legacy, on the other hand, like The Rolling Stones, it could work for them and be huge.

he shot down the rumor that they would play at a memorial gig for there tour manager, not that they would tour. either way a new greatest hits by the band should be cool, even though i have heard all of there songs a billion times each. but a reunion would blow everybodys mind i think.

I am so fucking there!!

Oh ok, Well if it happens i have seriously got to see this. My dad would love it too he's a huge Zeppelin fan.

Wonder who they will get as a drummer? I would think Jason Bonham would do it.

Yeah, I think that's about right. Nobody better.

I think it would be only right to let Jason play the drums. I don't think anyone else could possibly come close to filling his fathers shoes.

Comprehensive Two-CD Led Zeppelin Collection Features Twenty-Four Remastered Studio Tracks; The Very Best of Led Zeppelin Available in Multiple Configurations; Remixed and Remastered Deluxe Reissue of "The Song Remains The Same" Soundtrack Includes Previously Unreleased Tracks; "The Song Remains The Same" Landmark Concert DVD in Limited Edition, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc From Warner Home Video
Available November 13 and November 20

(Jul 27, 2007) -- After nearly forty years, Led Zeppelin continues to inspire generations with their groundbreaking blues-infused, guitar-driven rock 'n' roll. Arguably the biggest rock band in the world throughout their 12-year reign, they remain one of the most influential and innovative groups in music history. With over 200 million albums sold worldwide, their catalog is one of the most enduring bodies of musical composition to come out of the 20th century.

Available November 13, Atlantic Records/Rhino Entertainment will honor the Rock & Rock Hall of Famers with the release of "Mothership," a 24-track, two-CD comprehensive collection that spans their illustrious career. All eight of the band's classic studio albums are represented here, with the tracks being personally selected by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. "Mothership" includes landmark songs such as "Whole Lotta Love," "Immigrant Song," "Kashmir," "Rock And Roll," "Dazed And Confused," and "Stairway To Heaven." The set will also include new liner notes by famed rock writer David Fricke.

Available at all physical retail outlets and www.ledzeppelin.com, "Mothership" collectible packages will be available in multiple configurations:


-- Standard Package - 2-CD set ($19.98 SRP)
-- Deluxe Edition - 2-CD/ 1-DVD featuring the premiere-version (90
minutes) of live performance footage culled from the "Led Zeppelin DVD"
($24.98 SRP)
-- Collector's Edition - 2-CD/1-DVD ultra-deluxe, collectible limited
edition ($TBA)
-- Vinyl Edition - 4 LPs, high-end, audiophile quality vinyl with
collectible memorabilia ($74.98 SRP)

Originally released in 1976, "The Song Remains The Same" soundtrack album of the concert film features songs from the band's three-night stint at Madison Square Garden in July 1973. On November 20, "The Song Remains The Same" soundtrack gets the deluxe reissue treatment, with the band members overseeing the remixing and remastering of the original release. The new version of the soundtrack includes six songs that were not on the original release -- "Black Dog," "Over The Hills And Far Away," "Misty Mountain Hop," "Since I've Been Loving You," "The Ocean," and "Heartbreaker," plus new liner notes by Academy Award?-winning director Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous").

Slated for a simultaneous release, Warner Home Video debuts brand-new DVD editions of "The Song Remains The Same," now for the first time with all 14 songs from the original concert. The DVD features newly remixed and remastered sound, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, and boasts more than 40 minutes of added bonus material*, including never-before-released performance footage of "Over The Hills And Far Away" and "Celebration Day"; plus performances of "Misty Mountain Hop" and "The Ocean"; a rare 1976 BBC interview with Robert Plant and Peter Grant; vintage TV footage from the Drake Hotel robbery during the New York concert stand; and a Cameron Crowe radio show. The discs will be available as follows:


-- Deluxe Edition DVD - ($19.97 SRP*)
-- Deluxe Edition HD DVD and Blu-ray - ($28.99 SRP each*)
-- Limited Collector's Edition - 2-disc set includes collectible vintage
T-shirt with original album artwork design, soundtrack CD, lobby cards,
reproductions of original premiere invites, tour schedule, and more ($TBA*)

"We have revisited 'The Song Remains The Same,'" says Jimmy Page, "and can now offer the complete set as played at Madison Square Garden. This differs substantially from the original soundtrack released in 1976, and highlights the technical prowess of Kevin Shirley, who worked with us on 'How The West Was Won.' When it comes to 'The Song Remains The Same,' the expansion of the DVD and soundtrack are as good as it gets on the Led Zeppelin wish list."


MOTHERSHIP
Track Listing:

Disc One
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Communication Breakdown
3. Dazed And Confused
4. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
5. Whole Lotta Love
6. Ramble On
7. Heartbreaker
8. Immigrant Song
9. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Rock And Roll
11. Black Dog
12. When The Levee Breaks
13. Stairway To Heaven

Disc Two
1. Song Remains The Same
2. Over The Hills And Far Away
3. D'Yer Maker
4. No Quarter
5. Trampled Under Foot
6. Houses Of The Holy
7. Kashmir
8. Nobody's Fault But Mine
9. Achilles Last Stand
10. In The Evening
11. All My Love


THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
Track Listing

Disc One
1. Rock And Roll
2. Celebration Day
3. Black Dog*
4. Over The Hills*
5. Misty Mountain Hop*
6. Since I've Been Loving You*
7. No Quarter
8. The Song Remains The Same
9. Rain Song
10. The Ocean*

Disc Two
1. Dazed And Confused
2. Stairway To Heaven
3. Moby Dick
4. Heartbreaker*
5. Whole Lotta Love

* Not on original soundtrack release


Link: http://www.led-zeppelin.com/

Now that would be worth buying.

Looking forward to buy those new items.

Hope they do tour hell I would suck off everybody on this board to ensure that it happens.

eh, i still dunno about the touring... i don't think it would be that great.

Quality. :beer:

Led Zeppelin tour in '08?

It would be big. Potentially one of the biggest ever.

I'm talking, of course, about the increased chatter regarding a Led Zeppelin reunion tour for 2008 featuring founding members Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass, with Jason Bonham, son of the late Zep drummer John Bonham, manning the skins.

There has been no announcement that this tour is going to happen, and Plant has publicly denied it will take place. Billboard in general and myself in particular aren't usually in the rumor business. But this thing is starting to take on a certain air of reality. Maybe it's just wishful thinking.

For years, a Led Zeppelin tour, or the closest thing to it in the absence of John Bonham, has been considered the holy grail of the touring world.

Plant and Page toured arenas together in the mid-'90s. With a killer backing band, the pair reported $31.4 million from 63 shows that drew 1,028,678 people. That was enough to make Plant/Page the seventh-grossing tour of the year at a time when the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and the Eagles were all touring stadiums.

And remember, 1995 was the cusp of exploding ticket prices. A ticket price higher than $100 was rare; the Stones topped out most dates at $50 that year, the Dead were $33.50 tops and the Eagles had shattered the glass ceiling but were still mostly less than $100.

While the days of coast-to-coast stadium tours appear to be behind us, a Led Zeppelin tour will undoubtedly play scattered stadiums in North America and probably all stadiums in Europe. The tour would most likely be a creative "mix and match" route similar to what the Stones have done recently.

So let's be conservative and say Led Zeppelin averages $225 per ticket, with top seats at a Stones-esque $450 and a low end at $75. It's a big production, so you get an arena capacity of about 15,000 max. Say 5,000 tickets at $75, 5,000 at $200, 3,000 at $300 and 2,000 at $450, for the sake of discussion. That comes to a gross of $3.2 million for one night.

Suddenly those 1,028,678 headbangers Plant and Page played to in 1995 generate a gross of $231,452,550 in 2008. From those 63 shows the average gross is now $3.7 million, compared with slightly less than $500,000 per night then.

Given the status this tour would have and what it would take to get these guys out on the road, it's not unreasonable to assume the guarantee would be in the $3-million-per-night range. The merchandise numbers would be astronomical, $15 per head or better, so that brings in another $15.4 million minimum, with online sales bringing in plenty more. Plus, there no doubt would be some serious live DVD possibilities, not to mention there's talk of a new compilation release, and catalog sales at large would receive a terrific boost. Let's not forget VIP and fan-club packages, and a high- seven-figure sponsorship deal. And, hey, while were at it, let's get them in the studio to record some new material under the Zep brand. Now that's big. *

Next to the release of Chinese D' , this would be 2nd on my list of musical wishes this year or next

We're talking ZEPPELIN! How could it not be great?

It would go down like a Lead Zepplin... ::)? ? ?:rofl:? ?:smoking:

I think it would be cool as maybe a one off kind of thing, but other than that, I wouldn't want to tarnish the group's legacy (or what I percieve it to be).

Besides, did Plant say sarcastically, a few weeks back the even if there was a Zep tour, there wouldn't be enough docters to support it?

I think Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes would also be a great drummer to pound the skins for the new Zep (although it wouldn't be as sentimental as Jason playing). If you don't have the Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes - "Live At The Greek" album, do yourself a favor and go pick it up!

LED ZEPPELIN To Reunite For London Gig This Fall? - Aug. 31, 2007

According to This is London, legendary rockers LED ZEPPELIN look set to reform and play the O2 arena in London, England this autumn.

There has been no official announcement that they will perform again 27 years after the group disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham but advertisements appeared in the U.K. press today with top-price ticket and hotel packages on offer for ?369.

A cheaper package from the Premier Entertainments company, including a night in a four-star hotel, is available for ?269.

Callers today were told: "It's just about to be officially announced." Speculation had been mounting for some time that the band would get back together soon.

The three surviving members ? John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page ? reunited at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia in 1985 for a short set with Phil Collins as one of the stand-in drummers. The band's albums and song "Stairway to Heaven" have remained popular and a new best-of album is due this year.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=79869

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23410538-details/Stairlift+to+heaven+...+Led+Zep+at+O2/article.do

According to This is London, legendary rockers LED ZEPPELIN look set to reform and play the O2 arena in London, England this autumn.

There has been no official announcement that they will perform again 27 years after the group disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham but advertisements appeared in the U.K. press today with top-price ticket and hotel packages on offer for ?369.

A cheaper package from the Premier Entertainments company, including a night in a four-star hotel, is available for ?269.

Callers today were told: "It's just about to be officially announced." Speculation had been mounting for some time that the band would get back together soon.

Well it would be AMAZING .... but i dont think it will happen



Peace

It'll happen : ok:

The recent Van Halen tour hoo-ha proved what everybody already knows: reunion tours are big news, and even bigger business. Murmurings about a Led Zeppelin get together have been audible for quite some time (Rock Daily got Vegas odds on the reunion in June), and this weekend advertisements appeared in England offering tickets for a Zep show at the 02 in London. Promoter Harvey Goldsmith, who along with Bob Geldof brought us Live Aid, was closely involved with the launch of this venue, issued a cryptic public statement in response to the ads. ?There have been at least four events advertised which I suspect either don?t exist or where no tickets are on sale or indeed dates finalized,? Goldsmith said. His comments, which interestingly don?t include a straight-up ?it?s not happening? denial, have only fueled the reunion-rumor fires, The Guardian reports. And as we all know, ticket-vendor goofs aren?t uncommon: Here in the U.S., Ticketmaster accidentally released early information about both Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young?s upcoming tours. Earlier this year it was suggested that Zeppelin would reunite for a one-off gig honoring late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. At the time, Robert Plant dismissed this rumor with a chuckle, saying, ?If there was one, then there wouldn?t be enough doctors to support it!?

Rollingstone.com/rockdaily

I hope to god it dose  thay have to come to boston thow  :)



Peace

^ beat me to it - was just about to post that!  Hoo-fkn rah!
dear god there will be some serious ticket stress for this one.  starting saving now!  :peace:

i wonder HOW they will go onsale - presales, fan club?, sign-up and pot luck....  If i dont get a ticket, i'll fkn stand outside.

Orgasmic. :drool:

According to MetalSucks, LED ZEPPELIN has a hold for a possible reunion show on November 26 at the O2 Arena in London. For those who aren't familiar with the way booking works, an artist's agent will generally place a "hold" on a venue when considering doing a show there; this prevents the venue from booking any other artists on that date, but the venue does not yet have to pay a deposit (typically 50 percent) to the artist because no formal offer has been made and the show is not officially confirmed. So while this latest bit of news certainly doesn't confirm that the show is happening, it absolutely lends credibility to the notion that this show is being seriously discussed. There is no word on whether any other venues in London are being held by LED ZEPPELIN on that date.

Thank God if this is true. It is just sad it took them until they were in there 60's to do this, as fans have been waiting almost 30 years now. It didn't say in that blurb, but I would think Jason would be playing drums as sentimentally it will help given that John is no longer with us and he was such a big part of Zeppelin. I remember Plant and Page doing there thing a decade or so again and even though the Zeppelin songs they played most likely won't sound much different now, it will be fucking awesome to see them on the same stage together with John Paul under the Zeppelin banner. Plant without Page never felt right, Plant and Page without Zeppelin also not quite right, Plant, Page and Jones (with Jason) is going to remind the world why Zeppelin are the legends they are and just how special the chemistry they had really was. It's just a shame John isn't around to partake. They could do a major stadium tour, probably multiple nights in any city they chose. It will be interesting to see how many dates they are willing to do if this is anything more than just a one-off.

Wohhhhhhhhh This  i gona be good baby!!!............ but i am not spending 1000 for 2 tickets haha




Peace

As much as i love them, i don't think they should tour.. it really won't be Amazing without the backbone (bonham).  I'd still go to a show if possible just because, but I don't think Led Zeppelin can ever really be any more.

