LED ZEPPELIN REFUSED TO REUNITE FOR SHORT SET
LED ZEPPELIN refused to reunite for the tribute concert for late music mogul AHMET ERTEGUN unless they were allowed to play a full length set.
The legendary rockers announced plans to reform - 27 years after they split at a press conference in London on Wednesday (12Sep07), but only on the condition that they perform for longer than the obligatory 30-minutes.
And concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith willingly agreed to the demand because it was the wish of Ertegun’s widow, Mica, to have the band headline the gig.
Goldsmith recalls, "She wanted it to be all British bands to come together to honour her husband. She really wanted Led Zeppelin there because they haven’t reformed (since their split)." The long-awaited reunion will take place at London’s O2 Arena on 26 November (07), with proceeds from ticket sales going to the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, providing students with annual scholarships to universities in the U.K., USA and Turkey.
Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, died in December 2006 at the age of 82.
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