Are anyone in here one of the lucky ones
that got tickets to the o2 concert in London tonight?
I'm curious to hear reports,setlist etc
/peace Manki

YES PLEASE ... anyone with any info whatsoever please report! Also any links to video or news in this thread would be awesome !!!! I can't believe more people aren't talking about this here .. the best band that ever was, were or will be !

It's not really Led Zep though is it....not without John. (yes I know Jason B is behind the drums but it aint the same)

I tried to get tickets numerous times but with no luck so ive come over to the USA to spend xmas here. Tight But Loose will be the best place to visit for reports straight after.

tightbutloose.co.uk

Incidently a friend of mine is recording the show so at least within a day after ill have a audio recording of it. The setlist is being kept secret. However the band were going to play For Your Life from Presence but decided it's tone wouldn't suit the show. I know Bonham senior won't be there but for me it is still Led Zeppelin. His son is there and i think the spirit will still be there. I hope they don't continue though with more shows though.

WildheartXXX said:

Two friends on another music board are going, I'll post any early reports.

Hope the show gets filmed!
/peace Manki

I read last week that yes, they are planning a DVD release from the show. Whether they decide to release it though, will probably depend on how they're playing, oh, right about now I do believe.

First song: 'Good Times, Bad Times'

Then 'Ramble On'

'Black Dog'

'In My Time of Dying'

No Quarter

For Your Life

Trampled Under Foot

The Lemon Song


...nme.com is updated as they play

So far Led Zeppelin have played:

'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 California. Simple stage set, video screen behind the band."

'Ramble On'
"'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' bits back at Plant."

'In My Time Of Dying'
"Page is playing bottleneck guitar. Plant spoke 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 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's 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 told the audience '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."

'The Song Remains The Same'

More to follow

We will also have the first review which will be filed from the venue just after the band leave the stage.

bobzilla77 said:

where the hell is Minneapolisgenius? This is her thread, she's probably there...

Dang. I hope thier filming this.

Slave2daGroove said:

MinneapolisGenius is here in Minneapolis very upset that she wasn't at the show.

Set List

* ‘Good Times Bad Times’
* ‘Ramble On’
* ‘Black Dog’
* ‘In My Time Of Dying’
* ‘For Your Life’
* ‘Trampled Under Foot’
Nobodys Fault But Mine’
* ‘No Quarter’
* ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’
* ‘Dazed And Confused’
* ‘Stairway To Heaven’
* ‘The Song Remains The Same’
* ‘Misty Mountain Hop’
* ‘Kashmir’
Encore:
* ‘Whole Lotta Love’
* ‘Rock And Roll’


Reviews, Video, and Photos

LedZeppelin.com: O2 Reunion Concert Forum (the best place for the latest breaking news)

LedZeppelin.com: Track By Track Review (from forum member)


Blabbermouth.net: Led Zeppelin: ITV Reunion Concert Video Report

Bloomberg.com: Led Zeppelin Wows 20,000 London Fans, First Concert in 19 Years



LedZeppelin.com: Long Review (by forum member)

LedZeppelinPics.com: Concert Pics (great set!)


NY Times: Led Zeppelin Finds Its Old Power

Rolling Stone: Led Zeppelin Returns: Photos from the Reunion Show and More

Telegraph UK: Led Zeppelin: Then It Got Better Still

Times Online UK: The Mothership Of All Reunions



Video Clip: Black Dog (from BBC News)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...8v_Rqi4B-E

Video Clip: Good Times, Bad Times (4 min 30 sec, full + introduction)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...sHcUwtw5H0


Video Clip: In My Time Of Dying (1 min 1 sec)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...AQwGCtI36k

Video Clip: In My Time Of Dying 2
http://www.4shared.com/fi.../IMTD.html

Video Clip: Kashmir (8 min 31 sec)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...ZxukPZ0pjA

Video Clip: Rock And Roll (5 min 17 sec)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQLB03euTXQ
Video Clip: Since I’ve Been Loving You (7 min 35 sec)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...d2L_mb3AMY

Video Clip: Since I’ve Been Loving You (1 min 9 sec)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...unajGvY8-Q

Video Clip: Stairway To Heaven (9 min 19 sec, full)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...G_JTMuHOQk

Video Clip: Crowd After 1st Encore
http://www.youtube.com/wa...E56P7uhZEc

Jboogiee said:

Thank you very much.

Jboogiee said:

Thanks!

No "Thank You"?

Slave2daGroove said:

No I couldn't be there. A friend of mine was there though. I had to make the decision of whether or not I'd be in the States or in Europe when the show would be, and I choose Minneapolis instead. God I'm an idiot!