According to Independent.ie, six digits on the official web site of LED ZEPPELIN was all it took yesterday to fuel fevered hopes that the longest-awaited and most-rumored reunion in rock history is about to be announced ? and spark a huge scramble for tickets.

Fan web sites were buzzing with speculation that first full-scale concert in 27 years ? in the form of a one-off appearance in November at the O2 venue in Greenwich, south-east London ? would be held on November 13 after the home page of LedZeppelin.com carried the American-style date 11.13.07 without further explanation. The date is a day after the [European] release of "Mothership", the band's latest greatest hits collection. [Editor's note: November 13 is the U.S. release date of "Mothership".]

A source said: "It is going to happen. We are finalizing the precise timing but basically the guys have agreed they want to do it. It will be a one-off."

It is thought the concert in the former Millennium Dome will be a charity event in memory of Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, the jazz and blues label that signed LED ZEPPELIN in 1968 without ever seeing them perform, apparently on the advice of the singer Dusty Springfield.

But sources said claims that the band will also play two gigs in America ? one in Florida and one in New York ? were wide of the mark.

I'm looking at the track listing for the Mothership album and it looks pretty good, but I'm surprised that only 3 songs from Physical Graffiti (which has 15 songs) make it, but 4 from Houses Of The Holy (which has 8 ) are on there. Both albums are great (I may even like HOTH better) but half of HOTH is on the compilation. But it does look like a good track list nonetheless.

Oh yeah, where are Dancing Days and Fool In The Rain?? :P

According to Billboard.com, a press conference will be held on September 12 in London in connection with LED ZEPPELIN's possible reunion concert in honor of late producer/record mogul Ahmet Ertegun, to be held at the O2 in London in November,

i may be the only one here who thinks this but...

F-Led Zeppelin!,  two reasons.

first i cant have any respect for a band that steals songs and puts their own names into the credits... i just cant, no matter how rockin they were (and i'll admit i was a fan for a long time.. but shame on them).. and second... when 'bonzo' died-  they made zero effort to keep going- he was the drummer- and i doubt he wrote any of the songs that they did'nt steal in the first place. he was the easiest to replace out of the four.. but instead they just decided to keep the money they've stolen and hide out. even if i lived in england- and could afford the outragous price the tickets are going to be- i still would'nt go-- i'd rather go see Lynyrd Skynyrd-  half the band died in a plane crash and they somehow managed to keep going--

Whoa put down the crack pipe there. That stuff will kill ya. They stole no songs that i know. I have never heard any band play those songs before them. With the exception of train kept a rolin. Many bands have done that one though. So what? They felt it would be wrong to continue without him. I see nothing wrong with that. They obviously thought it was a huge part of the band and he was. Didn't write any songs? Does moby dick ring a bell? He is one of the greatest drummers ever and NOT at all easy to replace.

no crack pipe here sonny,? listen to this...? ?http://www.dogmaticblog.com/mp3/led_zep2.mp3
? ? ? its an interview done by howard stern, talking with someone who knows more details then i could explain... give it a listen -  they play the originals and and the zep versions-- sometimes they steal the song outright.. but sometimes they changed the words slightly..  (Communication Breakdown was originally called Nervous breakdown)? ?but heres a list of songs they've stolen...

 
 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
 Black Mountain Side
 Boogie with Stu
 Bring It On Home
 Communication Breakdown
 Custard Pie
 Dazed and Confused
 Gallows Pole
 Hats Off to (Roy) Harper
 Hey Hey What Can I Do
 How Many More Times
 I Can't Quit You Baby
 In My Time of Dying
 The Lemon Song
 Moby Dick 
 Nobody's Fault But Mine
 Poor Tom
 Rock and Roll
 Stairway to Heaven
 Trampled Under Foot
 When the Levee Breaks
 White Summer
 Whole Lotta Love
 You Shook Me

http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/Zep/Originals.php

they are the worlds greatest coverband!

But who knows Taurus and who knows Led Zeppelin? Exactly right now everyone is saying who the FUCK is Taurus.  :beer:

Fuck Taurus......


Long live the Led... :beer:

Inspired by is the more appropriate term for most of those songs.  And a lot of that stuff is credited, so it's not stolen.  When The Levee Breaks, You Shook Me and Boogie With Stu being good examples.  And a lot of those other 'stolen' songs were originally folk arrangements, like "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Gallows Pole". 

Admittedly, some of their songs were big steals.  Stuff like Dazed and Confused (from Jake Holmes) and The Lemon Song (an amalgamation of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters).  But I think Led Zeppelin did it better, and while it doesn't necessarily justify it, it means I'm more than happy to listen to it. 

And some of their originals are pretty spell binding as well...things like Kashmir, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop or No Quarter are pure originals, and still utterly amazing.  Led Zeppelin were just very very diverse in their influences, and not afraid to expand on a good idea.  That's my view anyway. 

"babe i'm gonna leave you" on Led zeppelin-1 was orignally credited as written by led zeppelin,  actually only one song on that album was'nt insipired/ripped off from someone else....  its the same thing as if me and my new band wrote these way cool new songs called Welcome to the jungle, Whole lotta Rosie, etc... 

press conference on wednsday, lets keep our fingures crossed.

Wrong, it was originally credited as "trad. arr" because they covered it from Joan Baez, who had also covered it thinking it was a "trad. arr". 

In addition, have you ever HEARD any of the originals of these songs?  Listen to, for instance, the Jake Holmes version of Dazed and Confused, it is almost a completely different song.  The music is in a different key, the solo and bridge are utterly different.  And the lyrics are different.  The only real similarity is the 'dazed and confused' line and the walkin rhythm. 

You Shook Me is also significantly different to its original incarnation. 

It's not like some new band "writing these way cool new tracks called welcome to the jungle" its like some new band taking some old tracks they love, and giving them their own completely different sound.  Like, for instance, the Gnr cover of "Heartbreak Hotel" or "Jumpin' Jack Flash", or the AC/DC cover of "Baby, Please Don't Go".  If you've heard those, and their originals, they are COMPLETELY different. 

According to NME.COM, LED ZEPPELIN will officially announce its reunion gig during a press conference on Wednesday, September 12 at the O2 Arena in London beginning at 4:00 p.m. BST.

i did'nt want to deal with the reality of this issue either, has any one actually heard the stern interview i posted up>? i'll be the first to admit they were a tight band, they put on a great show and played those songs great, ... but they did originally credit themselfs with writing those songs,? in the interview the guest talks about how credit was givin sorta silently over a period of time--
? and just because i sing the words to my new bands song "welcome to the jungle" a little slower, add bongo drums and a childrens church choir could make it "almost completly different" too.? ?oh-? and theres no way in hell im giving axl rose any royalties either for my new hit song. as zeppelin (or their managment- they're just to blame here too) felt it was needed.

i'm sorry if your a real big zep fan, i was as well, and i can still listen to the music, but my feelings towards these guys has totally changed-- this is sorta like being told santas not real.

Well I'm gonna try and get tickets for the London show.  But knowing Harvey Goldsmith it will be impossible to get a pair!

The invited 'industry' list will number in the thousands. 

Me too mate.

Just heard that tickets will be ?125 each (my source may not be correct, but its the first figure I've heard).  Dont have any more details on how's and where's.  The press conf is in 5 mins and i think you can watch it live at www.nme.com

Yep, all confirmed.

http://www.ahmettribute.com/main.php?show=prereg  you have to pre-register and then it's a ballot.

Link doesn't work!!

havent got through yet.... apparently the website has unsurprisingly crashed.  :rant:

Hardly surprising!! I wonder what this'll be like. Could either be amazing or totally shit. I bet I get through, fork out ?125, and then they announce a full tour at 50 quid a pop or something. Typical.

The surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN have confirmed they will reform for a special show at London's 22,000-capacity O2 arena on Monday, November 26 as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last December.

Tickets cost ?125 each (approximately $254) and will be allocated on a lottery basis through the AhmetTribute.com web site. Names will be chosen at random. There will be seating and standing tickets and fans will be able to express a preference at the web site.

Due to expected unprecedented demand, tickets will be limited to two per successful applicants per household.

Tickets will not be available from any other source. Please do not take adverts or publicise any company who claims to have tickets. They will not be given any.

Profits will benefit the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun's homeland, Turkey.

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.

Robert Plant said in a statement: "During the ZEPPELIN years, Ahmet Ertegun was a major foundation of solidarity and accord. For us he WAS Atlantic Records and remained a close friend and conspirator ? this performance stands alone as our tribute to the work and the life of our long-standing friend."

Mica Ertegun, Ahmet's wife and president of The Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, commented: "Ahmet attributed his success to his excellent education, and his ability to recognize innovative artists that touched us all. It was his wish to endow music and liberal Arts scholarships that would enable gifted children to reach their highest creative potential. The Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund was founded with that goal. He would be very proud that LED ZEPPELIN have chosen to reunite and headline a benefit concert in his name featuring so many of his friends. I would like to thank all of the artists for their generous contribution to help make Ahmet's vision a reality."

Mick Jones of FOREIGNER stated: "Ahmet's combination of charm, humour, irreverence and above all his great passion for music made getting to know him one of the brightest highlights of my life."

Paolo Nutini: "Meeting Ahmet Ertegun in New York two years ago was a complete honor. He touched my life with his amazing personality and opened a few doors when I was starting my career. He even invited me to sing with Ben E King and Robert Plant at Montreux last year as part of a celebration of his musical life. He was a special guy, a real gentleman and it's such a shame he's gone but a massive tribute that all his music lives on ? and will do forever. God bless Ahmet."

ZEPPELIN reformed for Live Aid in 1985 with Phil Collins on drums. Page and Plant have played together sporadically since then. A further ? brief ? reformation occurred at Atlantic Records' 40th anniversary bash in New York in 1988 with Jason Bonham on drums.

Three weeks prior to ZEP's O2 show, Jimmy Page will be honoured as the Living Legend at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Classic Rock magazine?s third annual award show. This year the awards will take place on Monday, November 5 at London?s prestigious Landmark Hotel.

ZEPPELIN's O2 show is being organized by legendary promoter Harvey Goldsmith.

Commented Goldsmith: "Ahmet introduced me to America when I first started promoting. He became a friend and was my mentor. Our industry deeply misses such a giant of music. It is a fitting tribute that these great artists have all come together to perform in his memory. The proceeds of the evening will go to The Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund for student scholarships. One of these scholarships will be for a music student in the UK each year."

Bill Curbishley of Trinifold management added: "To have had Ahmet regard me as one of his close friends over the past 40 years was indeed a rare privilege. To be involved in setting up this event, plus a music trust in his name and in his spirit is also a great honour and privilege for me."

Here's The Sun newspapers (rag) article:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2007420562,00.html

looksl ike they updated their website http://www.ledzeppelin.com

well, got my ballot in.  I hope I can make it, and i hope it's televised if i can't. 

got mine in.

And I'm gonna be there!

HOLLY SHITY !!!

The best news on the music bussines ! LED FUCKIN Zeppelin  Holly Shity its FUNFUCKINAMAZING !!! :beer:

How they will pick the set list ?! To many great songs for only one show.. :smoking:


Good luck with the tickets ! : ok:

I'll try to get me a ticket...

This will be an amazing event and I wanna be there!!!

Report: 'Millions' Rush For LED ZEPPELIN Gig - Sep. 13, 2007
BBC News reports that an estimated 20 million people rushed to register for tickets to see LED ZEPPELIN as soon as the band announced their reunion, promoters have said.

The remaining members of the legendary rock group will play a one-off show at the 20,000-capacity O2 arena in London on 26 November, they said on Wednesday.

The concert's web site has struggled to cope with demand, and organizers have asked fans to be patient.

Registration for the ?125 tickets closes at midday BST on Monday.

Tickets for the show will be allocated by public ballot ? a move promoter Harvey Goldsmith hopes will deter touts.

"We just hope and pray that those people who get a ticket in a ballot are just going to act accordingly," he said.

Goldsmith also warned fans who turned to Internet auction sites like eBay or other unauthorized sources that they would have their tickets cancelled.

"They might have paid the money but they ain't going to get the ticket," he said.

god damn 20 million!!! i wouldn't go even if they played sweden :-X

does anybody know why they had "11.13.07" on their website last week ?

I think that's the release date of the new CD set?

'Stairlift To Heaven'

 :o

More like 'Stairway to the Bank'. :o

Stairlift sounds about right. Not so young anymore. Much easier to press the button to the 3rd floor......

I'd bet Zeppelin has an abundance of exotic fruit for their dining pleasure...what say you?

Ah, but do they have Longan, Durian and Dragonfruit......

That's a lie.

And you know it.

Then you have no idea what great music sounds like...

Unless you don't live in Sweden.  :P

hoping to snag a ticket for this.


Wonder what their set list is going to be like? They have so many fucking killer songs.

Surely they'll start with Rock And Roll.

It's been a long time since I rock and rolled...

That would be one hell of a way to open. I could also see them opening with Immigrant Song

even the great has their schoolkid days. :D
Imagine if he'd become what he wanted to be then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy05Ne_Zi1U

That would be the ultimate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpfo8Oj0Szo

Should be amazing.

well, I know what GNR sounds like ;)

Yeah, I do live in Sweden : ok:

ok cheapjon, im i reading this right? you like rock music, but you dont dig the zep?

they have so many albums which vary its hard not to find an album you dont like.

i love all the first 4 albums.

