Led Zeppelin

[kimirocks]

Are reforming!

November 26, one night only, O2 Arena, London. £125. Be there or be square.

Tickets are going in a ballot, max 2 per household, going to try to swing myself some.

 

[Roddy]

Who's drumming? Jason?

 

[Crosby87]

Hopefully they film it. Cause there's no way I'm getting there, obviously.

 

[Heisenberg_]

that will be absolutly massive

 

[The Passenger]

oooo my god that is huge. i'm going home in 2 weeks. almost makes me want to stay and try get a ticket.

and is is that this November?? why are they doing it on a monday night??

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Oh yeah i saw this on my english football teams forum last week.

I knew i'd forgotten to post something

 

[lyall]

Who's drumming? Jason?

Yes he is

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

How long will their set go for? I saw it on the news that it was part of some bigger (charity-related?) event.

 

[lyall]

2 hours from what I've read

 

[kimirocks]

As far as I have read in various sources, event goes for 5 hours, Pete Townshend and various other artists are also performing, and Zeppelin will be 120 mins plus. October 1 is when I will find out if I got tickets or not.

 

[Papa G]

As far as I have read in various sources, event goes for 5 hours, Pete Townshend and various other artists are also performing, and Zeppelin will be 120 mins plus. October 1 is when I will find out if I got tickets or not.

My mate in London said the tickets were on a ballot system and 20 million people had already applied - Good Luck.

 

[kimirocks]

My mate in London said the tickets were on a ballot system and 20 million people had already applied - Good Luck.

25 mill plus. No chance, but I live in hope.

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

My mate in London said the tickets were on a ballot system and 20 million people had already applied - Good Luck.

Might as well buy a lottery ticket. Then you could pay for scalped tickets (let's face it, they could go for ridiculous amounts in the tens of thousands).

 

[Papa G]

25 mill plus. No chance, but I live in hope.

I did have the pleasure of seeing Page and Plant (no JPJ) at the Wembley Arena in 1998 playing all Zeppelin songs. Was fantastic and Jimmy Page did give his customary 20 inch dribble/drool whilst playing a solo. Wouldn't probably be as good as this gig (although I would have some doubts over Plant's voice holding up) but I can die happy.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

How long will their set go for? I saw it on the news that it was part of some bigger (charity-related?) event.

The money will be going to charity, but it's actually for an old record exe that just died that had alot to do with the band.

 

[oxx]

it's great news....but one thing....Plant can't sing that siht anymore .

 

[wally funk]

anyone know if the reunion show's gonna be on radio or anything like that? doubt it, but thought it could happen.

 

[mattdavies_03]

Not sure if it was on Radio, but I hope someone capped/recorded it, will d/l later

here's a review from NME

Led Zeppelin reunion: the full report

Get all the action from the legends at the Ahmet Ertegun concert
2 hours ago
Led Zeppelin played a storming show at their first UK in 19 years at the 02 Arena in London tonight (December 10).

The long-awaited performance was the headline slot at a tribute show for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died earlier this year and was instrumental in building the band's career in the 1970s.

Frontman Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones were joined by Jason Bonham on drums - son of John, the band's original drummer who died in 1980 signalling the end of the original band's 12-year career.

There had been brief reformations before - including Live Aid in 1985 - but tonight was the first full set the group had played since headlining Knebworth in 1979.

An estimated nine million people applied for the 18,000 tickets, and despite the quiet sound there was mass hysteria as the band performed their classics before a crowd including Paul McCartney, Oasis' Noel and Liam Gallagher, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Lulu, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Moss and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

The 16 - song set kicked off at 9pm GMT prompt - included classics such as opener 'Good Times Bad Times', 'Kashmir', 'Ramble On', 'Black Dog', 'Dazed And Confused', 'Whole Lotta Love' and rousing closer 'Rock And Roll', during the second of two encores.

There were also a few surprises thrown in - the disco funk of 'Trampled Under Foot' from 1975's 'Physical Graffiti' made an appearance, as did 'For Your Life' from 1976's 'Presence' - the first time the band have ever performed the track live.

Plant spoke little during the show, but when he did it was mostly to pay tribute to Ertegun, who he said after first encore 'Whole Lotta Love' "ran the best label in the world" in Atlantic Records.

After playing classic 'Stairway To Heaven' the singer exclaimed: "Ahmet, we did it!"

He also said before 'For Your Life': "The past few weeks have been full of a thousand emotions for Ahmet, for bringing Jason (Bonham) in."

He also individually introduced each other member of the band during the course of the two-hour performance.

The four-piece, dressed almost entirely in black except for Page's white shirt, played in front of a massive video screen which featured straight shots of the band at first, but then exploded into psychedelic colours for 'Kashmir', the best received song of the evening.

Before that track, Plant delcared: "There are people from 50 countries here. This is the 51st."

Led Zeppelin played:

'Good Times Bad Times'
'Ramble On'
'Black Dog'
'In My Time Of Dying'
'For Your Life'
'Trampled Under Foot'
'Nobody's Fault But Mine'
'No Quarter'
'Since I've Been Loving You'
'Dazed And Confused'
'Stairway To Heaven'
'The Song Remains The Same'
'Misty Mountain Hop'
'Kashmir'
'Whole Lotta Love'
'Rock And Roll'

 

[wally funk]

nice work matt. pretty damn good set list. would've loved if they had played d'yer mak'er or babe i'm gonna leave you, but other than that it sounded like it would've been awesome.

 

[Papa G]

nice work matt. pretty damn good set list. would've loved if they had played d'yer mak'er or babe i'm gonna leave you, but other than that it sounded like it would've been awesome.

Good set list, but Zep being the rock God's they are cold have easily come up with an alternate set list which would have been just as good - in fact I might give it a go.

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Communication Breakdown
What Is and What Should Never Be
Heartbreaker
Bring It on Home
Immigrant Song
Celebration Day
Tangerine
The Battle of Evermore
When The Levee Breaks
Goin to California
Over the Hills and Far Away
Dyer Maker
The Rover
Down By the Seaside
Achilles Last Stand
In the Evening

I would have been equally happy with that.

 

[wally funk]

communication breakdown would have been a great opener, i reckon. and now that i think of it, tangerine and the battle of evermore should most definately have been in their set.

 

[acker]

Not sure if it was on Radio, but I hope someone capped/recorded it, will d/l later

here's a review from NME

Now they are talking about a world tour hopefully Australia

And to the unit that said Plant has lost it

Great inclusion Jason Bonham on drums..

Bring it on

ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha-aaaaahhhhh-hhhhaaaaa (go that black dog)

 

[scooterb]

Has anyone heard "Hey Hey What Can I do"
It was never released on any albums and i only recently heard it after downloading it. It's probably my favorite song after Misty Mountain Hop and In The Evening.
Its got all Jimmy and JPJ on backing vocals at the end, it runs so smooth.

 

[jordanrobbo3]

Damn tickets would be soooo expensive if they toured here...but i wouldn't f*cking miss it!

 

[John]

and despite the quiet sound there was mass hysteria as the band performed their

I don't want to put a dampner on proceeding here but I was under the impression that "mass hysteria" was well......................teeny bopper stuff. How embarrassing.