Led Zepplin To Reunite and Tour

Bob Lefsetz has the news:

At a press conference in Bron-Y-Aur early this morning, Jimmy Page announced that to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Aleister Crowley's death, Led Zeppelin will reunite.  Although reporters joked that a seance would be held to bring John Bonham back, Jimmy cracked nary a smile and said the drums would be handled by Zak Starkey.  Rumormongers believed Jason Bonham would sit behind the kit, but after attending a recent Who show, Jimmy determined the diminutive Mr. Starkey would invigorate the players most, and perform for less, since he had something to prove, his father still being alive.

There will be no agent.  No one was willing to work for the one percent Jimmy offered.   Instead, Jimmy has made a direct deal with AEG.  Turns out with Beckham injured, Philip Anschutz has some newly-freed up cash, and he jumped at the chance to ice Live Nation's puck.

The initial gig will take place at the Oakland Coliseum, and the co-promoter will be Gregg Perloff's Another Planet, as penance for the beating of Bill Graham's employee back in 1977.  To insure there will be no fracas this time, there will be no custom signage, nothing for a member of Zeppelin's entourage to covet.

....... Read the rest of the news at Lefsetz' blog

Comments

[Brad Feld]

Boy this is going to be a long april fools day.

[Nick Bradbury]

Not to be outdone, the Mothers of Invention will reunite next year, with a refurbished Synclavier substituting for Zappa. Prince is expected to show up on at least one night of the tour for an announced "tribute to the PMRC," and the band will, of course, also have a "Mud Shark" gig.

[Rags Gupta]

I almost fell for it myself -- same with GMail Paper...

[EthanB]

I can't decide what is the best part of this was for me. This first sentence is killer!

[Gee, for those who don't know, DOUBLE CLICK "Aleister" for some totally awesome Answer Tips!]

[OMG! Look at me evangelize products I love]

P.S. I don't really like Answer Tips

[Steve]

Wow, this is just about the un-funniest thing ever. Not that I'm surprised, given Lefsetz's complete lack of a sense of humor (or ear for music).

Still, if writing it made him remember just how important his baby boomers were in their day, then more power to him. Personally, I just wish Bob would go away. As Bob himself would say, HE'S IRRELEVANT! NO ONE CARES!

[hello]

This hilarious!

I remember camping out for concert tickets in the 70's. My older brother was often dragooned into standing online with me and a few of my giggling, squealing junior high school girlfriends -- overnight in a pup tent. My brother still describes those nights as a most excruciating form of torture. He couldn't wait to go to college, 3000 miles away. :)

After my brother went college, my Dad would fill in; he'd sleep in the family station in the parking lot of the record store while me and my girls stood online -- in the same pup tent.

Good times...

[Stephen L. McKay]

We all know the song Bron-Y-Aur, and that no such place exists, so that was a dead give away, but man do I ever wish it was TRUE!

[rob]

dude - april fools day or not this is just a mean and cruel thing to do to all the zep-heads out there!

[Hockeydino]

I fell for it until the part about Jason Bonham being replaced by Zak Starkey. Yeah right. If you would have mentioned the rift with John Paul Jones...

And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter.

[JayR]

I wonder how many stadium shows Robert Plant could last through until he starts sounding like Lucille Ball in the last years of Here's Lucy.

[Ayal Rosenthal]

Jimmy and Robert should get off of their high horse and simply ask John Bonham incarnate drummer Carter Beauford to guest star on the tour.

[BYT]

Hi, So fun these kind of reunions. I have manages to see The Doors reunited with Ian Astbury from The Cult in Benidorm (Spain) and it was a kinf of freakie thing. Anyway it should be different for the Leds (¿should be?). Anyway I would like one of reunion tickets for my blog. Bye.

[BYT]

Very nice reunion. I hope it will be better than other indecent reunions i have managed to see as The Doors. I ve seen them in Benidorm(Spain) and it was scandalous. But they are in it for the money so...
I hope the best for Led Zeppelin but Robert Plant voice is getting worse all the time.Anyway i would like to have one of these reunion tickets in my blog.