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This could be the dictionary definition of ‘awesome’, Leona Lewis joining Jimmy Page onstage at the Olympics for a barn-storming rendition of Whole Lotta Love.
It looks like Jimmy’s got tired of the short hair he’s been sporting for the last few years. Is it worth reminding you that we’re among the biggest Led Zeppelin fans on the planet, so just watching Jimmy strut his stuff onstage brings on an attack of the goosebumps!
In what Idolator described as an Aguilera-like performance, Leona Lewis did an awesome performance of the song. OK, it wasn’t quite Robert-Plant-squeezing-lemons quality, but it cements Lewis’s position as a class act. And doesn’t she look hot?
Maybe it’s time to start some rumours about Lewis taking Plant’s place for a reformation of Led Zeppelin? Perhaps we’ll get that world tour after all…
Although the best bit by far was Beckham launching a ball into the audience and knocking over some Chinese audience member!
Wouldn’t you hate to be Robert Plant right now? Half the western world is baying for Led Zeppelin to reform for a final tour, and he’s away playing festivals with bluegrass diva Alison Krauss.
The dilemma is all the more acute because the Led Zeppelin gig at the O2 Arena whetted our appetites for more. And because live Led Zeppelin has been a scarce commodity since 1980, the fact that Plant may be holding things up must be driving fans crazy with frustration.
But Robert Plant has always charted his own course and seems to want to explore new musical ambitions rather than relive his glory days. That must be a source of annoyance for Jimmy Page, who’s spent most of his post-Zep career remastering and repackaging Zeppelin material.
We’re not ones for idle speculation here at Unreality Music. That’s why we didn’t entertain rumours of a Led Zeppelin tour to follow on from their appearance at the O2 arena.
Let’s face it, anyone who knows anything about Zeppelin would realise that Robert Plant was too excited about his album with Alison Kraus to jump straight into a Zeppelin tour. And that’s exactly what Jimmy Page confirmed recently when he spoke to the press on a promotional tour of Tokyo.
Fed up with Led Zeppelin reunion and tour rumours? Let’s be like the tabloid press and make up some of our own! I’ll go first…
In a surprise announcement earlier today, Jimmy Page has confirmed that Led Zeppelin will reunite for a second time for an intimate concert in the headquarters of Unreality Music.
Robert Plant is reportedly so excited about the gig that he has apparently cancelled the rest of his tour with singer Alison Kraus. Drummer Jason Bonham will not be reprising his role, instead Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will realise a lifelong ambition by pounding the skins on such tracks as Kashmir and Dazed And Confused.
I won’t waste time with unnecessary introductions - this is a video of an Australian Beatles cover band doing their version of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven.
They literally pull every Beatles trick from the early days. I especially love the way they handled the “and as we wind on down the road…” section.
December 12th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Led Zeppelin
For those of us who didn’t have thousands of pounds to spare for a Led Zeppelin ticket this week, this video taken on some kind souls mobile phone may be as close as we come to seeing the rock legends, Led Zeppelin perform.
I wondered a lot in the run up to their reunion gig, whether the band could live up to the hype that preceeded the show. Read & comment »
Just as the Led Zeppelin concert was looming closer, Jimmy Page has only gone and broken his finger pushing the gig back by roughly a month.In frustratingly vague news, we don’t know how Page managed to break the finger or indeed which finger he broke, but at £125.00 per ticket, you’d think the public deserved to know!
Sensibly, Jimmy’s taking the time to allow the fracture to heal properly instead of blasting ahead. The recovery should take a few weeks, and he’s expected to resume rehearsals on 23 November.
Living Legend
In other news, Jimmy Page is to receive Classic Rock magazine’s living legend award (Alice Cooper took the award last year, fact fans!). The ceremony is being held in London on Monday. Page is expected to be bringing his broken finger along with him. Maybe then we’ll get an indication of what finger is broken!
Drew McConnell - the bassist from Babyshambles - asks whether the upcoming Led Zeppelin reunion is valid given that the original line-up will never be complete without John Bonham.In an interview with NME, McConnell says:
If they want to do it then why not? I’m a bit worried about them doing it without Bonham,” he said. “But I’m a big fan - particularly ‘Houses Of The Holy’ (1973 album). A lot of their records border on that supergroup pomposity, but I love this one as it’s (recorded) live and you can tell how much Moroccan squidgy they’ve been smoking and it sounds fucking great.
2007 is definitely a watershed moment in post-Led Zeppelin history. Not only do we have a one-off gig by the remaining members of the band, but there’s a new ‘Best Of’ compilation, Mothership coming up for release. The biggest news of all is that the band have finally succumbed to releasing their music via digital downloads.
This is a big deal for Led Zeppelin. Remember, this is a band who refused to release singles in the UK and who thought that their albums should be experienced as a complete package.
Now, people will be able to buy selected tracks individually. I hesitate to say ‘fans’, because any self-respecting fan will have the entire back catalogue anyway! Imagine buying The Rain Song without having Over The Hills And Far Away. Or Stairway To Heavennot being preceded by The Battle Of Evermore.
