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According to Baseless Evidence, Led Zeppelin and Metallica to Headline Bonnaroo

Led Zeppelin tour leaks keep coming from the strangest of sources. First, it was the Cult’s Ian Astbury blurting out what could be the biggest secret in rock as he announced his band would open for the still-unannounced and unconfirmed Zeppelin reunion tour. Now, “an anonymous reader” reportedly told the Lefsetz Letter writer Bob Lefsetz, “Zeppelin just confirmed for Bonnaroo. They can’t officially announce until after the London gig so pass it on! Also Metallica is confirmed on the bill too!” Zeppelin, the stars of Rolling Stone’s current issue, have not announced any dates outside of their December 10th reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena. Both rock bands make sense though for the ‘Roo: Led Zeppelin could single-handedly draw a Woodstock-sized audience to rural Tennessee even without a hundred other bands on the bill, plus the festival headlined the reunited Police last June. Metallica would continue Bonnaroo’s trend of putting hard acts on the marquee, as the festival experimented with Tool among its headliners in 2007. But can we really believe “an anonymous reader” of The Lefsetz Letter? We barely believe our own “anonymous readers.” Just two weeks ago, a fake Coachella flyer was making the rounds claiming that Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine and an unretired-from-the-stage David Bowie were headlining the 2008 Indio, CA, festival. But with the ever-increasing number of festivals being held in the summer, Led Zeppelin would seem like a major coup for the hippie heaven Bonnaroo … that is, unless, they can orchestrate a Phish reunion. Related Stories: Required Reading: Led Zeppelin’s 1975 Rolling Stone Interview With Cameron Crowe Led Zeppelin: The Story of the Most Sought-After Rock Reunion Is in the New Rolling Stone Zeppelin Watch: Ian Astbury says The Cult Will Open for Led Zep in Cincinnati Next Year [Photo: Getty]

Publicado: 2007-12-04 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion, RS 12/13/07: Led Zeppelin

The Led Zeppelin Tour: A Call to Arms!

Now the pleading begins. A Led Zeppelin superfan left this message on our voicemail demanding in colorful fashion that we pull some strings to get Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to tour: Random caller, we heed your cry. Now it’s your turn, readers: Post your most compelling argument as to why Led Zep should take their show on the road right here. All comments will be directly forwarded to the band’s management. Related Stories: Led Zeppelin: The Full Report From David Fricke Led Zeppelin Returns: Photos From the Reunion Show and More Led Zeppelin Roundup: Backstage and Beyond

Publicado: 2007-12-14 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Led Zeppelin: The Full Report From David Fricke

For the second encore of their first full concert in twenty-seven years, at London’s 02 arena last night, Led Zeppelin tore into “Rock and Roll,” from their untitled fourth album, with a joyful vengeance. As drummer Jason Bonham hammered with the ghostly precision and ferocity of his late father, guitarist Jimmy Page fired dirty chunks of Chuck Berry and bassist John Paul Jones kept iron time with familiar reserve, singer Robert Plant sang the most obvious words of the night: “Been a long time since I rock and rolled.” Overhead, images of a much younger Zeppelin, in concert during the early and mid-Seventies, flashed on a huge digital-video screen. In those films, Led Zeppelin were the biggest, loudest and most cocksure band in rock. Jimmy Page’s now snow-white hair was still jet black; Robert Plant was a golden god, not yet a Viking elder, and the late John Bonham — whose death in 1980 abruptly ended Zeppelin’s reign — still ruled the engine room. But the band that played underneath those memories last night was not the one that misfired at Live Aid in 1985 or again in New York in 1988. This one was rehearsed, ready and out to kill. This band was Led Zeppelin in every way. Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham the Younger opened their two-hour show with the confident wit and colossal nerve of “Good Times Bad Times,” the first song on Led Zeppelin’s 1969 debut album. Even before Plant opened his mouth, the original fury — a surprisingly lean, dub-like crossfire of cannonshot chords, frantic, gulping bass runs and polyrhythmic swagger — was in order and in force. “In the days of my youth/I was told what it means to be a man,” Plant sang, in the slightly lower register of someone who gives those lessons now. It was an appropriate effect, too — an admission of age delivered with feral pride — on a night dedicated to the memory of Zeppelin’s late friend and mentor, Atlantic Records’ co-founder