I can't help it.. it's probably plants voice.. nah the music too.. some shit is cool as hell but pretty overrated in my book.. just like nirvana got overrated when kurt died, zep got when bonham died.. both nirvana and zeppelin has some really good rock songs.. but they aint Thaaaat great in my opinion. I respect all of your opinions and have now spoken mine on this band so thank you very much for your time :-*


Sabbath (ozzy eras) for the win

well fair play, the only thing id have to say is give zeppelin 2 a listen, it may change your mind if you dig a mix of hard rock, and stoner.

ok, i might thanks..

i'm listening to the rover at the moment.. some parts sounds very rocket queen IMO

^ DUDE holy crap that intro is like the combo of the rocket queen intro and outro lol , but it also reminds me of lord of thighs from aerosmith!

Pretty much both of those statements are wrong, regardless of how you feel about the music. Zeppelin was the biggest band on the planet in the 70s.  They didnt blow up when Bonham died.  It was the opposite actually.  They faded away for a while, at least on mainstream radio, never classic rock radio, until the next generation of rock fans discovered them.
  Nirvana was friggin HUGE before Kurt died. Now, no one can say whether or not Nirvana would have went the way of Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, and other big acts of that era, but Kurt dying didnt cause Nirvanas popularity.  But him dying did kinda solidify his legacy, like Morrison and Hendrix before him.

actually i only stated my opinion so you can't say i'm wrong : ok: you're wrong though when you say my opinion is wrong

kurt sucks, period.

 ;D

but zeppelin rockskskskskkss

Thats a statement, not an opinion. And its wrong. Both acts were huge before the deaths. Thats all Im saying.  Whether you like them or not is your opinion. I understand that. Its cool.  Saying that "you  think" they got over-rated after the deaths, can be viewed as a mis-informed opinion. But thats not what you said.

wow, you just don't get it.. try to read and understand this quote from me:

i said something that pretty much means my opinion and then i gave an example : ok:

I never said they weren't huge before the deaths, they were and i know that man. but they just weren't that great in my opinion and i think when bonham and kurt died it simply got bigger. Just like if bonham and kurt were alive today and the bands never split it wouldn't have been such a big thing, just like if slash and the rest wouldn't have left axl a tour with the "classic" GNR line up wouldn't be so special and people wouldn't "request" (mayeb not request but you know what i mean) it as they do today.. it's all about supply and demand, it's very logic

When something gets overrated, it eventually dies. Like Britney Spears for example. She didn't deserve anything, and she got fucked. I could give you many examples, especially from the 80's... Rick Astley is a great one...  :rofl:

Led Zep didn't die. Nirvana didn't die.

They never will.

Cause when you make great music, it'll get appreciated by every generation.

I saw Plant live this summer. I saw kids there. Fuck, I'm a kid as well, compared to the people who were going to gigs when Led Zep were kickin asses.

So, when people appreciate your music that much after 2-3 decades, you must have done something right.

It's not a matter of hype. Noone ever tried to get me into Zep. I liked a song, I got all their records, I loved the band.

Preach it Rev.Christos AG...

Now everybody put your hand together and sing Stairway for Jesus!!!!

Hell yes, Zeppelin was the pinnacle of what Rock n Roll was supposed to be in the 70s. Concerts sold out in hours in a time when one had to "camp out" and stand in line to get tickets. Every rocker/head/freak eagerly awaited the next album ... because you knew it was going to rock your ass off. The best band in the history of Rock ...

I think my fav Zep album might be Houses Of The Holy. Could Over The Hills And Far Away have the best outro ever? Very possibly.

Just thought I'd share my opinion with everyone else. :P

Night flight is one of my fav zep songs but its outro could easily be the worst one ever.  :yes:


and  the lengthy solos?
I hear that that audience could go out of the venue, have a full course dinner and comeback to see jimmy page still going on with the same solo. :hihi:

Good lord, that must be a blast for those 3 guys to sit down and hammer out a setlist for this show - I 'd love to be a fly on the wall for that one

1: Rock And Roll
2: Black Dog
3: The Song Remains The Same
4: Heartbreaker
5: Communication Breakdown
6: Trampled Under Foot
7: Since I've Been Loving You
8: Over The Hills And Far Away
9: Good Times Bad Times
10: Kashmir
11: Fool In The Rain
12: Immigrant Song
13: Stairway To Heaven
14: Dazed And Confused
15: Dancing Days
16: Whole Lotta Love

:drool:




(Not official, just my ideal setlist ;))

(Also, you could throw Tangerine in there too ;D)

somethin else
immagrant song
black dog
dazed and confused
good times bad times
kashmir
over the hills and far way
thats the way
hey hey what can i do ?
stairway to heaven
going to california
bring it on home
the ocean
communication breakdown
thank you
the lemon song
hearbreaker
when the levee breaks
the song remains the same
how many more times
          -some kind of blues medley
*encore*
whole lotta love
rock n' roll



dream setlist  :drool:

im getting pretty sick of all these led zep greatest hits, i mean come, this "mothership" thats coming out is nothing more than a re-release of early days and latter days. they need to come out with more concert cd's like they did with "how the west was one".

Didnt I read somewhere that they dont play Stairway cause of Bonham or something?

they actually don't play it because its plants least favorite zeppelin song. he's been quoted as calling it "naive" and "mediocre". the last time he sang it was in 1994 when page and plant were doing there unledded thing. it was on some tv show, i foget what show it was, but it was just plant singing and page on the acoustic and they only did like half of the song.

I'm ashamed that i'm 37 and only got into them around 3 years ago.

But i absolutely love ROCK & ROLL, Trampled Underfoot, Babe I'm Gonna Leave YOU........FUCKING GREAT SONGS.

My only wish would be for a re-recorded version of KASHMIR with a fuckin massive orchestra behind them, that would tryely be amazing.I alway thought the album version lacked a huge string section behind it.

LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Rules Out Reunion Tour - Sep. 28, 2007

According to Gigwise.com, Robert Plant has ruled out hopes of a full LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour.

It had been hoped that the band would extended their one-off show at London?s O2 Arena on November 26 to allow more people to see the veteran rockers make their comeback.

Plant has now definitely ruled out the prospect of more dates, however, saying: ?We need to do one last great show, because we've done some shows and they've been crap."

The frontman also told the Daily Express that he's planning to take it easy after the tribute show for Ahmet Ertegun.

"I know I'm getting on. When I do come back from touring I'm shocked to find a lot of my mates tend to be going to bed far too early and that means I should probably be doing the same. Maybe I should stop having a good time and get old," the singer confessed.

Almost twenty million people applied for tickets to the band's show in London. Successful applicants will be notified by October 1.

refreshing coolness.  :yes:

I bet they'll play 'stairway.

Take it easy? Isnt  Plant already taking it easy the last couple of years?  ???

He was on tour this summer...

Are you still planning on going if you manage to get tickets, Christos?

You bet I am...

I'll find the money anyway I can (AdZ and Jarmo please don't try helping me with that...  :P)

I'm not missing this show for anything in this world... (provided I get tickets...)

I'd be crazy to miss it if I had tickets...

Well, I wish you all the "twenty million people signed-up for tickets" luck in the world! :P

But anything can happen.

You had to apply for tickets, right? That's fuckin lame. Whatever happened to first come, first served?

We already showed you Soho! You can work out the rest yourself.

I think I'll leave Soho to you 2 crazy boys...  :hihi:

Are you coming onto me? :nervous:

I'm saying a prayer tonight to the Zeppelin Gods that my name is miraculously pulled out of the hat....cuz if it is..you bet your sweet gunner asses that i'm packing my bags and heading across the pond! : ok:

Not with that hair...  :P

Says the guy that wears alice bands.

1) It's a common thing for Greeks to wear hairbands.

2) It's a common thing for football players to wear them.

3) No need to wear them anymore. My hair is too long now...  :P

you know it!!!  nothing so far....  am not expecting to get an email, but am excited the gig is happening full stop!
keep them fingers crossed!!!   : ok:  :beer:

Best of luck to everyone from HTGTH. :peace:

So, we'll know in about 5 hours...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH...

Well, I guess I'll know tomorrow morning...  :P

1) It's a common thing for noone to like Greeks.

2) Football players aren't cool.

3) You're not cool.

Fuck off.

I didn't win...  :P

neither did i. 

there's another draw of ballot-allocated tickets coming though, apparently.

Oh goody! The fat lady hasn't sang yet!  : ok:

sorry, she's sung and done...

Damn! I wanted to get the Led out! :crying:

any tickets that aren't purchased within 72 hours of the winners being notified and any tickets which are purchased where the card does not match up to the ballot entry will be re allocated.

osie Swash of Guardian Unlimited reports that promoter Harvey Goldsmith has branded eBay the "biggest rip-off merchants in the world" after tickets to the forthcoming LED ZEPPELIN gig appeared for sale on the online auction website. Goldsmith, who helped persuade the band to reunite for a one-off show this November, told Kerrang! Radio yesterday: "I wish eBay would drop dead and die... I have begged them to take [the tickets] off and they have basically told us to fuck off. So I will do everything I possibly can to ruin their lives."

The promoter's harsh words follow the news that fans who purchased tickets to the gig, taking place November 26 at London's 02 Arena, on someone else's credit card may be refused entry. Those fans who won the right to buy tickets were issued with a password to validate their purchase, but it was announced at the weekend that they may be cancelled if the password holder's name did not match the credit card holder's name.

Harvey Goldsmith has responded to criticism of this policy on his blog: "I am fully aware that there seems to be concerns about people who became winners in the ballot and then decided to use somebody else's credit card to pay for the ticket. However, I am convinced that those who are bleating the loudest seem to be protesting too much for other reasons."

so does anyone know anyone who won? just curious. I don't know one person.

Well I am one of the people who had two tickets booked (and have my ticketmaster confirmation!!!! with seat numbers etc) and then got an email saying my credit card didn't match the name of the ballot winner and therefore the tickets were being cancelled!!!!  I am absolutely gutted. 

I have spoken to the O2 arena directly, Harvey Goldsmith's office AND Ticketmaster but all to no avail.  Not only that, but Ticketmaster have also told me that because it was stated in the original ballot email conf that a friend couldn't use their credit card to pay (I didn't notice the small T's & C's cause I was so excited) they do not have to refund my ?277 - which is what it cost for two tickets + booking fee.  Apparently they will let me know within 28 days if they are refunding the money.

I am soooooo gutted it's unreal - especially since I was bragging about it to my mates so much.

And guess what?  Someone I know is gonna be in a bloody box watching it!  Damn it!

Ouch. That sucks big time. :no:

sorry to hear man.

you must be really gutted.

Damn! that sucks. If they don't refund your money, think about spending a few extra bucks and initiate an action in your local courts.

what the hell.. this system sucks donkeyballs!!! damn harvey goldsmith.. I think they don't really understand how much this reaaally sucks for everyone.. I'm sorry for you dude..

NO WAY!!!!  I gasped when I read your post! Don't give up...i bet you can still get the tix...beg, borrow or steal...you HAVE to go! Don't take no for an answer! You go get what is rightfully yours!

Noooooooo!  that bites.  I REALLY feel for you, mate.  keep persevering - hassle the hell out of them - and do it before this friday (when there will apparently be another ballot draw).  It's worth making the calls - you have to be there!!  I dont know anyone personally that won, but there is talk on zepp forums of people having paid enormous prices first for the passcodes on ebay and then people who genuinely won are auctioning off their spare ticket - for a shitload of cash.
Ticketmaster are complete c*nts.  let us know what happens!

I would definitely hassle anyone and everyone until you get your tickets. That is some real bullshit if you don't get them because of that.

I'm still trying guys and will keep you updated.  Thanks for your messages!!!! : ok:

Good luck red 1! Make sure to update us on the actual show. : ok:

I'm not seeing any appearances from Plant, Page or Jones regarding the concert. Then again they don't have to.

Red, don't you live in london?...you should go down there and straighten it out in person...and you don't leave till you talk to the right person and make it happen! NO ONE messes with a one of our gunner dudes!   GOOOOOO RED!  You can make it happen!  "There out to get me...so they can suck me...i'm fucking innocent!"

here's an old video i have never seen before... man, they were so amazing in their prime!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkgRLfOxkXQ

I don't actually live in London, I'm a couple of hours away.

I have contacted LOADS of people who are very relevant and very well connected to the band and management etc personally but I'm afraid it really does seem like all hope is dead.

I am lucky enough to be attending the Classic Rock Awards on November 5th where Jimmy Page is guest of honour - so I will try a personal plea - but obviously by that time my original tickets will be gone as the second ballot (which will include my tix) is tomorrow.

That is just awful they can screw you over like that.

don't give up yet. read this article on the problems people had with the promoter...

