Led Zeppelin is rumored to be in talks to launch a major US based tour, thanks to the success of their UK appearance. I would love to see a successful Zeppelin tour, The Police have done very well on their reunion tour, and it seems that Zeppelin would do rather well.
Speculation in ticket industry is that a 40-50 stop tour might be too much too soon, but a limited number of tour stops in North America is almost a certainty.
With that in mind... NYTimes Review of the show here
And what of Jason Bonham, the big question mark of what has been — there’s no way to prove this scientifically, but let’s just round it off — the most anticipated rock reunion in an era full of them? He is an expert in his father’s beats, an encyclopedia of all their variations on all the existing recordings. And apart from a few small places where he added a few strokes, he stuck to the sound and feel of the original. The smacks of the snare drum didn’t have exactly the same timbre, that barbarous, reverberant sound. But as the show got into its second hour and a few of the sound problems were gradually corrected, you found yourself not worrying about it anymore. It was all working.
Led Zeppelin has semi-reunited a few times in the past, with not much success: short, problematic sets at Live Aid in 1985, and at Atlantic Records’ 40th Anniversary concert in 1988. But this was a reunion that the band had invested in, despite the fact that there are no plans yet for a future tour; among its 16 songs was one the band had never played live before: “For Your Life,” from the album “Presence.”
This video from the BBC discusses some of the er... issues with the ticket ballot system and the ebay sale of codes... Harvey is ANGRY
So what do you think, is Zeppelin coming to America to tour? Should we break out red carpet? Will the lottery system continue or will fanclub members get first chance at these tickets? Your comments are welcome.
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