Publicado: 2007-12-12 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Zeppelin Watch: Ian Astbury says The Cult Will Open for Led Zep in Cincinnati Next Year

During a gig at a small Cincinnati club last Saturday, Cult singer Ian Astbury let slip that the Cult will be opening for Led Zeppelin during the band’s still-unannounced 2008 reunion tour. “We’ll be back next year,” Astbury assured the Cincy faithful. “Because we’re opening for a band you may have heard of… the name starts with an ‘L’ and has a ‘Z’ in it.” Before you could say “Liz Phair” or “Limp Bizkit,” Astbury was nodding to confirm that the band in question was Led Zeppelin. Neither representatives for Led Zeppelin nor for The Cult had any comment, and thus far, Zeppelin has neither confirmed nor denied a full-blown reunion tour. Jimmy Page hopes for a full jaunt, while Robert Plant remains pessimistic of the reunion lasting any longer than the band’s one-night-only show on December 10th at London’s O2 Arena. Here’s what we think happened: The Cult were probably told that, if the Zep show goes well and they do decide to tour, The Cult would be offered an opening slot on the tour. Astbury likely took this to mean that the Cult had just scored the best opening gig in rockdom, and proudly proclaimed this at the Cinci show — even though Zeppelin themselves have not finalized any tour plans. Whether Astbury’s announcement endangers any prospective tour, or the Cult’s opening slot, remains to be seen. But the chances of a full Zeppelin tour are a lot better than they were last week.

Publicado: 2007-11-22 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

New Led Zeppelin Tour Rumors Star Dave Grohl, R.E.M. Confirm LP Title, Jessica Simpson Explains Turn to Nashville and More

It’s a new year, with new Led Zeppelin tour rumors: The latest speculation has Foo Fighter Dave Grohl waiting on an invite to drum on an alleged reunion tour. Grohl, who has expressed his willingness to do the job, was allegedly up for Jason Bonham’s gig at last month’s one-off show. Bonnaroo buzz has also returned, despite Robert Plant’s scheduled tour with Alison Krauss, after an “insider” told The Mirror “[Fans] have been bombarding [Led Zeppelin’s] Web site to get back together for good but only Robert Plant wasn’t keen to commit. Now he’s had a change of heart and if it goes well they are also talking about touring.” R.E.M.’s fourteenth studio album will be called Accelerate and, as Michael Stipe revealed last month, will hit stores on April 1st. Stipe recently told Uncut, “We spent less time making this record than we have in twenty years. … I feel like there’s a confidence in the material, and a communication between the three of us that hasn’t been there for some time.” Jessica Simpson has confirmed she’s in Nashville working on her country debut, telling Billboard, “I am a country girl. I grew up in Texas, and country music was what I listened to.” The album is scheduled for a 2008 release on Columbia Nashville. Five of James Brown’s children have challenged the late singer’s will, claiming it should be invalidated because “former advisers used undue influence to get him to create charitable trusts that the advisers would profit from.” The bulk of Brown’s financial legacy has been allotted for trusts to educate his grandchildren and other needy kids, and one of Brown’s advisers calls this latest attack “an act of desperation.” Teenybopper crime spree! A five-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl used a gift card to break into a New Jersey home on Christmas Eve and steal $200 worth of presents, including

Publicado: 2008-01-02 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Morning News Roundup, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Led Zeppelin Roundup: Backstage and Beyond

