On Monday, the world have experienced the reunion of the legendary band Led Zeppelin for the first time after 19 years at a concert in London. For about 20 million people tried to buy 18,000 tickets, available in an Internet lottery, priced $250 each, for this show, which took place in London's O2 Arena. After the postponement because of Jimmy Page's broken finger, the band finally performed their well-known songs. Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant & original members of the band, decided to replace the drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, by his son Jason Bonham. Led Zeppelin split up after Bonham's death, and fans all around the world, are trying to guess, whether this was the last Zeppelin's reunion, or not. Also the members of band are hesitating. While Page said he is eager to do it, Jones has been noncommittal, and Plan quickly answered: "Don't ask." "I've got things I've been working on for the past four years that I'm proud of," Page said for Q magazine. "Some of the songs I've got ready are as good as anything I've done in the past. I wouldn't necessarily save them for my solo career," he added. Plant, who was most reluctant to join the reunion concert, told Rolling Stone magazine that: if people don't talk about a tour, anything is likely." "The more people talk, the more pressure it puts on everybody," he continued. And what id there is no more Led Zeppelin after London's show? "That's fine," Plant says, "because we will do it with a good heart." This concert was an honor to the late Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records who brought out Led Zeppelin in the United States. All profits from this show will go to the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, supporting scholarships to universities in Turkey, the United Kindgom and the U.S. Although this was the only reunion of Led Zeppelin, they reunited briefly in 1985 for Live Aid and again in 1988 for a 40th anniversary concert for Atlantic Records. When they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, they also played a short set with some other musicians.
By Zuzana Hanzelova; edited by Iveta Nagyova
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