from NME:
Led Zeppelin have announced that they will postpone their reunion show due to an injury to guitarist Jimmy Page's finger.
The show, which was originally scheduled for November 26 at London's 02 Arena, has been rescheduled for December 10.
Page's injury occurred last weekend, and will prevent him from playing guitar for three weeks.
"I have examined the fracture to Mr. Page's finger, and it is my opinion that with proper rest and treatment, he will be ready to resume rehearsing in three weeks' time, and thus able to perform on December 10," Page's medical specialist said in a statement.
Page added, "I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks. However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to."
All tickets for the original show will be honoured at the rescheduled date.
Those who are unable to attend should request a refund at their point of purchase prior to noon (GMT) on November 14. These tickets will be offered to ballot winners selected at random from the original registrations.
The show, which also features Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Paul Rogers, Paolo Nutini, and Foreigner, is being held to raise money for the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which pays for university scholarships in the UK, US and Turkey
1st November 2007 06:15 PM
mojoman
that old black magic...........
1st November 2007 06:29 PM
Left Shoe Shuffle
quote:polytoxic wrote:
The show, which was originally scheduled for November 26 at London's 02 Arena, has been rescheduled for December 10.
IMO the show should go on as scheduled.
Just let Lil' Bonzo start the show with a two week long drum solo...
1st November 2007 07:50 PM
doo doo doo Dude
This show may have the same fate as the Hindenburg
1st November 2007 07:52 PM
mojoman
oh the humanity...........
1st November 2007 08:03 PM
Dan
Anyone inconvenienced with non refundable travel plans should be allowed to sell their tickets for whatever the market will bear.
1st November 2007 08:05 PM
pdog
and I thought AC was a bitch...
Hahahahahaha!
1st November 2007 08:20 PM
mojoman
quote:pdog wrote:
and I thought AC was a bitch...
Hahahahahaha!
funny!!!
1st November 2007 08:21 PM
mojoman
he was playing with his wand to hard
2nd November 2007 12:05 AM
aladdinstory
echoes of the '75 Zep tour, guess Jimmy won't be medicating himself with JD & "coke", spiked with codeine this time around. wonder if it's the same finger he injured then?
[Edited by aladdinstory]
2nd November 2007 06:40 AM
Factory Girl
I remember when The Black Crowes cancelled their tour with Pagey b/c he allegedly hurt his back.
2nd November 2007 09:15 AM
mojoman
quote:Factory Girl wrote:
I remember when The Black Crowes cancelled their tour with Pagey b/c he allegedly hurt his back.
hasnt toured since then........
2nd November 2007 09:46 AM
Joey
quote:mojoman wrote:
that old black magic...........
I am now so upset I could literally , LITERALLY Drop a Friggin Log !!!! :
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2nd November 2007 09:49 AM
EELPIE
quote:Joey wrote:
I am now so upset I could literally , LITERALLY Drop a Friggin Log !!!! :
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Joey?
2nd November 2007 10:22 AM
Joey
quote:EELPIE wrote:
Joey?
EEL ?!
{ *** Young Joey literally BUSTS out laughing here at the office *** }
2nd November 2007 10:59 AM
Highwire Rob
I wish Jimmy well on the finger mend... I just hope he's not still drooling on stage.
2nd November 2007 11:43 AM
Joey
quote:Highwire Rob wrote:
I wish Jimmy well on the finger mend... I just hope he's not still drooling on stage.
H.W. Rob .................................
You are on FIRE !!!!
2nd November 2007 01:06 PM
Highwire Rob
quote:Joey wrote:
H.W. Rob .................................
You are on FIRE !!!!
Great to hear from you buddy! I'll be home this weekend w/time near a computer. You know I been thinkin 'bout some entries for the JOEY thread ....developing....
(Sadly I don't have any breaks today--we're in sweatshop mode. Our info systems at work have been on the blink this morn--Orders are stacking up... Warning lights are flashing down in quality control!)
Anyone seen my spanner?
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
2nd November 2007 01:44 PM
gotdablouse
quote:Page added, "I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks. However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to."
The exception being Live Aid then !
2nd November 2007 09:55 PM
sweetcharmedlife
quote:Factory Girl wrote:
I remember when The Black Crowes cancelled their tour with Pagey b/c he allegedly hurt his back.
Don't remind me. I had tickets for that show. And they cancelled TWICE.
2nd November 2007 09:58 PM
mojoman
quote:sweetcharmedlife wrote:
Don't remind me. I had tickets for that show. And they cancelled TWICE.
postponed for a month then cancelled. get ya pumped than pow!!
