Break out the air raid sirens and stop the presses or whatever you say in this digital age: Led Zeppelin will perform together for the first time in 19 years on Nov. 26, at London’s The O2 venue, on the banks of the River Thames to raise money for Ahmet Ertegun’s Education Fund. Run on sentence be damned: Led Zep is back!
The lineup is what it should be: singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham (John’s son). The Who’s Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman, Foreigner and young Scottish singer Paolo Nutini — the last British act Ertegun signed — will also play at the tribute concert.
I am not hording this info due to the fact that tickets are only available via a random selection process involving ballots. You can enter by going to the concert’s site. I pray that fate smiles upon me and I somehow am selected with a golden ticket, or ballot in this case, because there is no stopping me from going if that happens. After I get my ballot, I hope that ka’s wheel rolls in your direction as well.