Although after the Led Zeppelin reunion concert everyone wished for the band to go on a tour. Legend guitarist, Jimmy Page suggested that they would go on a tour but there are problems with Robert Plant which already has a tour planned next year. So, Robert Plant has announced his new european dates for the next year, 2008. In may, on 22nd, Robert Plant will be playing at London’s Wembley Arena and later on will be on stage in Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff. He will be accompanied by Alison Krauss in the promotion tour for Raising Sand album.
Other dates:
Birmingham NIA (May 5)
Manchester Apollo (7)
Cardiff International Arena (8)
Düsseldorf Philipshalle (10)
Brussells Forest National Club (11)
Paris Le Grand Rex Theatre (13)
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall (14)
Stockholm Hovet (Ice Hall) (16)
Oslo Spektrum (18)
Bergen Bergenshalle (19)
London Wembley Arena (22)
The fans will be able to buy tickets beginning Friday (december 14).
Foofighters.com reports that the band has received 5 Grammy Nominations:
- Album of the Year (Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, sept 2007)
- Record of the Year (”The Pretender“),
- Best Rock Song (”The Pretender”),
- Best Rock Album (Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace)
- Best Hard Rock Performance (”The Pretender”).
On September 12, 2007, it was confirmed during a press conference by promoter Harvey Goldsmith that the surviving members of Led Zeppelin would reunite in aid of the Ahmet Ertegun education fund for a show at The O2 in London on 26 November 2007, with Jason Bonham filling in on drums.
Along Floyd and Doors, Led Zeppelin was one of the most influential bands of my youth. Although I’ve just discovered them less than 10 years ago i consider Led Zeppelin a legend of rock music. The reunion concert must have been incredible. I can tell it was amazing from watching some footage recorded by the audience but I cannot imagine how the fans felt during this reunion concert. There are rumors that Jimmy Page suggested a world tour. Hopefully this will be real as millions of youngsters and young-at-heart would love this.
The setlist of the London reunion concert was:
1. “Good Times Bad Times”
2. “Ramble On”
3. “Black Dog”
4. “In My Time of Dying”
5. “For Your Life” (live debut)
6. “Trampled Under Foot”
7. “Nobody’s Fault but Mine”
8. “No Quarter”
9. “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”
I loved the ending - Jason kneeling down in front of THE Gods - Led Zeppelin.
Some were lucky enough to be there in person, for those of you who want to take a peak at how the first Led Zeppelin concert after more than 20 years was like check out the videos below. If you can help with videos of a better quality please leave a reply and give me a hand.