3rd November 2007 09:19 AM
Mel Belli
From the NY Times:
Zeppelin Injury Raises Questions
BEN SISARIO
Published: November 3, 2007
The press agent in London was getting the same question all day: Which finger was it?
The digit in question belonged to Jimmy Page, guitar magus of Led Zeppelin. And according to a statement issued Thursday afternoon, it had been fractured last weekend, forcing the group to delay its megaticket reunion concert in London by two weeks, to Dec. 10.
“Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves,” Mr. Page said in the statement, “and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to.”
But the announcement did not say which finger, on which hand, was affected. Nor did it explain the circumstances of the injury.
Right on cue, blogs and message boards caught fire with speculation, parsing the language of the release and debating whether the injury was real. Was it a sign that rehearsals were not going well? Was Robert Plant, the singer, spending too much time promoting his new album with Alison Krauss? “I can just sense the conspiracy theories already spreading,” read one entry on the ledzeppelin.com forum.
Despite the efforts of the international press corps, neither the band nor the organizers of the concert — a benefit tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, a founder of Led Zeppelin’s label, Atlantic — were offering any further details.
“Everyone wants to know about Jimmy’s finger,” said the concert’s publicist, Chris Goodman, with a chuckle. “I’ve never had so much interest in fingers.”
On Monday, Mr. Page is to make a public appearance at the Classic Rock Roll of Honor in London, where he is to receive a Living Legend award. The telephoto lenses, presumably, will be focused on his hands.
Yesterday it was not just Mr. Page’s finger fans worried about. More than a million people around the world had entered a lottery for a chance to buy one of the 20,000 tickets (£125 each, or $260, plus fees) for the Nov. 26 concert at the O2 Arena, and fans commiserated over airline ticket-exchange fees, tricky hotel reservations or worse.
Andrew Welder, a 28-year-old sommelier in Manhattan, had bought a $600 airline ticket on Thursday morning, just hours before the announcement of the date change. He won’t be able to get the time off to go to the rescheduled show, he said.
“Last night after I got out of work,” Mr. Welder said, “I stopped at my local pub for a beer and a hamburger, and they were blasting Zeppelin when I walked in. My heart almost broke.”
Online, fans analyzed Zeppelin history carefully for any clues about what might be going on behind the scenes. Among the topics was Mr. Page’s recent habit of canceling concerts because of sometimes vague medical conditions. In 2000 part of his tour with the Black Crowes was scrapped because of back problems. Last year he did not show at two prominent festival gigs. A “serious operation” was blamed for his missing the first, another tribute to Mr. Ertegun in Montreux, Switzerland; he cited knee surgery for the second, the Rhythm Festival in Clapham, England.
One blogger noted an irony from Led Zeppelin’s glory days. In early 1975, just as the band was about to begin a big tour, Mr. Page broke the ring finger of his left hand — “the most important finger for a guitarist,” he said at the time, the blogger wrote.
The tour was deemed too important to postpone, and Mr. Page played anyway.
3rd November 2007 10:39 AM
mojoman
quote:Mel Belli wrote:
From the NY Times:
Which finger was it?
the middle finger
3rd November 2007 12:07 PM
Mel Belli
quote:mojoman wrote:
the middle finger
3rd November 2007 01:44 PM
gimmekeef
Wonder if the pompous twerp will still be flayling about with that stupid violin bow...
3rd November 2007 01:48 PM
speedfreakjive
quote:gimmekeef wrote:
Wonder if the pompous twerp will still be flayling about with that stupid violin bow...
i hope not
3rd November 2007 03:19 PM
Highwire Rob
Until Zep recuperate and reunite we still have Michael Winslow -- FUNNY SHIT right here!!
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
3rd November 2007 03:24 PM
steel driving hammer
Howe cum Keiths fingers never break?
Too Tough?
3rd November 2007 04:08 PM
Gazza
quote:steel driving hammer wrote:
Howe cum Keiths fingers never break?
Too Tough?
Yeah, like the Stones havent had to cancel any shows in recent years due to Keith breaking something...
I seem to remember a few UK shows being pulled in July 1990 at short notice because he perforated a finger.
4th November 2007 12:02 AM
the good
I'm telling all of you that the hype over this "reunion" show is unwarranted. Dudes haven't played together in YEARS. And they weren't even a very good live band back in the day. Now Page has gone and broken his finger. We'll see what the next problem is come December. At the very least, now he has an excuse for the crapy reviews they will get.
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