By now you’ve probably read about what happened onstage during Led Zeppelin’s show last night, but else happened at the concert of the year? For one, Pete Townshend, despite reports to the contrary, did not perform: “I pulled out of the Ahmet Ertegun benefit the day I heard Led Zep were performing,” Townshend wrote on his blog. “They really don’t need me.” Many in the audience probably wished the other openers had taken Townshend’s stance, but they gave a polite reception to the other acts. The show began with a prog-rock supergroup composed of Yes bassist Chris Squire, Yes drummer Alan White, Emerson and Lake and Palmer’s keyboardist Keith Emerson, doing a progged-out version of Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare For The Common Man.” Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman took the stage next with his longtime group The Rhythm Kings, serving as the house band for the remaining openers. Paul Rodgers performed joined them for “All Right Now” and Foreigner’s Mick Jones came out for “I Want To Know What Love Is.” All of the acts had been signed by the late Atlantic Records co-founder Ertegun, and Robert Plant made sure that the audience didn’t forget it, announcing “Ahmet, we did it!” after Zeppelin performed “Stairway to Heaven.” Backstage at the main gig was one gigantic A-list conclave, featuring Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, David Gilmour, Dave Grohl, Marilyn Manson, Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Michael J. Fox, Pink, Juliette Lewis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher and Steve Winwood. After the show, VIP’s headed over to the nearby Club Indigo to check out a post-show featuring soul stars Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Sam Moore. The club was jam packed, and even the most intrepid of reporters didn’t manage to get in. If that weren’t validation enough for Jimmy Page and Robert P

Publicado: 2007-12-12 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Led Zeppelin Reunion Concert Postponed Due to Fractured Finger

Led Zeppelin’s November 26th reunion concert has been pushed back to December 10th because guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger. The injury, which he sustained this past weekend, will make him unable to play guitar for the next three weeks. “I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks,” Page said in a statement. “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.” Tickets bought for the original show will be honored on the new date, and refunds will also be available. This news sucks (especially since Page busted a finger in a train door in 1975 but soldiered on and continued to tour), but we’ve waited twenty-seven years for this show, so what’s another fourteen days? That is, of course, unless you already bought plane tickets and made hotel reservations.

Publicado: 2007-11-02 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Led Zeppelin Ticket Lottery Extended, Fred Durst Pleads Guilty to Car-Related Charges, Pete Doherty Returns to Studio

Thanks to the Website-crashing demand for Led Zeppelin reunion tickets, organizers behind the Tribute to Ahmet Ertegun concert will extend the application process to Wednesday, September 17th. So far, over 25 million people filled out ballots with hopes of securing one of the 20,000 £125 tickets for the November 26th show. Meanwhile, Hugh Manson, who has worked with members of Led Zep for over twenty-five years, calls the band’s top-secret rehearsals “hard work but a lot of fun.” Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst found a way to infiltrate Rock Daily after pleading guilty to seven misdemeanors, including assault, battery and reckless driving. The charges stem from an October 2006 incident when Durst deliberately tried to hit two people with his car in LA. Durst was given a 120-day suspended jail sentence, ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and fined $1,500. Common and Q-Tip will co-headline this year’s 2K Sports Bounce tour, which is one-half rap concert, one-half video game tournament. Q-Tip will use the fifteen-city tour as an opportunity to road-test songs from his new album The Renaissance, due out in early 2008. Unbeknownst to her professor, Shakira was secretly attending classes at UCLA under the guise of a Colombian student. Following her Oral Fixation tour, Shakira enrolled in “Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations from Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843.” Class began August 6th and ended yesterday. Pete Doherty and Babyshambles are back in the studio, recording B-sides for their upcoming, Fall Music Previewed album Shotter’s Nation. Among the new song titles are “Jumping Bean,” “I Don’t Know That Man” and “Velvet Untitled.”

Publicado: 2007-09-15 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Velvet Revolver’s Duff McKagan Claims Potential Led Zeppelin Opening Slot

Velvet Revolver is the frontrunner to open up for Led Zeppelin if the band were to go on a full reunion tour, says VR’s Duff McKagan. “I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege!” said McKagan. One of those bands who will likely fight it out is the Cult, as lead singer Ian Astbury told a Cincinnati crowd last November that his band would be opening for the Zep reunion tour. Another potential wrench in the works would be Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland’s tour with a reunited Stone Temple Pilots. No Zeppelin reunion tour has been announced, as Robert Plant has scheduling commitments to his joint tour with Alison Krauss until September. [Photo: Getty]

Publicado: 2008-03-18 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion