I See Led Zeppelin are reforming.....

[LostThePlot]

But at ?125 a ticket I'm wondering if it's worth the 28 year wait.....

Mind you at the 02, so not too much of a drama to get home....

Anyone else tempted?

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[SeanMacGabhann]

twas mentioned in the great gigs thread as well

On the one hand, compared to Madge and Babs recent gigs, it's not THAT bad (out of my league tho) but whether you are up for it or not is kinda moot, considering the likely demand

Plus, bottom line is I agree with Keef on this one - I'm no big fan of them (heresy tho that seems to most of my friends)

[LostThePlot]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> twas mentioned in the great gigs thread as well

>

> On the one hand, compared to Madge and Babs recent

> gigs, it's not THAT bad (out of my league tho) but

> whether you are up for it or not is kinda moot,

> considering the likely demand

Yep, name goes into a ballot, whcih I have done. So lots of staying in to save up if I should be lucky!

> Plus, bottom line is I agree with Keef on this one

> - I'm no big fan of them (heresy tho that seems to

> most of my friends)

As, see I'm bonkers about them, which is nobody's fault but mine.....

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[Jah Lush]

Oh yes! That popular beat combo. Love that song, what's it called again...Hairway To Stephen?

[LostThePlot]

LostThePlot Wrote:

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> Yep, name goes into a ballot, which I have done.

OK< bad form to talk to yourself online, but turns out that I, along with Circa 25,000,000 other people have put their names into the ballot...

Ho Hum,.....

[Ant]

They say it's the first sign, you know...

I'd really like to go. But ?125 and a ballot is just too much hassle. Shame they're not doing 21 nights like the purple sex-dwarf.

[LostThePlot]

Ant Wrote:

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> They say it's the first sign, you know...

I know, I can hear them....all the time, when I'm alone, by myself.....

> I'd really like to go. But ?125 and a ballot is

> just too much hassle. Shame they're not doing 21

> nights like the purple sex-dwarf.

Ballot was OK, it's the spending money I object too......

Yep, saw the purpley one, and really enjoyed it, which came as a huge suprise to me as I've never ever liked his stuff, but was there being the dutiful husband part. Like she cared if I was there..... ;-)

[giggirl]

Me too - I saw the purpley sex dwarf last night and he was brilliant.

[*Bob*]

Hmmm. Led Zep with no John Bonham. Kinda like 'The Police' without Stewart Copeland.

It shouldn't be allowed.

[lozzyloz]

Personally I think you must be nuts to go and see a band well past it's sell by date. Their heyday is well gone. They will never be able to recreate a stage performance that merits the ticket price. Better to preserve the memory rather than replace it with an enduring image of a bunch of OAP's embarrassing themselves in a final bid to raise funds to soften the impact of IHT! And yes I am a Led Zep fan and once bumped into Robert in a launderette in Primrose Hill, but that's another story!

[*Bob*]

Amen to that, Lozzy.

[capt_birdseye]

And to top it all you would have to sit through Paolo Nutini and Foreigner before the crinkly Zeps even make it on stage!

[*Bob*]

But don't you wanna know what love is? I know I do.

[lozzyloz]

der der da de de derghhh

[Jah Lush]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...:'(

[capt_birdseye]

I now see that the Sex Pistols are playing this year too. The most dangerous grandads in town.

Is re-forming the new splitting up?

[Jah Lush]

I think you may have a point there Captain. There's money to be made in nostalgia. There seems to be a lot of bands reforming just to top up their bank accounts. But having said that, I'd love to see the Pistols again but it's hardly likely they'll be playing down the 100 Club or the Roxy. At least Zepplin are doing their gig for charity. I wouldn't have thought they'd need the money.

[capt_birdseye]

You might as well go and see a Sex Pistols tribute act as they are clearly a sad pastiche of their former selves.

[Jah Lush]

You could say the same about Led Zepplin too. You can't turn the clock back 30 years can you. Personally I'd like to see The Faces reform for a few gigs but I know that's never going to happen.

[capt_birdseye]

You're quite right. I shudder to think of a sixty-something-year old man screaming "Squeeze my lemon, until the juice runs down my leg".

[Jah Lush]

Yeah and they nicked that line from Robert Johnson without even crediting him. Bastards!

[*Bob*]

Does anyone know if "Bourgeois Mongoose" are likely to reform?

[capt_birdseye]

Yes they are.

[Jah Lush]

Or Creme Brulee?

[Brendan]

Sound suspiciously like French cooking to me. Is that organic mongoose?