Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Led Zeppelin reunion Begins in London

The newest member of Led Zeppelin was given the honor of kicking off the band's reunion Monday night, pounding out the beat before the surviving founders joined in on "Good Times Bad Times." After the lights went down at London's 02 Arena, newsreel footage of a 1973 performance in Tampa, Florida, was projected on stage. With thousands of fans worked into a frenzy, drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, began thumping the skittering beat, soon to be joined by guitarist, Jimmy Page,bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones and singer Robert Plant. Zeppelin returned for the benefit show to play its first full set since l980, the year John Bonham died after choking on his own vomit.Robbed of "Bonzo's" pulsing drums, the band decided it couldn't go on, and it split up on Dec. 4, l980. It is uncertain whether Monday's concert will launch the band into a tour but that is what fans want.

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