I could have gotten tickets too if I really tried.

minneapolisgenius said:

You're back!

I missed u MG!

minneapolisgenius said:

Obviously you're a world traveler so I get you're busy but YOU'VE BEEN MISSED around here.

What about those youtube links? Have you read the cover story in this month's Rolling Stone? All very cool stuff. Do you think they'll actually tour?

Thanks JBoog! Page looks badass with his gray hair. The music is tuned down a little but they sound and look great. I hope they tour the US next year.

Now THAT is a reunion. Those clips were amazing. Thanks for posting!

wow

they still got it

great concert flicks on youtube.

Most of the comments are vicious against the audience though

I wonder how much the tickets cost?

SPYZFAN1 said:

Jimmy Page...



...from the January 2008 cover of Guitar World magazine.

Maybe it's the quality of the video on YouTube, but Jason (bless his heart) doesn't seem to have inherited his father's "Heavy Foot".
Bonzo's foot work on Good Times, Bad Times is a thing of beauty.

Gotta give it to them though, it looks like they've pulled this off well.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Slave2daGroove said:

I've been trying to keep up with all the reviews that are pouring out. Plus, I need to get in contact with my friend who was there. I'm sure she's still just in a Zeppelin-induced haze.

I have a feeling that they might tour actually.

Here's just one review that makes me REALLY pissed that I wasn't there...

The Daily Telegraph:

Led Zeppelin: Then it got better still

David Cheal reviews Led Zeppelin at the O2 arena

"I must be one of the happiest 18,000 people in the world today," said a middle-aged man on the London Underground yesterday afternoon. And with good reason: he had a ticket to the big one. Twenty-seven years after they disbanded, Led Zeppelin were back together, for one night in London, in what was surely the most feverishly anticipated reunion gig of all time - a concert for which millions around the world applied for tickets.

Brought back together to honour Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of their record company, Atlantic Records, who died last year, Zeppelin promised that this would be just a one-off appearance, to raise money for an educational fund.

And as the lucky critic who was handed this dream ticket, I have to say that I was in my own fever of anticipation in the days building up to the big event: anxiety dreams clouded my sleep - what if they turned out to be not-very-good, or only played three songs? - while my waking hours were distracted by the thought that soon, I'd be watching the greatest band in the world on stage.

Well, three of them: on the drum-stool, Jason Bonham was replacing his dad John, whose death from a vodka binge in 1980 marked the end of the road for Zeppelin as a group. For a rock fan, and a writer who has covered some big shows over the past 20 years, gigs don't get any bigger.

But could it possibly live up to the expectation? Well: I was blown away.

The first song, Good Times, Bad Times, dispelled all fears. The familiar old sinew and swagger were still there, singer Robert Plant's voice seeming untouched by age, guitarist Jimmy Page, his hair now almost white, firing off little solos that were a taste of things to come, John Paul Jones's bass twisting and driving, Jason Bonham's drums crisp and powerful.

I felt a little sorry for the string of support acts who had warmed up the crowd - star names such as Bill Wyman, Keith Emerson, Paul Rodgers and Foreigner, but whose contributions were immediately swept away like dust in the breeze by the awesome foursome.

Then it got better. Ramble On was just sensational, and the crowd, hitherto a little subdued, began to wake up and shout. The band's body language spoke volumes: they were watching each other, playing to each other, smiling: they were a group.

Then it got better still: Black Dog. Byzantine riff, pulverising drums, hollering vocals. Magic. And no sign of Jimmy Page's finger injury that had caused the gig to be delayed. "Good evening," said Plant.

How much better could it get? Here's how much: In My Time of Dying, driven by such a dark, filthy, shivery blues riff, the electrifying change of pace, drums and guitar locked into a sensational groove. It scarcely seemed possible that a group could be this good.

Trampled Underfoot was a reminder that Zeppelin were fusing funk and rock 20 years before the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and that John Paul Jones is a great keyboard player.

And Nobody's Fault But Mine was a reminder that, contrary to myth, Zeppelin were - are - not a heavy metal band, not a prog-rock band, but a band who played and loved the blues, were electrified by it, and in turn electrified it.

And so it went on: they never flagged, although the crowd seemed a bit limp at times. Bonham was astonishing: he didn't just lock into Jones's base grooves - he played off against the guitar and the vocals. He was listening. And they had clearly done a lot of rehearsing.

I could go on but I'm running out of space. Dazed and Confused! Since I've Been Loving You! Stairway to Heaven! They were fantastic. Better than I expected.

It was a joy and a privilege to be there.


I'm proud of them. And I already knew Plant hadn't lost his voice, because I saw him perform (and met him ) in February.