Led Zep Ticket Snafu Gets Ugly
Updated 01:55 PDT Fri, Oct 12 2007
Legendary rock promoter Harvey Goldsmith is in a head-to-head fight with furious Led Zeppelin fans whose tickets for the November 26 show at The O2 in London will be canceled.
 His harveygoldsmith.com site is being inundated with complaints from ticket-holders that the original terms and conditions of his ballot - in which the winners were given a code enabling them to purchase tickets - didn't make it clear that they also had to pay with their own credit cards.
 Nearly 600 comments have been posted on Goldsmith's blog page, while the world-famous promoter has rounded on eBay for allowing winners to sell their codes.
 People who bought passcodes have been ringing Ticketmaster and paying for their tickets with their own credit cards, although the name on those cards wouldn't have matched that of the original ballot winner.
 These are the tickets that Goldsmith intends to cancel.
 "We sell tickets on behalf of the promoter and act according to his instructions," Ticketmaster PR and communications manager Rosie Hills told Pollstar. She declined to comment on the hundreds of messages online.
 "I read and re-read all of the terms and conditions fastidiously and came to the conclusion I was doing nothing illegal or in violation of the rules by buying the passcode," said one of the many writers who claimed to be a lawyer.
 "Of course I realise this circumvents the 'spirit of the rules,' but as a lawyer, I know that in a court of law, 'the spirit' does not hold up," the Web posting continued. The main charge is that Goldsmith changed the rules after the ballot, and did so after realizing he left a huge loophole.
 One writer vented his anger by saying that all who have their tickets canceled "will surely sue the living knickers off Mr. Goldsmith." A teenager who won a passcode said he wasn't old enough to have a credit card, so his father bought the tickets with his.
 One disgruntled blogger with some artistic flair superimposed the heads of Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis and Goldsmith on a mock-up cover of a "Beavis and Butt-Head" comic, amending the title to read "Eavis and Butt-Head."
 Goldsmith's decision to cancel the tickets is based on the premise that "it is painfully obvious that if the ticket is not transferable then the method of obtaining the ticket is not transferable either."
 Some fans point out that they must be genuine Led Zeppelin fans if they're prepared to pay more than face value, something they wouldn't have done if they had any inkling that the ticket would be canceled.
 Goldsmith was not immediately responding to requests for further comment.

What if you get sick before the show?

Instead of having a friend enjoy the show, you have no alternative but to let your tickets simply go to waste?

 ???

Seems absolutely absurd to me.

What's more absurd is they're charging people ?100+ to see a band.

I'd love to have seen Led Zeppelin but, how the fuck am I supposed to afford that?

I think I remember that the tickets for the '77 tour were $8.50, and that was high for then.

Led Zep to make new music?

Jimmy Page has not ruled out the possibility of Led Zeppelin recording new songs, following the legendary rockers' reunion.
Led Zeppelin, minus the long-deceased John Bonham, will return for a one-off gig at the O2 Arena in London next month.

"Look, I'd be really surprised if there wasn't - you know, I mean I just know the way we are. We're musicians ... as we're playing we'll probably be coming up with all manner of things," Page said. "And that will be fun. I mean that's what it's all about. Let's do the O2 show, shall we? And then we'll speak to you afterward."

Wow, Led Zeppelin are on iTunes.

?60 for everything they ever released.

UPDATE!!!

The promoters decided to validate all the tickets that were gonna be cancelled.  SO I AM GOING TO SEE LED ZEP ON NOV 26TH!!!!

Great timing cause it was my dad birthday today and I was able to give him the best present he's ever had!  I think he nearly fainted/creid/shit himself all at once LOL.

awesome man, i'm really sincerely happy for you  :)

Thank you!  And thanks to everyone that had their fingers crossed for me!!!

Man, I'm sure you'll have the time of your life.

I'm glad one from our board will be there...

I wish I could be there...

 :'(

This is the best news I've heard all day too! Rock on!

That is great news and awesome for your dad. I hope you have a great time!

i see luck goes your way again.

wonder how many tickets will end up on ebay now though, since passcode names and credit card names won't match.

You still have to show the credit card that was used to book the tickets along with a state issued photo ID, so it's still pretty damn hard to sell them.

Glad you get to go. : ok:

I am "green with envy". :drool:

Led Zeppelin?s November 26th reunion concert has been pushed back to December 10th because guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger. The injury, which he sustained this past weekend, will make him unable to play guitar for the next three weeks. ?I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks,? Page said in a statement. ?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.? Tickets bought for the original show will be honored on the new date, and refunds will also be available. This news sucks (especially since Page busted a finger in a train door in 1975 but soldiered on and continued to tour), but we?ve waited twenty-seven years for this show, so what?s another fourteen days? That is, of course, unless you already bought plane tickets and made hotel reservations.

good!

When the finger breaks
The show date has to change...

Sorry.





I wonder how many pissed off people are going to have to cancel travel arrangements or spend a few random days in London.

A lot, at this point I'm kinda happy I didn't win the tickets, cause I would have spent money I didn't have to see this show...

The Pulse of Radio reports that Jimmy Page is confident that next month's LED ZEPPELIN reunion concert will finally give fans the same quality show that they performed during the band's heyday.

Page told Mojo that the band's inferior sets at Live Aid in 1985 and 1988's Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden were the reason that he demanded the band sweat out a competent and professional set in rehearsals. "I said that we could do it anywhere, anytime, provided there was enough commitment and rehearsal from all of us," he said. "I didn't want a repeat of Live Aid or the Atlantic (Records) thing. With Live Aid we came from our various incarnations with about an hour-and-a-half's rehearsal with (drummer Tony Thompson) who'd never played with before and then Phil Collins appears on stage as well. He was supposed to have been at rehearsals and he wasn't."

He said that the band's appearance at the 1988 Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert in New York City with John Bonham's son Jason Bonham filling in for his dad wasn't much better. "At the Atlantic Records gig, we went on six hours late, so what are the chances of you peaking when you're jet lagged?"

Page went on to talk about the upcoming London show saying that the band will be playing beyond 90 minutes: "However long we play, it's going to be a fair representation of what we were about. I'm not sure if we were going to do tracks off all the albums. I don't want to give any secret(s) away."

John Paul Jones, who had publicly admitted that he felt excluded from Page and Robert Plant's mid-'90s reunion as a duo, said that he wasn't convinced that a ZEPPELIN reunion could be artistically authentic. "I was reluctant at first... but Robert and Jimmy persuaded me," he said. "I turned up at rehearsals, five days. Playing with Jason is great. He brings great energy and life to the whole thing. He's... a bloody good drummer, different from his dad but he knows the old bootlegs and everything."

Phil Collins, who drummed for ZEPPELIN at Live Aid, said that due to the fact that the legendary concerts were broadcast worldwide, it doesn't matter that the band had their lackluster set pulled from the recent Live Aid DVD, explaining that the footage will always exist in one form or another. "It wasn't their finest hour, and whether it's one of those things that they feel was bad enough on the day, but not to have repeated viewings ? I mean, everybody videoed it, and if anybody wants to see it, they've just got to get their video out and play it," he said. "So I don't think it's gonna stop people from thinking about it and watching it."

LED ZEPPELIN releases its new best-of collection, "Mothership", today (November 13).

LED ZEPPELIN will perform on December 10 at London's O2 Arena. The show marks the band's first full concert since their final show with John Bonham on July 7, 1980 in Berlin.

Channel 4 reports that LED ZEPPELIN may embark on a full-scale tour after their reunion gig, according to guitarist Jimmy Page.

The band, who are gearing up for their one-off show at the O2 arena in honour of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, are considering doing a string of dates as Page thinks it would be selfish of the band to put all their energy into just one gig.

"It's a bit silly not to because there is such massive demand," said Jimmy, who is resting up his injured finger, to Guitar World magazine.

"It's a bit selfish to do just one show. If that's it, we probably shouldn't have taken the genie out of the bottle."

Bring on the Led to the Global Tour. ;D

I reckon Page n Jones will be wanting to do a full tour, but i really doubt Plant will do it willingly, he's the one that's been tryin to live zeppelin down n seems to resent bein asked about it constantly.
But on the plus side from the mojo article it seems likely plant will sing stairway for this show

I've got my fingers crossed for that!!!

LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page has revealed the secret preparation that went into the band deciding to reform for their gig on December 10.

The guitarist explained that the band had a series of rehearsals they kept under wraps before confirming their return.

"We wanted to see how well we'd be playing together and once we played it was without doubt we wanted to do it," Page told BBC News.

He said that the rehearsals were "exhilarating" but it was tough keeping it a secret.

"The hardest thing of having anything to do with LED ZEPPELIN is getting together and rehearsing without anybody finding out about it," he explained.

The guitarist added that the band were then surprised by the response once they announced their return ? they will play just the one show at a tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. It takes place at the O2 Arena in London.

"We were pretty confident it would sell out on the first day but the demand was totally overwhelming," said Page. "I don't think anyone expected that demand in their wildest dreams."

THese fucker really need to do a full blown tour.

Gil Kaufman of MTV.com reports: It was one of those moments where all you can do is look at the guy next to you and wonder, "Did he really just say that?"

Is it possible that Ian Astbury, lead singer of '80s rock powerhouse THE CULT, spilled the beans on the biggest secret in rock ? during a club show in Cincinnati?

"We'll be back next year," a breathless Astbury said midway through the band's gig at Bogart's nightclub Saturday night. "Because we're opening for a band you may have heard of ... the name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it." Stunned looks bounced around the room until one sweat-drenched superfan shouted out the obvious: "LED ZEPPELIN!" Astbury, his eyes hidden behind dark shades, nodded affirmatively and stuck his hand in the air triumphantly before plowing into one of the band's signature Zeppelinesque rockers.

When asked about Astbury's seeming confirmation of the world tour, spokespeople for THE CULT and ZEPPELIN both declined to comment. ZEPPELIN's spokesperson added that no decision has been made on any LED ZEPPELIN tour and the band is focusing on its appearance at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert in London on December 10; a CULT spokesperson declined to answer questions about Astbury's comment.

Anybody know if the Dec 10th show will broadcast on TV or Radio??

Led xeppelin and The Cult touring would be fucking insane. :o :o 8) :beer:

MonstersAndCritics.com reports that LED ZEPPELIN have denied they are planning a world tour in 2008.

The legendary rockers claim "no decision has been made" as to whether they will follow up their comeback concert at London's O2 arena on December 10 with a globetrotting series of shows.

Don't know if this hs been posted, but here is a Mick Wall piece about Zeppelin after the break up:

http://images.radcity.net/6340/2223135.pdf

MAn I haven't read that in a long fucking time. Thanks for posting it up.

According to UK's The Sun, LED ZEPPELIN are rearranging classic tracks for their big reunion ? after aging frontman Robert Plant found he could no longer hit the high notes.

The rockers ? whose legendary 1976 live album was called "The Song Remains The Same" ? have been rehearsing songs in a lower key because 59-year-old Plant's voice is deeper.

The Sun's source revealed yesterday: "He and guitarist Jimmy Page have had a few heated discussions about the upcoming gig.

"Jimmy is a bit rusty and Robert has been struggling with the high notes. To avoid any embarrassing vocal wobbles with the world watching, they decided it would be best to transpose the songs in a lower key."

Next month's gig at London's O2 arena ? LED ZEP's first in 19 years ? was postponed by two weeks after Page, 63, broke a finger.

thats fair enough.

even brett micheals sings deeper now.

age seems to deepen most singers.

unlike steve tyler...the ultimate rock singer

Lot of singers do that now

Jon Bon Jovi has been doing it almost all of the 21st century, Mainly due to his cigarrette smoking.......



Thats why Its so amazing guys like Tyler and Axl can still hit the notes maybe even better than they could in the old days.

Axl definitely sounds better now than anytime in the 90's.

This sounds amazing

According to ThrillNetwork.com, Discovery Myrtle Beach ? the web site that has brought official updates on the construction of the new Hard Rock Park in South Carolina ? has posted what looks to be the first test run of the new "Led Zeppelin - The Ride" roller coaster.

The 150-foot tall Bolliger & Mabillard-built looping coaster traversed its course without any issues, but did seem a bit sluggish in spots. Though many coasters are slower their first runs until they get broken in.

"This coaster is so high; I'm sure we're waking up a few pilots," Steven Goodwin, Hard Rock Park CEO, previously joked. "I swear I've seen a couple of planes take notice already, not to mention the drivers on Rt. 501."

Easily viewed as far away as the three highway bridges that surround the Park, Led Zeppelin - The Ride will tower more than 150 feet into the sky (15 stories tall), serving as a landmark that will help travelers pinpoint Hard Rock Park whether arriving by air or land. The ride is most notable for the iconic relationship with band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, who have contributed to all aspects of Led Zeppelin - The Ride, including the ride's name, logo and overall look and feel of the vehicles.

Located in the Park's Rock & Roll Heaven zone, the signature steel roller coaster will thrill riders with a six-and-a-half minute experience, partially over water. Reaching speeds of 65 mph, the coaster will boast six breathtaking inversions, the largest of which will be a 120-foot loop. Every moment of the ride, including thrilling drops and loops, is timed to LED ZEPPELIN's hit single "Whole Lotta Love", creating an unprecedented sensory experience and an adrenaline rush rivaled only by a live LED ZEPPELIN concert.

The experience will begin in a huge silver airship, which is designed to make guests feel as if they are stepping onto the cover of LED ZEPPELIN's debut album. Once inside, band-related murals and props will adorn the walls, while music and videos play throughout the queue, leading to a "studio" area where guests will be treated to a moving, multimedia show before climbing aboard the coaster. As the ride begins its initial ascent, excitement will build in time with "Whole Lotta Love", which is pumped into each car, thanks to a high-fidelity on-board audio system.

Hard Rock Park will be an approximately 140-acre theme park boasting more than 40 attractions for rockers of all ages, including roller coasters, shows, children's play areas, restaurants, cafes and retail stores, a multi-purpose live music amphitheatre, and ultra-modern sound system specifically developed for the project, creating a totally immersive full-day experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVRHlPJKH4&eurl=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=85956

Scott Goldberg of the Digital Media Wire reports that an anonymous reader tipped Bob Lefsetz, author of The Lefsetz Letter, yesterday about an interesting development in the live music world: "ZEPPELIN just confirmed for Bonnaroo. They can't officially announce until after the London gig so pass it on! Also METALLICA is confirmed on the bill too!"

