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Led Zeppelin Rocks London’s O2 Arena, Fans Begging for World Tour
With original members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones along with Jason Bonham, son of original drummer John Bonham whose death led to the break-up of the band, the electricity and power of each chord and note sent the 20,000 inside the venue into a frenzy and left the rest of the world hoping for a larger tour.
Originally set to pay tribute to their late Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun, the show took on a life of its own and quickly led to speculation that the band that would use the event as a springboard into a world tour. Now, millions of fans are hoping to catch one more set in a city near them.
Led Zeppelin Set from Dec 10 show at
'Good Times Bad Times'
The set started with a clip from 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD with an American news clip telling of they broke The Beatles' attendance record for a gig in 1973 in
'Ramble On'
Done in extremely slow, bluesy manner, with shards of electric guitar from Jimmy Page.
'Black Dog'
Page wearing dark shades, quite muddy sound. Crowd singing the 'ah-ah-ah' bits back at Plant.
'In My Time Of Dying'
Page is plays bottleneck guitar. Plant speaks for the first time before song, saying 'Good evening'.
'For Your Life'
That's not something you get to hear often these days, Led Zeppelin giving a song its live debut.
'Trampled Under Foot'
Before starting the song Plant told the crowd it was the band's attempt to sound like Robert Johnson's 'Terraplane Blues' .
'Nobody's Fault But Mine'
There are huge screen's dominating the O2 Arena, they split into four sometimes, goes monochrome, colour etc...quite spectacular."
'No Quarter'
Following the song Plant paid tribute to John Paul Jones, who played keyboards and bass on the track.
'Since I've Been Loving You'
A bit of a style guide for you, all the band are dressed in black bar Page who is rocking a white shirt. As for the song they gone for the epic version....very bluesy.
'Dazed And Confused'
"Settle yourselves in, we're expecting a ten minute version of this classic... it was. At the end of it of the song Plant shouts 'On guitar Jimmy Page, just as he did on 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD which was filmed in Madison Square Garden in the 70s.
'Stairway To Heaven'
What do you think happened? Right! From the moment those opening notes rang out the whole audience went absolutely crazy. The atmosphere is electric. Afterwards Plant said "Ahmet, we did it!"
'The Song Remains The Same'
A fairly straight version of the classic. The sound is still a bit muddy and quiet though.
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Plant kicked this one off by praising the job drummer Jason Bonham has been doing, stepping into his late father's shoes tonight.
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Yet another epic, as this song cracks the ten minute mark. Plant introduced this one declaring "We've got people from 50 countries here and this is the 51st2. Afterwards they left the stage to loud applause. Will they do an encore? What do you reckon...
'Whole Lotta Love'
... of course they come back to deafening applause. And it's an extended version of the old 'Top Of The Pops' theme. Then once more the band leave the stage with a visibly emotional Plant declaring: "Thanks to everybody. Thanks Ahmet Ertegun, this one for is Ahmet Ertegun as we remember the days when Atlantic Records was the best label on the planet!"
'Rock And Roll'
Just time for one more, as after two hours the night reaches its climax, and what a stomper to go out on. And after the hype, the millions of people who entered the ticket ballot and the speculation, Led Zeppelin's reunion show is over.
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