A load of rambling on or a whole lotta fact? We're not so sure just yet, but the industry's buzzing with talk of a Led Zeppelin reformation, taking in a show at London's O2 in the autumn.
Advertisements appeared in the national press on Saturday (September 1) offering hotel and show packages for the tidy sum of £369. Deals are available for slightly less elsewhere, too - around the £270 mark. Those calling for the packages were told that an official announcement was forthcoming.
However, promoter Harvey Goldsmith told the BBC that fans shouldn't get too excited just yet. "There are NO packages or tickets for some the events advertised at all, nor do some of the events even exist," he warned, wary of touts and fake tickets.
Led Zeppelin disbanded 27 years ago, and the remaining members - John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (John Bonham's son, Jason, is thought to be filling in on drums for any reunion shows) - last played together at a one-off show in 1988. Goldsmith continued, never deying the rumours:
"The bottom line is that unless official adverts have appeared for concerts, tickets are not on sale. Do not buy from unauthorised sources."
Official adverts, TBC...
Just what the industry needs
dinosaur acts to reformm.
seriously its pointless, its not as if they need the cash either.
they should just remain relics of a time gone by.
See also My Bloody Valentine...
Oh
That's cold. So cold.
i read another source
that said Dave Grohl would be filling in on drums. is there any band that man doesn't play for??
To be fair...
...MBV never really split up.
why?
they're still alive, and if they want to play their music together again, why not? why should there be some bizarre taboo against bands not doing anything for ages and then changing their minds?
the majority of reformations i've seen have been great; pixies, dino jr...
You sound like Bob Lefsetz
So ageist.... tsk...
But this is exciting news!!! I hope I get to see them again... COOOOOOOOOL.....
I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing
It might be an amazing gig or it might utterly shatter my illusions...
put it this way
when Robert Plant played Whole Lotta Love at the Green Man Festie it was like a gift from Ye Gods... and that was without the rest of Zeppelin.
this is one reunion I'd pay outta my anus to see.
It's a bit exclusive
isn't it? £250+ for a ticket, Led Zep are fucking amazing but I somehow think they aren't going to be able to reach the same level of greatness they did 30 years ago, especially when you consider that John Bonham is dead! The guy was the band's catalyst, and any debacale of an attempted reunion they've had in previous years had been thwarted by some evil outer source (check Aleister Crowley...). Bottom line is that they will not be the same band they were circa '69-'80 (even though they essentially still are). No doubt the shows would be excellent but I believe they would be playing a selection of classic songs with minimal, if any of the mindblowing jams at all. Still worth the price tag? Debatable...From what I've heard about Jason is that he's shit hot, but if Grohl played I would probably have to sell my kidney on the illegal organ market to accquire the funds to see the band.
If Prince can do a show for £33, why can't Zep do one for less than holiday to Lanzarote for a week?