Goldberg adds: "Anyone who has experienced the unique event that is Bonnaroo (or its younger sibling Vegoose) knows the four-day Manchester, Tennessee show's trademark is its eclectic mix of bands. Considered 'the largest hippy festival in the world,' as Andrew Stockdale, lead singer of WOLFMOTHER said onstage last June, the festival organizers always manage to add plenty of non-hippy artists. In 2007 there was also the addition of a 'classic' billing, the re-emergence of THE POLICE."

The Pulse of Radio reports: According to LED ZEPPELIN, the main reason for their upcoming reunion concert in London is to make up for several slipshod, unrehearsed reunion sets that they've played over the past three decades. In the new issue of Rolling Stone, which features surviving members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones on the cover, the group salutes Jason Bonham, who'll be filling in for his late father John Bonham on drums at the upcoming gig.

Bonham, who now drums for FOREIGNER, says that he feels a duty to pay tribute to his dad, as well as to make up for what he felt was a lazy performance on his part during ZEPPELIN's 1988 set at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert in New York City. Bonham says that he was too young to properly rise to the occasion of filling his father's shoes that night, recalling, "I took it for granted. I expected it and didn't do my homework."

Plant agrees with Bonham: "When Jason was younger and more juvenile, he thought (playing in ZEPPELIN) was a hereditary situation. But now, Jason knows that not only is he the right guy for this ? with his enthusiasm and prowess, he's changing it."

John Paul Jones says that nearly 20 years after their last prolonged set together, Bonham has more than done his homework: "Jason has an encyclopedic recall of every live bootleg and studio outtake... Jason will go, 'In 1971, you did it this way, and in 1973, at so-and-so auditorium, you did it this way into that."

Page added that, "Jason knows the numbers. But not only that, he understands them. That makes a lot of difference."

The 100-minute plus set will not only feature such ZEPPELIN classics as "Whole Lotta Love", "Dazed And Confused", and "No Quarter", but also rarities as well. The band has been rehearsing "For Your Life", an album track from the band's 1976 album "Presence" that they have never before played live.

Despite numerous rumors that the band is plotting a 2008 tour, so far they are only booked to play one night, on December 10 at London's O2 Arena, at a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun.

MTV.com reported that earlier this month THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury told a Cincinnati audience, "We'll be back next year, because we're opening for a band you may have heard of... the name starts with an 'L'and has a 'Z' in it." When an audience member called out "LED ZEPPELIN!" Astbury nodded and raised his fist in the air.

The most consistent rumor circulating regarding a ZEPPELIN tour is that Plant is waiting to see how well the band performs at the London gig before committing to any future concerts. He is also planning on performing solo dates with Alison Krauss behind their new album "Raising Sand", as well as plotting a new studio album with T-Bone Burnett.

It seem a lots of musicians/celebrities and people in the business are attending the December 10 show.
Maybe  GNR people as well?  ;D

According to NME.com, LED ZEPPELIN are taking tips from ELTON JOHN ahead of their reunion next week (December 10).

The band will take the stage in London at the 02 Arena, which was converted into a gig venue after it began life as the Millennium Dome.

However, after seeing several concerts there, guitarist Jimmy Page admitted he may consult the rock 'n' roll knight in order to get the best sound.

"THE STONES sounded terrible [when they played there], PRINCE wasn't great, SNOW PATROL was just this great monolithic noise," Page told Q Magazine.

However John's performance at the venue impressed the guitarist and he admitted he may well seek out advice on how he pulled it off.

"The only guy who sounded OK in there was Elton John," explained Page. "So I may talk to his soundman."

oh wow im so happy i got the Email from the Ahmet website offering me the chance to buy a couple of tickets, and of course i accepted so i will be there on Monday

Happy Days

^^  oh my god!! wow!! well done!! hope you have an AMAZING time. let us know what it was like!!   :beer:

Cheers dude! I drink in your honor ... well, I would've anyway, but still, that is great news. Glad they didn't try to screw everyone.

awesome man, have a great time and rock out for us all :)

awesome!!!!!

Congrat.

It shall be a glorious day. I can't fucking wait.

Any chance you will give someone here live updates to post? that would rule!

Ya is this going to be on TV, or broadcast on the Internet?...Does anyone know if live updates will be given? and is the timing the same? like Europe and North America?

i read somewhere that there would be a DVD release but there was no source so i have no idea if its true.

Ya but I mean so I can watch it tmw night

Just had to do a 140 mile round trip to collect my ticket and pass today we had to queue for 2 hours it finaly seems real.


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Why didn't you pick it up tomorrow???

because tomorrow we cant get there until after 5, and we was worried what the queues would be like, thinking about it now, i think most people have collected today so we probably would of been ok, anyhow now harm done in doing it the way i did, and at least i know we are 100% ok for getting in now.

that is pretty sick!!!

i hope they open with THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME !!!

"cough" Minidisc Recorder "cough"

"cough" Audio Recording "cough"

"cough" i will post some updates "cough"

"cough" im excited "cough"

the reunion ain't complete without 'since i've been loving you'. so go zep!

Steve..... you're taking a recorder!!???!!!

I am gonna love you so much if you get me a souvenir of this day!!!

I am so excited.  leaving Bristol in a minute to drive up to London!

Yes Shhhh  ;)

i cant guarantte the quality depends on the arena set up

v excited for you guys!! the day is finally here!  I will be awaiting your updates (no rush if you're on too big a high to want to go near a pc though!)

I read on nme.com that they were doing live streaming from the gig - not sure if this is true though - HA, just checked, they have changed all the news items that said they would have some live streaming - they will now have a song by song blog from 5pm and the "first" live review from inside the arena.
http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/33047

rock n rollllllll!!  :beer:  :smoking:  HAVE AN AMAZING TIME!!!

hey man just to say, if you get anything from this gig I LOVE YOU.  I'm so excited about this show, so sad to be missing it, and so looking forward to seeing the DVD, but i really wanna hear it ASAP.  Led Zep are the only band I love more than Gnr, so your one lucky fucker in my books.  ENjoy the show! 

Concert from 70's here, for a while. Hope people outside Norway can see it :peace:
http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/312379

Yep it's being recorded to be released on DVD...

According to MTV.ca, LED ZEPPELIN's reunion concert in London, which is scheduled to take place tonight (Monday, December 10) will be recorded for a DVD release. The show, which pays tribute to the Atlantic Records co-founder will feature additional performances from FOREIGNER, Paul Rodgers, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. There's no word on when the DVD will hit shelves.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86439

According to a post at Royal Orleans, a select few invited guests were treated to a LED ZEPPELIN soundcheck consisting of the following songs:

"Good Times Bad Times"
"Ramble On"
"In My Time Of Dying"
"No Quarter"
"Nobody's Fault But Mine"
"D'yer Mak'er"
"Communication Breakdown"

LED ZEPPELIN's 100-minute plus set will not only feature such ZEPPELIN classics as "Whole Lotta Love" and "Dazed And Confused", but also rarities as well. The band has been rehearsing "For Your Life", an album track from the band's 1976 album "Presence" that they have never before played live.

That's great.

Thanks dude, I'm recording it now. Do you know the date?

Right i will do one update for the 1st song i cocked up and only brought one mobile phone battery and i want some video footage, good news is i got the audio recorder in so hopefully that will work, we have paul rogers on stage at the moment singin 'alright now'

BRING.IT.ON!!!!   :beer: rolling me one for the occasion right now  :smoking:

So far Led Zeppelin have played:

'Good Times Bad Times'

Set started with a clip from 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD with an American news clip telling of they broke The Beatles' attendance record for a gig in 1973 in California. Simple stage set, video screen behind the band.

'Ramble On'

'Ramble On' done in extremely slow, bluesy manner, with shards of electric guitar from Jimmy Page.


'Black Dog'
Page wearing dark shades, quite muddy sound. Crowd singing the 'ah-ah' bits back at Plant.

Saw that on nme.com. Nice song to open the gig with. Start with the first song from the first album.

So far Led Zeppelin have played:

'Good Times Bad Times'
"The set started with a clip from 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD with an American news clip telling of they broke The Beatles' attendance record for a gig in 1973 in California. Simple stage set, video screen behind the band."

'Ramble On'
"'Ramble On' done in extremely slow, bluesy manner, with shards of electric guitar from Jimmy Page."

'Black Dog'
"Page wearing dark shades, quite muddy sound. Crowd singing the 'ah-ah' bits back at Plant."

'In My Time Of Dying'
"Page is playing bottleneck guitar. Plant spoke for the first time before song, saying 'Good evening'."

'Your Life'
"That's not something you get to hear often these days, Led Zeppelin giving a song its live debut."

'Trampled Under Foot'

01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Ramble On
03. Black Dog
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. Your Life
06. Trampled Under Foot
07. The Lemon Song

They need to play South Bound Saurez. That is one quality song.

I still think Rock And Roll would have been the perfect opener, but why am I complaining? It's a Led Zeppelin reunion gig. You don't get those every day.

08. No Quarter
09. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Dazed And Confused

"Since I've Been Loving You" and "Dazed And Confused" are my two most favorite songs by Zepp. AnythinggoesII has surely achieved an ecstatic nirvana at this point in the show.

01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Ramble On
03. Black Dog
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. For Your Life
06. Trampled Under Foot
07. Nobody's Fault But Mine
08. No Quarter
09. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Dazed and Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains the Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir

Encore:
Whole Lotta Love

Pictures:
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=78261929#

LED ZEPPELIN kicked off its much-anticipated reunion concert at the O2 arena in London, England at approximately 9:00 p.m. local time. According to NME.com, the concert started with a clip from "The Song Remains The Same" DVD with an American news clip telling of they broke THE BEATLES' attendance record for a gig in 1973 in California. Simple stage set, video screen behind the band.

The setlist

01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Ramble On
03. Black Dog
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. For Your Life
06. Trampled Under Foot
07. Nobody's Fault But Mine
08. No Quarter
09. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Dazed and Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains the Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir

Encore:

15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock and Roll

No "Moby Dick", probably for the best. Not many could replicate Gonzo, but it would have been cool to see how Jason would have done.

Still, I bet it was one hell of a show.

Looks like a good set to me. I hope a bootleg surfaces until we get the dvd.

full report of the show:


http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/33080

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv-lW7K66M0&eurl=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86508

TV report plus SHOW footage...

WOW

Wish I was there...

Holy shit!

Did I hear that right? "20 million tried to get the 20k tickets available"?!?!?!?

Yes...

AMAZING

That would be the greatest reunion tour ever....

Not taking anything off GnR...But THAT would be the biggest, greatest reunion tour of the history...

LED!!! FUCKIN!!! ZEPPELIN!!!

They better tour on 08. ;D

I don't think it's an insult at all, you gotta give credit where credit it due.

This is along the same lines as when Pink Floyd did Live 8- just one magical evening and that's it.

Robert seems to be really in to his collaboration with Alison Kraus as of late.

Looked like an awesome show, lets hope there is a tour (but i wouldnt put money one it)

Page has said is ready to go with more Zep shows and even a new album. Not read anything what  John Paul Jones take is on that.

So we have a hell yeah, not likely and an unknown opinion on what happens next for more Zep shows and beyond.

Looked like Page was totally grey in that shot, if I saw it right.

Yeah it did to me too. But hey the man is 63 years old.

I would have given my left arm to be there tonight. It sounds like they really brought the goods to boot, and hopefully they can pull it together so others can also experience the excitement and magic of seeing Zeppelin again. I also think I understand now why groups like this seem to avoid reunions in that there is such a magic and aura around these gigs (and it was the same for Floyd if even for 4 songs) that it makes their projects afterward seem like small potatoes when you see the electricity they can still create on stage. If the concert turned out to be half as good as the reports seem to indicate they have no business doing anything but touring together because only a few groups in music history have had that "it" quality about them where you can just feel something special is happening when you see them on stage together. Seeing Page & Plant on the same stage together again is just too awesome and it will be a shame if they don't take advantage of it while they still can. Show this generation of wanna be rockers what showmanship, chemistry and supreme musical talent really is.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86516

Awesome stuff!!!!

 Some video clips:

http://www.4shared.com/file/31745419/c197c951/TSRTS.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/31748840/3e4ca409/IMTD.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8v_Rqi4B-E

for as old as they are they sure are bringing the HAMMER down!!! I am glad this happened even if they don't tour or whatever...

can't wait for some audio and a DVD to come out of this!

:beer:
-heres to hoping for a US tour!

These guys still have it.

Exactly.....No single band could ever outgross a Pink Floyd reunion floor if it were to happen.  They could charge $500 for tickets and they'd still sell out every where, every night, every venue.

I think he was talking about Zeppelin, not Floyd. Floyd would be gigantic too though for sure.

fuck fuck fuck fuck

i got the mini disc recorder in no problems but after a few drinks my judgement was not so good, and i didnt press the record button properly, so i got nothing, i am really really upset i do have a couple of videos not that great but watchable, as soon as i set up a new youtube account ill host them, as for the show what can i say, nothing can describe it really it was amazing, one thing that made me laugh was the people walking out before the 1st encore thinking the show was over, the crowd cheering for more was deafening, and we got more, sorry to anyone hoping id get the audio but im really upset myself as well.

hey dont worry at all - you were there! the set list was amazing - the atmosphere must have been incredible!  Honestly, dont give yourself a hard time - am sure i read somwhere that it wil be recorded and released as a dvd.  Your own memories will always be yours though.  were you sitting or standing, mate?  There was a live clip on bbc news last night of Black Dog - the crowd looked so damn happy! They sounded great in that little clip.
Cheers to Zeppelin for doing this gig and delighting so many fans  : ok:

Thats ok. I honestly doubt you were the only one in there attempting to record this. Whoever did manage to do it though better not host it on dime. They'll ban it cause its going to be a dvd release.

