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The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert was a benefit concert held in memory of music executive Ahmet Ertegun at the O2 Arena in London on 10 December 2007. The headline act was the English rock band Led Zeppelin, who performed their first full-length concert in almost three decades, since the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980, in a one-off reunion.
The band played an incredible 139 concerts in that year — traveling on commercial flights, in cars, vans, buses, trains and worse — and recorded their blockbuster second album between tour ...
Jason Bonham founded the group in 2010. [2] [3] Bonham previously played with Led Zeppelin in 1988, [4] 1990, [5] and 2007. [6]After the 2007 reunion, Bonham had stated an interest in touring and recording with Led Zeppelin, [7] but singer Robert Plant didn't agree. [8]
We did "Ten Years Gone" and all of a sudden I heard all of the guitar parts that I had never heard apart from on record. We could never do all those guitar parts with just the one guitar with Led Zeppelin. It was fantastic. [8] One version is included on Live at the Greek (2000). [9] It peaked at number 33 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. [10]
John Bonham's aggressive drumming style was critical to the hard rock sound associated with the band. Led Zeppelin's music was rooted in the blues. [12] The influence of American blues artists such as Muddy Waters and Skip James was particularly apparent on their first two albums, as was the distinct country blues style of Howlin' Wolf. [145]
Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was a massive financial success, as the band sold out large arenas and stadiums. On 30 April they performed to 76,229 people at the Pontiac Silverdome , a new world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction, beating the 75,962 that The Who attracted there on 6 December 1975 for Opening Night, and ...
In 1968, English rock band Led Zeppelin chose their name after Keith Moon, drummer of The Who, told guitarist Jimmy Page that his idea to create a band would "go down like a lead balloon." [N 3] [129] Page's manager Peter Grant suggested changing the spelling of "Lead" to "Led" to avoid mispronunciation. "Balloon" was replaced with "Zeppelin ...
Zepparella is an all-female American Led Zeppelin tribute band founded and formed in 2005 in San Francisco, California by the band's drummer, Clementine. The current band consists of lead vocalist Anna Kristina, guitarist Gretchen Menn , bassist Holly West and drummer Clementine.