Zeppelin new album?

I never saw that coming? Did they record some more really good music?

Live Nation and the surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced a new studio album and North American Tour dates today. Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page said the yet to be named album was completed and was a montage of songs left behind and new collaborations by the surviving members.“We rolled new tape on everything” said Page. “These are not outtakes or b-sides that never made it to production. These are the first new Led Zeppelin songs since 1982”.

When asked what fans could expect from the new recordings vocalist Robert Plant replied “thunder”. Plant went on to explain that the goal of the album was to capture some of that “explosiveness” Led Zeppelin would expound on stage in the early days. Plant then added “We knew from the beginning there would be a tour to accompany the album. The goal was to write songs we could really rock live and give the fans a kick in their pants”.

Jason Bonham sat in for his father the late John Bonham on the recordings. Jason will also be joining the band for the tour dates. Jason said he is most excited about the band’s 3 day residence at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York. The band will duplicate the set list they played during the 1973 filming of the critically acclaimed concert movie “The Song Remains the Same” during all three shows in New York. This will include Jason Bonham playing his father’s now legendary drum solo “Moby Dick”. 

The U. S. tour is expected to hit all major US cities in 2016. The band is also scheduling shows in smaller more intimate theaters across the U.S. and Canada during the tour. Tickets for the intimate theater shows will be budget priced and available through a lottery system only. Led Zeppelin’ 2016 tour will be sponsored by Virgin Mobile.

http:////www.tmrzoo.com/2015/65668/led-zeppelin-announces-new-studio-album-and-u-s-tour-dates

Edited by rdtprog - October 12 2015 at 04:22

^ What he said.........

It's right under the article.

rdtprog wrote: since we are not in April i was intrigued, but i had doubts, now you have broken all my dreams...

April fools day in Oct---

It IS a April Fools Day JOKE!

I'm pretty sure this joke has been done before.  It's recurring, I remember it from like five years ago

1)  They're way too old to "recreate" anything.  They were too old in 1979 to recreate anything.
2)  There is no new Led Zeppelin material or undeveloped recordings.  They put everything worth anything on the table, recorded it, and eventually released it.
3)  In the words of Neil Young, it's better to burn out than to fade away. 




Edited by Atavachron - October 12 2015 at 18:39

Well you got me for a moment... But I doubt Plant voice suits this kind of music nowadays. It could just be sad.

Sure they sound fine, but the notion of becoming what they were is unrealistic.

I'd tend to agree about the Stones still sounding good only because they strictly play blues (blues-rock) and the older they get the grittier and rattier they sound, which is perfect.   That's why Keith Richards hears the Who and Zep as "hollow", and from his point of view, they are;
“[Moon] could play to [Townshend] like nobody else in the world. But if somebody threw him into a session with somebody else, it was a disaster. There’s nothing wrong with that; sometimes you’ve got that one paintbrush, and you rock it."  

And though he shouldn't have said it and has probably gained legions of new enemies, he's right of course.  But people hear it out of context or misperceive him because they aren't working musicians.

Actually Page & Plant have come a very long way since the LiveAid disaster and other performance fumbles (a normal thing for them but had become exacerbated over the years due to lack of practice), and I give them huge points for going strong even today.




Edited by Atavachron - October 12 2015 at 20:14