WOW!

I had an awesome time.  From start to finish I thought they were great.  The best thing was seeing the band members grinning at eachother the entire time - they were loving every second of it too.

Jason did a great job and I was surprised at just how good he really is.

The only song that frustrated me was Black Dog cause it's one of those that you really wanna hear done just like on the recordings, but Plant has to alter it cause he can't hit the notes - but I knew that was gonna happen cause he's done it that way both times I've seen him solo.

The atmosphere was electric, and the huge mixture of ages and nationalities just made it so special.

And how the hell did I end up bumping into Graz and Stephen amongst 20,000 people???? :rofl:

i know how random was that, we had not long got there either, we jokingly said "oh do you think we will see Martin" 2 mins later and there you were, and yeah the crowd mix was cool so many different people, many of them with there own storys of how they got tickets etc, amazing, and to Answer a another thread no i dont think Axl was there someone would of seen him and mentioned it, the only celebrity we saw (well Graciela saw) was Juliette Lewis

And the show was far from horrible or overhyped it matched and went above the occasion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_JTMuHOQk

Starts a bit shaky but Jimmy kicks all kinds of ass on the solo. Plant was solid on the vocals all the way through.

your quite crazy ;D
Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti are excellent : ok:

Show opening & Good Time Bad Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsHcUwtw5H0

as you should be you lucky fucking bastard ;D

red1 & anythinggoes...sounded like an epic show...so glad a few of our own were lucky enough to attend!!!!!

sounded great.

someone who lives by me got to go. ill have to ask him about it.

Juliette Lewis was there... she had a good taste huh gotta love that girl. ;D


The videos i saw the band sounded fuckin great...thats Rock N Roll thats ZEPPELIN !!! :smoking:

http://blog.tylerbell.net/2007/12/11/led-zeppelin-02-concert-reunion-reviews/

tons of reviews, photos, video clips!

Oh dear... and there I was refraining myself from singing along so I wouldn't fuck up the recording like I usually do  ;D  Nah, doesn't matter, I'm pretty sure plenty more people had the same idea. A recording will surface.

What a truly amazing, amazing night. I wish all of you could had been there. I kinda feel guilty I was one of the lucky ones... :-[

well i didnt want you ruining the concert for me either  ;D :P

anyhow i learnt one thing from yesterday

The Streets of Camden are an Alcohol Free Zone

Some Pictures i took not my best but we was far away and the Alcohol was still in effect  ;D
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plant looks so fucking bad ass :D

Ok, this is a zip of all the full songs that have been released so far.  Quality is variable, but listenable and in many cases sounds very good.

Good Times, Bad Times
Black Dog
No Quarter
Since I've Been Loving You
The Song Remains The Same
Stairway To Heaven
Kashmir
Rock And Roll
Whole Lotta Love

Enjoy!

10/12/07 - Led Zeppelin, 02 Arena (Everything So Far) (http://rapidshare.com/files/75930213/Zeppelin_10.12.07_Everything_So_Far.zip)

Thanks dude.

first audio up..

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=174419

I wish they wouldn't have done this.    Totally cheapens their legacy IMO.   Some things are better left in the past and left great.    This to me just looks like tired old farts trying to relive their glory days.   

No, I'm not a huge Zep fan but I respect what they did back in their day.

cheers cotis

Gotta disagree. I think Jimmy Page could be 80 and still look cool on stage.

Here's another great writeup!!


http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004061.html

Listening to it now. Definitely not the best recording but defintely listenable. Its cool to hear until someone has something better.

and here's a sweet blast from the past:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ssI83i_ApI

alot of older artists seem to be coming back to reform though.

most of them touring, zep just did it once as a tribute to someone that died that used to help them out.

"Kids say the darnedest things"

They're musicians, not models. Being a musician is a job. At 60-70 age is when you retire depending on health.
They all seems in good shape so should rock on. :peace:

I don't get the extreme actions some take for presitge, getting old is normal :P

I dunno I just think reunions like this in general are cliche and lame.   

WTF is going on at YouTube? EVERY LITTLE CLIP of SOMETHING from the gig is being taken down by this Warner shit. Crapsucking cocklovers. How the fuck would they do that??

Probable cause they are going to release a dvd of the show . So why would they want bootlegged stuff on things liek youtube?

Because they are owned by Google.  It sucks, YouTube isn't what it used to be. :no:

Because it's just an innocent thing like YouTube, I don't see a problem in having a few clips from the show?  :rofl: Just annoying as hell for one like me, who wasn't there. I see a couple of the best songs, but can't watch them.  >:(

Basically, someone at Warner is sitting there monitoring Youtube.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2007/12/11/warner-gives-no-quarter-over-led-zeppelin-video-clips

Warner Gives "No Quarter" Over Led Zeppelin Video Clips

Mere hours after Led Zeppelin made rock and roll history with its triumphant reunion concert at London's O2 arena, the band's record label, Warner Music Group, was locked in running battle with YouTube users who are flooding the site with amateur videos of the show.

Dozens of videos of songs including Stairway to Heaven, No Quarter, Whole Lotta Love, and Good Times, Bad Times, have been uploaded to the video site, much to the apparent chagrin of Warner. (By the time you read this, these clips may have been pulled.)

As of Tuesday afternoon, many videos had been removed, "due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group." But dozens remained, with more being uploaded by the hour.

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the copyright holder - in this case Warner - is required to inform YouTube of each instance of infringement. YouTube is then obliged to take down the offending video.

Given the sheer number of videos being posted, it is fair to assume that Warner's lawyers are working overtime. Unfortunately for Warner, YouTube, which is owned by Google, is only required to take down individual videos, not to remove all videos made of the show, en masse. Critics of the D.M.C.A. often seize upon this component of the law when arguing for its reform, or outright abolishment.

Given the size of O2 Arena (20,000, sold out), the historic nature of the concert, the fact that Zeppelin currently has no tour planned, and the ubiquity of cheap cellphone and video cameras, last night's show may have been one of the most video-taped rock concerts in history.

Last night's show is already being considered one of the most important rock and roll concerts of the last decade, if not in the history of pop music. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive - gushing, even - and bands and critics alike are clamoring for Led Zeppelin to announce a world tour. The Telegraph reported that Led Zeppelin record sales skyrocketed 500 percent the day after the concert.

Warner has good reason to want to protect its intellectual property in this case, given that the company is expected to release a DVD of the concert for sale next year.

Just recently, timed to coincide with the reunion concert, Led Zeppelin agreed to put its entire, remastered catalog on iTunes. This reporter has heard the material, and can confirm that it is, in a word, awesome.

Neither YouTube, nor Warner Music Group, were immediately available for comment.

by Sam Gustin

They are being uploaded faster than they can take them down. Hooray!!!

I enjoy seeing copyright protection actually working.  :peace:    we live in a day and age where your hard work can be easily stolen and taken for free.

In this case I don't think anyone's bootleg clips are going to hurt the sales of a DVD when released, if anything the people who are watching the clips in the 1st place would be excited to know that something intends to be released in higher quality.

I mean, who is gonna choose a shaky bootleg cam or audio when they know a pro-shot is in the works?

if they include footage of backstage stuff, and interviews, that will totally add to it.

please no insane stories though like the song remains the same DVD.

Great Pics, Anything goes, thanks for posting.

My dad has been visiting me for the last few days...I grew up listening to Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones, etc. because of him...so we were both really anxious to see the setlist from the show...he was telling me that the last Zeppelin show he saw was St. Louis '77. He said after that it went down...Robert Plants kid died...then John Bonham died a couple years later...he said it was never the same after that...

I thought that was interesting because I never knew his kid died....so I looked it up because my dad couldn't remember how he died...here's what I found...just FYI

In 1975, he and his wife Maureen were seriously injured in a car crash in Rhodes, Greece. This significantly affected the production of Led Zeppelin's seventh album Presence for a few months while he recovered, and forced the band to cancel the remaining tour dates for the year.
In 1977 his oldest son Karac died of a stomach infection when Plant was engaged on Led Zeppelin's concert tour of the United States. Karac's death later inspired him to write the song "All My Love" in tribute, featured on Led Zeppelin's final studio LP, 1979's In Through the Out Door.
These events had a major effect on Plant, and represent a turning point in Led Zeppelin's music, as Presence and In Through The Out Door featured a lighter and more progressive sound under the direction of John Paul Jones, with fewer of the hard-rocking numbers the band had been known for. Plant has told an interviewer "I had a couple of bad knocks which, no matter what happens, will always have taken their toll on me. I know that my kind of vision, or the carefree element I had, disappeared instantly when I had my automobile accident in 1975. That kind of ramshackled "I'll take the world now" attitude was completely gone."[5]

I had one ticket to the show in Louisville that year that I had aquired from a friend. I ended up giving it to my best friend for his birthday. I haven't seen the dude in nearly 30 years.

I picked up the re-mastered "The Song Remains The Same" expecting two new tracks. Goddamn! there were 6. "Since I've Been Loving You" will blow you ay-fucking-way... buy it!

In the only interview with a bandmember since Led Zeppelin?s reunion concert, John Paul Jones looks back at the show of the year ? and ahead to a possible tour. David Fricke spoke with the bassist for the new issue of Rolling Stone, and Jones revealed, ?It could be fun to do more stuff,? that the band is having a meeting this month and that the group prepped for their December 10th show as though they were going on tour for a lifetime ? breaking out Jimmy Page?s lifetime arsenal of equipment for testing. Click here for a bonus Q&A, where Jones talks about his bandmates? performance at London?s O2 Arena, working out how they played ?Stairway to Heaven? and more.

From the Q and A mentioned above:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17954023/qa_john_paul_jones_of_led_zeppelin

"The groove is much tighter in the small room. I can only wish we could play 2000 seaters forever, because that's where it sounds great."

Mr. Jones just went up a few notches in my book..

Led Zeppelin guitarist wants world tour

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 28, 8:04 AM ET

TOKYO - 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."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/ap_on_en_mu/people_led_zeppelin

That would be awesome but they should only do it if they really can. Not that I'm doubting them or anything. If they could pull it off, they should go for it. And come to Scotland. ;D



BTW, I saw the words 'Led Zeppelin guitarist' on the main index and for a second thought it was going to say 'dead' or something. :nervous:

Here's to hoping. They proved that they can pull it off.

Plant is the deciding factor whether it will happen or not. But from what I've read he's open to it.

If this happens this tour will shatter all kinds of attendance records easily.

this tour would outsell the stones.


please god i hope they tour  :drool:

.....who would open up for them  :o

guns n' roses... :rofl:

Wouldn't be a bad idea really. Think of how many people would be seeing them. Sold out shows everywhre.

Guns n Roses opening for Led Zep would be a badass tour  : ok:    Here's to hoping  :beer:

Would that mean Axl could go on whenever the fuck he feels like it. I mean after all Jimmy and co. are over 65 they've got bedtimes :rofl:

Sunday Mirror reports that Robert Plant has turned down an extra ?100 million (approximately $200 million) fortune to take LED ZEPPELIN on a world tour.

The rock legend wants to concentrate on his new partnership with country singer Alison Krauss... spelling the likely end of the famous band.

A band source reportedly said: "Despite the enormous offer, the decision did not come down to money. They always said they would do the one-off show and then see how they felt. Jimmy [Page] had enjoyed the concert in December enough to want to tour. He argued they still had something to offer. He likes the idea of another chapter in the band ? the grown-up tour. John [Paul Jones] sided with Jimmy. He loved making music with the others again. But Robert wanted to leave last year's concert as their legacy. They had proved they could still do it and that was enough. He has other commitments and is happier looking forward to those. Robert put the mockers on the tour."

that is a major Hopefully he will change his mind after the tour with alison.

Did anyone buy or trade for the DVD of the show, and if so, how is the quality of the recording?

Uncut magazine reports that LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant has said that it is still highly unlikely that the band will go on a full-blown world tour, but there is a chance of more one-off perfomances, if the reason was right.

Speaking in the new (May 2008) edition of Uncut magazine, the singer says: "Hopefully, one day, we could do it again. Our profit is ? it's metaphysical."

The group's bassist John Paul Jones adds: "We (Jones and guitarist Jimmy Page) spoke afterwards, and we both thought the same ? it felt like the first night of a tour. You think, 'Oh, I could do that a bit better, or change something in that song.' And we didn't get a chance to do any more."

Led Zeppelin set for ?250million world tour

Supergroup Led Zeppelin are set to reform for a world tour after their triumphant one-off reunion concert.

The Whole Lotta Love legends, with more than 300 million album sales worldwide, are ready to rock 'n roll again to mark their 40th anniversary this year.

And like the Rolling Stones, they could each make up to ?10million.

Fans have been calling for Led Zep to tour after their successful gig at London's 02 Arena last December, which saw Jason Bonham on drums in place of late dad John.

Singer Robert Plant, 59, was originally opposed to the idea but has been talked round by bandmates Jimmy Page, 64, and John Paul Jones, 62.

A long-time pal, Whitesnake's frontman David Coverdale, said yesterday the tour was "very likely" and he was expecting to be the support act.

David said: "I'm expecting a call from Jimmy any day asking my band Whitesnake to support them on their world tour. Am I on board? You bet. Probably worth billions!

"Unlike rolling out the wheelchairs with the umpteenth Rolling Stones world tour, a Led Zeppelin tour will be incredible."

A source added: "A couple of months ago, it looked unlikely because Robert was against the idea.

"But now it looks almost certain. It would either be at the end of this year or early 2009."

