Last December, the impossible happened: the remaining members of Led Zepelin reunited for one night only at London’s O2 Arena. Since the gig in honor of Atlantic Records founder Ahment Ertegun, seemingly an endless amount of rumors have circulated speculating that the band would embark on a full worldwide reunion tour. Despite the gig’s massive success, frontman Robert Plant was too busy and having too much fun supporting his collaborative release with Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, to reunite with his mates. Their tour lasted through this past fall but Plant denied he would reunite with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer Jason Bonham (son of the late John Bonham), after it. But what about a tour without Plant at the helm?
Radiohead’s Yorke forms side band, sets shows
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has formed a live band and recruited Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea to the lineup, with two Los Angeles shows confirmed for the week of October 5.
The band will also include Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker, who has toured and recorded with REM, among others, and Mauro Refosco of New York band Forro in the Dark.
The October 4 and 5 shows at the 1,970-capacity Orpheum Theater will feature material from Yorke’s solo set “The Eraser” and new songs.
Bruce Springsteen to play entire albums at N.J. shows
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform an entire album from their back catalog each night of the five-night run at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in October, the group announced late Monday night.
“Born to Run” and “Born in the USA” will each be performed twice, and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” will be played at the other show.
Springsteen tested full-album performances earlier in the tour: in Chicago on September 20 he did “Born to Run” from start to finish as the centerpiece of one of the group’s typical marathon sets.
“Chicago convinced us that this was really worth doing,” Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau said in a statement. “The audience was so supportive of the concept that it convinced us to go ahead with this at Giants Stadium.”
The album performance schedule for Giants Stadium:
September 30: “Born to Run”
October 2: “Darkness on the Edge of Town”
October 3: “Born in the USA”
October 8: “Born to Run”
October 9: “Born in the USA”
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