| 28th January 2008 01:13 PM |
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By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jan 28, 8:04 AM ET
TOKYO - Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Monday he was ready to take the iconic band on a world tour after burning up the stage at last month's reunion concert in London. But it probably won't be before September.
"The amount of work we put into O2 was what you would normally put into a world tour anyway," Page, 64, said of the intense rehearsing the band did for the Dec. 10 concert at London's O2 Arena.
The band's three surviving members — Page, singer Robert Plant and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones — were joined at the sold-out benefit show by the late John Bonham's son Jason on drums.
Page, who was in Japan to promote the new Zeppelin release, "Mothership," said the two-hour-plus concert was proof that Led Zeppelin can still perform at its best.
He said the band, which formed in 1968, was ready musically to get back together and take it out on a wider run, but it was not clear when it would go on tour as the singer had other plans.
"Robert Plant has a parallel project and he is busy with that until September," Page said.
Plant and bluegrass star Alison Krauss will begin their world tour with a run of shows in the southern U.S. this spring. The two released an album in October called "Raising Sand" that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard chart in the U.S. The duo will tour Europe in May before returning for North American shows still to be announced for June and July.
Page said the band set their standards very high before agreeing to do the reunion, their first in 20 years. Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 after the elder Bonham's death.
Page said they rehearsed for weeks, apprehensive that the cohesion they had in the 1970s when they were at their peak might be hard to rediscover.
"We wanted people who might not have even been alive in 1980 when we finished to understand what we were," he said.
Page said all went well until he broke a finger in three places, forcing the band to postpone the show for several weeks.
"But we did the show, and it was great," he said. "It was instant in terms of chemistry."
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| 28th January 2008 01:20 PM |
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| Dan |
This is amusing considering all the people who keep insisting it's already been booked. |
| 28th January 2008 02:10 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
Tease N Hype....its all part of the promotion.... |
| 28th January 2008 02:15 PM |
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| Some Guy |
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gimmekeef wrote:
Tease N Hype....its all part of the promotion....
the new 100.5 now sounds kind of like the old WKLS and they have the regular guys back on. |
| 28th January 2008 02:20 PM |
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| mojoman |
this things gonna be bigger than hindenburg......... |
| 28th January 2008 02:47 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
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mojoman wrote:
this things gonna be bigger than hindenburg.........
Hope the ending is the same....no one hurt..but tour blows up on these guys |
| 28th January 2008 03:46 PM |
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| Mr.D |
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Dan wrote:
This is amusing considering all the people who keep insisting it's already been booked.
Its already been booked?
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| 28th January 2008 03:54 PM |
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| polytoxic |
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Mr.D wrote:
Its already been booked?
I think what throws people off is that both Live Nation and AEG, the competing bidders for the tour, have put venue holds in place--just in case. In my instance here in Toronto, industry people said the Rogers Centre was booked for two nights for Led Zeppelin but in fact that's just Live Nation booking it so they can present an itinerary to the band. I think that happens a lot with Stones rumours as well. On a related note, Robert Plant was interviewed courtside as he attended a Knicks game on the weekend. He seems a little more open to the rumours, replying "You never know what's around the corner."
Video link to the interview below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tMKDcMScI
P.S. Page does look cool as fuck.
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| 28th January 2008 04:06 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
Once all parties sit down and look at the numbers..it will quickly be put on fast track for fall..similar route as Stones starting in late Sept... |
| 28th January 2008 05:51 PM |
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| Joey |
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Dan wrote:
This is amusing considering all the people who keep insisting it's already been booked.
Dan .......................
I am now so excited that I am typing this with my nipples . |
| 28th January 2008 06:51 PM |
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| Dan |
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Joey wrote:
Dan .......................
I am now so excited that I am typing this with my nipples .
Safe to say this tour will be skipping Omaha. |
| 28th January 2008 07:15 PM |
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| mojoman |
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polytoxic wrote:
On a related note, Robert Plant was interviewed courtside as he attended a Knicks game on the weekend.
robert plant a knicks fan?
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| 28th January 2008 07:20 PM |
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| mojoman |
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polytoxic wrote:
P.S. Page does look cool as fuck.
keith circa 97-98 cool? |
| 29th January 2008 11:37 AM |
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| Joey |
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Dan wrote:
Safe to say this tour will be skipping Omaha.
What ?!
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| 29th January 2008 11:58 AM |
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| Gimme Shelter |
I can't wait!!! |
| 29th January 2008 12:38 PM |
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| polytoxic |
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mojoman wrote:
keith circa 97-98 cool?
Yeah actually, now that you mention it. The gray hair, the long coat and shades, the badass scowl.
Although I doubt Page could pull off the leopard print the way Keith did. |
| 29th January 2008 12:41 PM |
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| TampabayStone |
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polytoxic wrote:
Yeah actually, now that you mention it. The gray hair, the long coat and shades, the badass scowl.
Although I doubt Page could pull off the leopard print the way Keith did.
That's the best pagey might have ever looked. Lucky for him he's a rock star. |
| 29th January 2008 12:46 PM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
If this tour actually happens it might make a good bookend to the Golden Age. |
| 29th January 2008 01:02 PM |
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| the good |
Yawn |
| 29th January 2008 01:13 PM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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the good wrote:
Yawn
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| 29th January 2008 03:37 PM |
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| Joey |
" I can't wait!!! "
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| 30th January 2008 01:29 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
Well, for me, I hope they do a tour, I saw them in '74, & I was brought up in my teen years with their early albums, a lot of bands who don't even have that many of their original members are touring, so why shouldn't they? the only thing is Robert Plant hasn't got his high voice register like in the early days, so a lot of songs are going be in lower key, but so what? if a band like The Police can tour, why not a real legend of Rock 'N' Roll. |
| 30th January 2008 01:51 PM |
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| Dan |
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Joey wrote:
What ?!
Omaha isn't really that far from Chicago is it? |
| 30th January 2008 02:21 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
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Dan wrote:
Omaha isn't really that far from Chicago is it?
Omaha..where nothing happens....all the time..and you can watch your dog run away for 3 days |
| 30th January 2008 03:34 PM |
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| glencar |
American Idol was in Omahaha last night. www.maxlugar.com has an interesting thread about it. safe to say, Omahaha is a strange place. |
| 30th January 2008 03:54 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
Gimme Shelter wrote:
I can't wait!!!
Concur .
Nips Akimbo !!!!
Jacky ! |
| 30th January 2008 03:55 PM |
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| Joey |
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gimmekeef wrote:
Omaha..where nothing happens....all the time..and you can watch your dog run away for 3 days
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 30th January 2008 03:56 PM |
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| Joey |
" www.maxlugar.com has an interesting thread about it. "
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| 30th January 2008 03:59 PM |
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| glencar |
LOL Omahaha is sure a buncha hayseeds! |
| 30th January 2008 04:13 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
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Joey wrote:
" LOL Omahaha is sure a buncha hayseeds! "
What has this got to do with the thread, we're talking about?? if your smoking dope?? then start a tread about smoking dope. |