Hmm apparently everyones been guranteed an opening spot lol

 : ok: :peace: :beer: :D ;D

Fukin Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

That is great news!

what's the source on this? i'm still skeptical!!

lmao coverdale has one major ego!

i thought plant disliked him.

i've always been against the idea of led zeppelin touring again... BUT...

BUT WITH WHITESNAKE OPENING HOLY SHIT I WAS WRONG,  i mean... whitesnake dude... i might just leave before zep takes the stage, i dont know if they could follow the greatness and goodness of whitesnake.  i wonder if they'll sing 'here we go again'.  oh man if they do im gonna poop right in my pants during the show- then i would have to leave early for sure. 

im sure the reason zeppelin did'nt re-unite sooner is that whitesnake was too busy to carry them.

 :drool: :beer: :drool: :-X :no: :nervous:

Damn, now I have to clean the drool off my keyboard. :yes:

Though, I am with Chief; I'll believe it when I'm there.


That is funny.

Hell yeah!  :beer:

PG
HOTH
IV
III
I
Presence
II
ITTOD
Coda

I heard about this the other day. Still don't know if it's real or not.

There's nothing on LZ's official website about it...

Hum, that got me thinking about "Tangerine"

PG isn't my favourite Zeppelin album but it does have Down By The Seaside and Sick Again on it. Awesome songs. :yes:

A bit late...but the London reunion stuff was just embarrasing....and this comes from a guy who is really into them.

Most songs were tuned down a lot to make sure Plant could try and hold a tune, which made Page sound very "loose"....his playing was laughable many times, I mean the violin bow solo...what was that all about ???

Plant had auto pitch on and it was having a hard time...you can hear it skip drastically in SIBLY at one point...I mean....that was so noticable, I laughed out loud.

Yes they are old blablabla, not at their peak yaddayadda but that doesn't mean I am going to praise a rubbish performance as awesome  :peace:

3/10

are they going to tour or was that one show in england it?

You dare ask what was the violin bow solo was all about?  Blasphemy!!!

If you were really "into" them you'd know Page has used the bow for a solo throughout the bands career.

Maybe if he wasn't busy with his fashion work, he would know.

Obviously some here are very slow in understanding things said in a simple way....I'll try it slower.

The violin bow thing he tried was just laughable compared to let's say 1973...at the mediocre "re-union" the violin bow part was just feedback and way too much overdrive to hide the fact he can't play it anymore. He didn't even play 1 decent note while in the 70s he could play entire solos with it.

Now you get it? Slow enough?  :peace:

And yes the songs were tuned down way lower so Plant could pretend he can still sing them...fooling many who actually bought it...and yes he had auto tune on, just listen to SIBLY, it can't be clearer than that when it skips like 2 whole notes because the program couldn't figure out what pitch it came closest to, LOL!

Some people at the Zep forums even call it the best LZ gig ever and stuff.....I mean, nostalgia really makes people dumb, deaf and blind at the same time. This was very poor compared to the mighty Zep I know and I have 134 live bootlegs to compare :peace:

Isn't this all a matter of opinion?

The use of auto tune and the tuning down of all instruments so the singer can pretend he can still sing the songs are no opinions but facts. It is also the reason Plant doesn't want a world tour even when they had been offered 100 million each, (a close source said the latter, the amount of money, not the lack of his vocal abilities).

And the violin bow solo, if you think the feedback and saturated overdrive drivel was better than the way he did it in the 70s...well...I guess that is your opinion then  :peace:

Excuse me now but my new neighbor has his rap rubbish on too loud, so I am going to knock his door out..."this agression will not stand, man"  :love:

they didn't do that to pretend that he could still sing though.. they did it so it would sound better for the audience because fact is that plants voice can't reach all the high notes anymore, just like all people his voice changed due to aging..

they even admitted that they were tuning it down before they played the gig if i remember correctly

News Exclusive: Led Zeppelin Tour Toronto This Summer
May 17, 2008

Everyone knows about Led Zeppelin's reunion show in London, UK this past December. Naturally, it was both magical and nostalgic. And a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity, right?

Maybe not.

So NME confirmed late last year that Led Zeppelin had plans to go on tour sometime in 2008. Well, a reliable source just gave me a scoop on some Toronto dates. Apparently these dates will be announced shortly...but now you know.

No fancy tour of the U.S., but Toronto will have FOUR dates at Skydome/Rogers Centre this coming August. AMAZING. Hardly any bands play Skydome anymore because it's such a juggernaut of a venue and impossible to fill unless you're, well, Led Zeppelin. Or maybe Backstreet Boys.

Stay tuned for an official tour announcement, but for now start saving your dollars (cause you KNOW it's gonna be expensive) and practising your Ticketmaster skills (cause you KNOW people will be flying in from all over North America to be here) for these amazing shows.

http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/2008/05/news_exclusive.php

This would be just fuckin' awsome! only thing is that the Dome does not have very good acoustics at all.

Plant has been on tour for a while now, and the critics agree ... you are a troll. Take it elsewhere kid. We don't buy your bullshit. Sure, someone in their 60s doesn't have the voice of a "kid".

Fucking perfectionists, born yesterday, think that they have a clue ... check your diaper; that is where you will find the stick ::)

That would be amazing if Zeppelin did those 4 shows at the Skydome...They have quite the history there dont they? I think theyve played there many times...Would be awesome though...You can only hope

comin from someone who stole GNR's leaks......


I see nothing wrong with bands reuniting.

U create amazing all time great music together, I think its  a shame bands breakup. U have one life and once its over u cant go back. So why n ot give the fans what they want, swallow your ego and get back together and continue something unique and great.

I hope they do go on a huge tour......... I wont go see it but it would be great for their fans.

What?  Plant is on tour with Allison until September!

4 dates in a stadium.....dream on.

Several spots are indeed open on the Rogers Centre calendar in August, including sequential dates Aug. 11-14 and Aug. 25-31. However, nothing has been booked for that month other than Blue Jays baseball and Argos football games, a Rogers Centre spokesperson said yesterday.

"Led Zeppelin does not have a August concert date at the Rogers Centre."

It was one off, I think. If they do tour, I will cash out ALL that I own to see the show.

Led Zeppelin "preliminary" talks "confirmed" for Toronto

A spokesperson for Skydome told the Globe and Mail on Thursday that preliminary discussions are indeed under way for Led Zeppelin to play that venue in August. The schedule of the Blue Jays, among other things, however, would make it fairly tough to fit the four rumoured shows into the August time slot, but stadium communications manager Nadia Flamm did tell the Globe and Mail that "it is my understanding that some preliminary discussions are going on" about what would be Zeppelin's first North American shows in 20 years.

Holy shit! this is incredible. I have to get there.

I'll see you in Toronto ;)

I'll see you, but we won't be going to a Led Zeppelin show because that gig is not going to happen.

I thought Plant/Krauss ended in August.

Not with that kind of attitude :-\

If they're in negotiations, I see no reason why it couldn't happen.

Page shot this rumour down a few days ago....I still think theres something to it though

To my Canadian friends: Can one enter the country without a passport? What are the credentials placed upon US Nationals?

BushCo have implaced restrictions. I'm wondering what the reciprocal arrangements might be?

I'm not Canadian, but I remember you did not need a passport 20 years ago ( last time I went to Canada).

After 9/11 you do need one if I remember correctly.

If you don't have a passport it takes about 6-8 weeks to get one, so plan ahead for it.

There was a new law put into effect last year that prohibits travel to Canada and Mexico without a passport.

http://explore.canada.travel/ctc/ke/things_to_know_2.jsp?cat=4004&localeId=1#visitors

1. Do I need a passport to enter Canada?

If you are a U.S. citizen, you only need a document such as your birth certificate and government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's licence) to enter Canada. By June 1, 2009, or earlier, a new American law, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), will require anyone, including U.S. citizens, entering or re-entering the United States by land and sea to have a passport or other appropriate secure document.

WHTI currently requires anyone, including U.S. citizens, entering or re-entering the United States by air to have a passport or a NEXUS card when used at a NEXUS kiosk at designated airports.

At this point, only requirements for travel by air to the United States have changed. Americans can continue to use documents such as their birth certificates and government-issued photo identification (e.g. driver's license) to cross the Canada-U.S. border by land and sea until the WHTI is fully implemented.

International visitors to Canada who are not U.S. citizens must carry a valid passport and visa (if required). Citizens from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and others do not require a visa to enter Canada. Visit Citizenship and Immigration Canada online for a complete listing.

You can also go in person to most Passport Offices to drop off your application, and pay a little extra to have your passport ready for pickup in one week, two weeks; whichever you prefer.

Or in cases of urgency, you can pay a little extra to have one ready for pickup in 24 hours.

Just bring a good book, because the lineups tend to be attrocious :hihi:

By going the 6-8 weeks route, you have to mail the Passport Office your birth certificate, and therefore run the risk of having it lost in the mail.

That is what I ended up doing, you have to mail in your ORIGINAL birth certificate. They also sent it back regular mail, so if it gets lost in the mail you're fucked. I was lucky, I got mine back and in one piece. I never knew there was another option.

When I got my passport last year, I just took my birth certificate to the post office and did all the paperwork there.

I went the 6-8 weeks route as well, but my passport came in in like less than 3 weeks.

So, you can leave, but you can't get back in. Tell that to a southern redneck, and he will bring the wrath of Quantrill on some poor New York border guard.

You can always get back in the old fashioned way.

^What is that? take a boat to Mexico ... I kid, I kid.

Yep.

go down the Niagara Falls and hope the current takes you to the US side!

JIMMY PAGE Reportedly Confirms LED ZEPPELIN Is Ready To Play More Shows - June 9, 2008

According to Aislinn Simpson of UK's Telegraph, guitarist Jimmy Page stated in a brand new interview over the weekend that LED ZEPPELIN is ready to reunite and perform more live events.

But he said that fans could have to wait until autumn 2009 as band members had to tie up individual projects first.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98633

I don't care if I have to wait, as long as it happens I'm good with that.

Great news!

I wish they'd stop fucking around with Hints & Allegations and just book a few shows already

Do it for the fucking fans man

Ca$h the fuck in during the process, I don't care if you guys hate each other, just do it for your fans

Trampled Underfoot....



Fuck...THAT'S THE SONG!

Not my favorite from their many level of Awesomeness.......

The only Led Zep song that I really don't care for.

I would say it's one of their more famous ones that I don't care for

They probably only have 10 songs in their entire catalog that actually don't do it for me......that's pretty impressive

Love that song - off of my favorite Zep album.

Probably the most intersting Zep album, the diversity is incredible, that's for sure.

I'd go with HOTH if I had to choose just one album, because it has 3 of my fav Zep songs and actually 3 of my fav songs of any band of all time on it

SONG REMAINS THE SAME
RAIN SONG
NO QUARTER

'In the Light' was another great song off that album.

I discovered Physical Graffiti back in 1991 when I was 18 and it was the soundtrack to my youth of sorts.

In the Light is great and actually The Rover is in my top 5 of any Zep song, so obviously I love that album too. There's just a few songs on there that have always annoyed me, so it just brings it down a notch or so.

Happy 60th birthday to Robert Plant! :beer:

Celebration day an' all that...

All recorded during the brohm rar sessions I believe, and all good, but I prefer Physical Graffiti.

Led Zeppelin trio back in studio (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7582917.stm)

Led Zeppelin musicians Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have been working on new material.

Drummer Bonham told a radio station in Detroit that the songs could be destined for a new Led Zeppelin album.

Writing new material has been "on the cards" since the band's one-off reunion show in London last December, he told 94.7 WCSX.

But lead singer Robert Plant has not been involved in any of the sessions, he added.

'Phenomenal thing'

"At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material," he said.

"When I get there [in the studio] I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it.

"Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It's my life. It's what I've dreamed about doing."

He added: "Lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out [before an album could be made]."

Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years in front of nearly 20,000 fans at London's 02 arena in December.

Their two-hour set opened with Good Times Bad Times - the first track of their debut album.

Original band members Page, Plant and Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham - the son of their late drummer John.

* - Please merge with the Zeppelin thread later.

This could be interesting. I wonder if Robert will join them after his tour ends with Allison Krause.

maybe they are making up for Jimmy Page performing with Leona Lewis.

But cmon, this isnt Zeppelin unless Plant is with them.

If Raising Sand was any indication of how any new Zeppelin material will sound, this will suck.

:o

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!


that is too fucking cool. Robert  needs to get his shit strait and go with it. I know they don't need the money but non-the-less they could just tour for charity (getting them even more publicity) or just go out and tour for free (kinda like what Sammy Hagar did)

seriously though my jaw droped when i read that, Good post : ok:

After this long and without John Bonham, i think they should just stick with jamming and MAYBE a charity show here and there.

Does anyone know if the 2007 London concert was  released on DVD or CD? I was in Oxford this summer and did not see it, but that does not mean anything.

Im sure John would love his son to step in and play drums for Led Zeppelin.  I think they should do it but I heard they would half to go through alot of legal stuff just to put a record out.

No Robert Plant? No LZ. Pretty simple.

They're probably just fondling each other in the studio for old times sake.

This weekend, a tabloid newspaper published a story that suggested the other three members of Led Zeppelin are getting ready to replace Robert Plant with an American singer.  The story says that while John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Jason Bonham have been playing in a London studio, they have been doing so with a temporary American singer, whose role in the band could become more permanent.  A 'source' told the not-always-reliable Sun newspaper that "They've been rehearsing frequently in London and the band is really gelling. There's an American guy who has been standing in for Robert regularly and doing a great job.  Obviously they want the original frontman to join them on the road but he still won't commit. They will be finalizing plans for shows over the next couple of months and will tell Robert that if he doesn't want to be involved they will go ahead without him."

I smell a flop.

It's The Sun, I wouldn't lose any sleep over this bit of "news."

bs robert plant cant be replaced

I know a decent sounding bootleg of the audio is out there. There is a audience video of the show. I don't know how good the video is but i know the audio sounded good.

If you find a link please share  : ok:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/article1735624.ece

According to The Sun he's said yep yes.

Plant slams door on Led Zep tour (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7637372.stm)

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has scotched rumours that he is to tour with the band, describing speculation as "frustrating and ridiculous".

Last week, The Sun newspaper reported that he had agreed to a reunion tour.

But he has not and will not go on the road with anyone for at least two years after finishing US dates with Alison Krauss on 5 October, a statement said.

"Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin," it said.

"Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets."
   
The rock legends got back together for a one-off concert, their first for 19 years, in London last December.

At the time, promoters said 20 million people tried to register for tickets as soon as they became available.

Speculation has since been rife that the surviving members of the band, with Jason Bonham, son of their late drummer John, would hit the road for a highly lucrative tour.

"It's both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward," Plant said.

"I wish Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects."

Plant has been reluctant to consider other projects during his fruitful collaboration with bluegrass singer Krauss.

Their album Raising Sand has earned them a Grammy Award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination, among other honours.

The other band members, meanwhile, are believed to be keen to work together again.

In August, Jason Bonham told a US radio station that he had been working on new material with Page and Jones.

The Sun has also reported that the trio have auditioned new singers to replace Plant on tour.

Meanwhile, guitarist Page was last seen performing Led Zeppelin's classic Whole Lotta Love with pop star Leona Lewis during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

Well that sucks. I think the other 3 going ahead without Plant is a horrible idea.

According to eGigs.co.uk, LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones has confirmed reports that that he, guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Jason Bonham ? following the band's one off appearance at O2 Arena, London last year ? were itching to get out on the road. Singer Robert Plant has already announced that he has no plans to join them, as he was committed to his work with Alison Krauss, although they could be reunited with him in "a couple of years."

In the meantime, the rest of the band is looking for a new frontman before hopefully taking to the road.

Regarding their touring and recording plans, John Paul Jones said during an appearance at this past weekend's Mansons Guitar Show in Exeter, Devon, UK, "I'm afraid, there's no final answer yet. As you probably know, Jimmy, Jason and I are actually rehearsing and we've had the odd singer come in and have a bash. As soon as we know ? which we don't ? we will let you know. But we really hope that something is going to happen soon because we really want to do it and we're having a lot of fun, actually, just rehearsing. Jason is actually tremendous? he's really taking chances. He is a very brave man? Every other drummer in the world was watching him thinking [at the reunion show], 'That could have been me.' He's creative and really fun. We really want to do something and Robert doesn't want to do this sort of thing, at least for the moment. I don't really know what his plans are. He is touring with Alison, as you know. . . He really doesn't want to make loud music anymore. We do. I mean, I love acoustic music, but it doesn't stop me from turning something up . . . And what we've done so far sounds absolutely fantastic. When it does come, it will come, and you'll know about it."

The 3 should do something without Robert if that is all that is holding them back, but for God's sake don't call it Led Zeppelin.

I with you on this.

Rumours are beginning to circulate that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has been jamming with members of Led Zeppelin in preparation for a world tour. A source told the Daily Mail; "Steve was jamming with Zep. They had a great time but Steve kept fluffing (messing up) his lines. He got quite flustered about it."

In other news, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has confirmed that he, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Jimmy Page will be heading out for a tour with a different singer. You can check out the Q&A session with Jones below.

source: http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=39858

Jimmy Page rehearsed and played with Aerosmith in 1990.


Don't post this vile on a Guns N' Roses board.

Jones & Page are in their early/mid 60's.

They don't have 10 years to wait around for Robert.

I really dont make as big of a deal out of this as everyone else...They wanted to tour with Plant, asked him several times im sure...he said no, so they moved on...there getting up there in age and cant wait for plant

I don't think it's a big deal, I just have O interest seeing them without Robert.

Zeppelin without Plant would be like GNR without Axl.

My thoughts exactly.

Plus even without Plant, tickets are probably going to be insanely expensive, and I'd much rather save the money for a bunch of Gn'R shows.

Has Led Zeppelin Found Its New Singer?

October 31, 2008 , 11:15 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Who needs Robert Plant? Apparently not the other surviving members of Led Zeppelin, who are ready to pull the trigger on a tour with a new singer if Plant refuses to join in. Sources tell Billboard the frontman first in line for the gig is Myles Kennedy, who has most recently led the rock outfit Alter Bridge.

Kennedy has rehearsed with Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham on several occasions, according to sources in the know. In a recent BBC interview, Jones confirmed the band was planning to tour but didn't refer to Kennedy by name.

Although he was onboard for a one-off reunion in December 2007 in London, Plant has steadfastly declined to hit the road with Zeppelin. In late September, he issued a statement saying he has "no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years," and also wished Page, Jones and Bonham "nothing but success with any future projects."

If things move forward, the biggest question would be what to call the group. Would Zeppelin fans stand for it if the original name was used despite Plant's absence?

There may be one unintended side effect should Kennedy bolt Alter Bridge, which has released an album each for Wind-Up and Universal. That band features the non-singing members of Creed, who split with frontman Scott Stapp in 2004. But sources indicate there would be big bucks in a Creed reunion tour and that the band may indeed rise again.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003885909

Oh...my..God..

I know it's Halloween but by the highlighted portion above I'd swear it's April Fools Day..

I'd be all for the guys to go out with a new singer if the alternative was not to do anything...but again, don't call it Led Zeppelin!

i saw on a NYC rock radio station that page, jones, and bonhams son were looking for a singer-i hear the singer from wolfmother is looking for a bassist and drummer :hihi:

All kidding aside Wolfmother is pretty good.

I used to love Led Zeppelin. Then I started a band 5 years ago, which has undergone several lineup changes. But the first drummer was obsessed. He drove Led Zeppelin out of me.

I cannot stand this band.

According to Gigwise.com, LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has revealed that he decided against performing again with the band over fears a full reunion might disappoint fans.

Speaking to Absolute Radio's Ben Jones, Plant said it would have been "delicate" to "visit old ground" again with the group.

"The disappointment that could be there once you commit to that and the comparisons to something that was basically fired by youth and a different kind of exuberance to now, its very hard to go back and meet that head on and do it justice," he said.

"The reason that it stopped was because we were incomplete, and we've been incomplete now for 28 years."

Plant added that it was important to "guard the discretion" of the band's past material and "make sure that you have all the reasons in the right place to be able to do something with absolute, total conviction."

"I mean, if my great award is to do this, then I don't want to do anything where we challenge what we did in the first place by just going back and visiting it without having a new, fresh makeover start."

[MP3 VBR] Led Zeppelin - 1973.07.13 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA (?The Song Of Detroit?)

1973.07.13 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA
?The Song Of Detroit?
Date: Friday, July 13th , 1973 (9th US Tour)
Venue: Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Label: Celebration ? 2 CD
Format: MP3 (Sample Rate: 44100 Hz / Channels: 2 / Codec: MP3 / Codec Profile: MP3 VBR V4)
Lineage: ?The Song Of Detroit? Original CD Bootleg > EAC > WAV > FLAC > dBpoweramp Music Converter > MP3 VBR
Size: 107 MB
Notes: Soundboard

CD 1

1. Dazed and Confused 30.14 (cuts in the first few seconds)
2. Stairway To Heaven 10:34

CD 2

1. Moby Dick 28:40
2. Heartbreaker 7:55
3. Wole Lotta Love 15:57
4. Dancing Days 2:36 (Cut at the end)

SAMPLE (http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=07325ac)


http://rapidshare.com/files/280213281/1973.07.13.rar

Many thanks to all involved: the recorder, the CD maker, and the original uploader

[SHN] Led Zeppelin - 1973.06.02 - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA ("Led Five")

1973.06.02 - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA
?Led Five?
Date: June 2nd , 1973 (9th US Tour)
Venue: Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California, USA
Label: Empress Valley Supreme Disc ? 1 CD
Format: SHN
Lineage: ?Led Five? Original CD Bootleg > ? > SHN
Size: 352 MB
Notes: Soundboard

01 - Moby Dick
02 - Heartbreaker
03 - Whole Lotta Love
04 - Communication Breakdown
05 - The Ocean

SAMPLE (http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=1500388) (click to listen)

http://rapidshare.com/files/280761962/1973.06.02.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/280708016/1973.06.02.part2.rar

[MP3 VBR] Led Zeppelin - 1973.01.07 - The New Theatre, Oxford, England

1973.01.07 - The New Theatre, Oxford, England
[live Recording]
Date: Sunday, January 7th , 1973
Venue: The New Theatre, Oxford, England
Label: No
Format: MP3. Sample Rate: 44100 Hz / Channels: 2 / Codec: MP3 / Codec Profile: MP3 VBR V4
Lineage: 1st Gen> DAT (5) >CD-R (x) > EAC > WAV > FLAC (Remastered with A.A. 3.0) > dBpoweramp Music Converter > MP3 VBR
Size: 104 MB
Notes: Excellent Audience recording

CD 1
01    Rock And Roll (cuts in)   
02    Over The Hills And Far Away
03    Black Dog
04    Misty Mountain Hop
05    Since I've Been Loving You
06    Dancing Days
07    Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
08    The Song Remains The Same
09    The Rain Song (small cut)

CD 2
10    Dazed And Confused    
11    Stairway To Heaven
12    Whole Lotta Love

SAMPLE (http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=26aaec8) (click to listen)

http://rapidshare.com/files/280247966/1973.01.07.rar

Many thanks to all involved: the recorder and the original uploader

[MP3 VBR] Led Zeppelin - 1975.02.14 - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (?St. Valentine's Day Massacre?)

1975.02.14 - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
?St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
Date: Friday, February 14th, 1975 (10th USA Tour)
Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA
Label: Empress Valley Supreme Disc (EVSD 507/508/509) ? 3 CD
Format: MP3. Sample Rate: 44100 Hz / Channels: 2 / Bitrate: 125 Kbps / Codec: MP3 / Codec Profile: MP3 VBR V4
Lineage: ?St. Valentine's Day Massacre? Original CD Bootleg > EAC > WAV >FLAC > dBpoweramp Music Converter > MP3 VBR
Size: 186 MB
Notes: Superb Soundboard

CD 1
01 - Rock & Roll
02 - Sick again
03 - Over the Hills & Far Away
04 - In my Time of Dying
05 - Since I?ve been loving you
06 - The Song remains the same
07 - The Rain Song

CD 2
01 - Kashmir
02 - No Quarter
03 - Trampled Underfoot
04 - Moby Dick

CD 3
01 - Dazed & Confused
02 - Stairway to Heaven
03 - Whole Lotta Love
04 - The Crunge / Black Dog
05 - Heartbreaker


http://rapidshare.com/files/280146068/1975.02.14.rar

Many thanks to all involved: the recorder, the CD maker, and the original uploader

[FLAC] Led Zeppelin - 1971-09-04 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada ("Zeptember 4th")

1971.09.04 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
?Zeptember 4th?
Date: Saturday, September 4th , 1971 (7th US Tour)
Venue: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Label: Liquid Led (LLP-0509-010) ? 1 CD
Format: FLAC
Lineage: ?Zeptember 4th? Original CD Bootleg > EAC > WAV > FLAC
Size: 212 MB
Notes: Soundboard

01. Stairway To Heaven
02. Celebration Day      
03. That's The Way      
04. Going To California      
05. What Is And What Should Never Be         
06. Moby Dick

SAMPLE (http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=1546ca3) (Click to listen)

http://rapidshare.com/files/284436241/1971-09-04.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/284358704/1971-09-04.part2.rar

In a recent interview with U.K.'s Telegraph.co.uk, legendary LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant was asked about the band's reunion for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at London's O2 Arena in December 2007, with Jason Bonham taking his father's place behind the drum kit. "I really had a wonderful time," said Plant. "It was the best LED ZEPPELIN gig since 1975."

When asked if he would do it again, Plant replied, "I don't think so. You've got to have a lot in common with the people you're working with at this time in your life. Everything has to move on and forward, in all relationships.

"I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement. The achievement is to knock yourself out. It's a very selfish thing. The tail must never wag the dog."

Just got turned on to Led Zeppelin, i only knew the new greatest hits, so now im listening to the whole discography and i think i even like it more than GNR! Im shocked!!  :nervous:

Enjoy your first trips into the world of the zeppelin, its always great how you feel the first few times you listen to something great.

WOW! Dude its amazing! Iv been listening to them the whole morning, im thinkin on doing so all day ha! I honestly think i even like it more than GNR. Im in love with the first album Led Zeppelin I. I love that "Dazed and Confused" song! its awesome! Im gonna listen to the second album now!

I love that rawness of the songs, and i certainly can hear all the influences of the following bands, including GNR on it!
I had the greatest hits and i wasnt much into it because of the production i guess... but im totally digging it now! Even more than what i listen to today!

^Welcome to the world of Led Zep. :D It's a toss-up for me between IV, HOTH and Physical Graffiti for their best album. I'm leaning towards Graffiti though. Just read a great article in Classic Rock about the making of it. They found out they had too much stuff to put on one vinyl record so they thought "Fuck it, let's put some slightly older stuff on there too and make it a double". ;D

Never really got into the first album, aside from Good Times Bad Times and Communication Breakdown and I think Presence is a bit of a dud by Zeppelin standards, but the rest is all great. : ok: