Led Zep fans call for world tour
Led Zeppelin fans are clamouring for the band to announce a world tour following last night’s triumphant comeback gig.
Guitarist Jimmy Page has already indicated that he would like to play more shows, but singer Robert Plant has so far appeared reluctant to commit.
On the band’s official website, fans urged Plant to rethink.
“If the crowd response didn’t convince Robert then nothing will,” one wrote of last night’s show at the O2 Centre in London.
“Led Zep owe us a tour. Robert needs to start thinking about all the fans who love them,” said another, while a third wrote: “I hope they will. There are so many of us who missed out on tickets for a concert we’d imagined for nearly three decades.”
But others said fans should be content with the one-off show.
“You should be grateful that Zeppelin have given the fans so much already, and that they are able and willing to do one more show at their age,” one said.
The band are now taking stock and deciding whether to announce a full-blown tour.
“Nothing is set at the moment because their energies were concentrated 100% on last night’s gig.
“But a tour has certainly not been ruled out and Jimmy has said it would be a shame not to do more,” an insider said.
Twenty million people crashed the website when details of the gig were announced.
A lucky 10,000 got tickets for the show, the band’s first full set in 27 years.
The three surviving members – Page, Plant and John Paul Jones – were joined by late drummer John Bonham’s son, Jason.
The charity event was held in memory of former Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun, who signed Led Zeppelin.
Fans had travelled from all over the world for the historic occasion.
And critics agreed that the band’s performance lived up to the avalanche of hype.
“As comeback shows go, this one was undoubtedly special,” said Adrian Thrills of the Daily Mail.
Alexis Petridis wrote in the Guardian that the band sounded “awesomely tight” while Pete Pahides of the Times described them as “transcendent”.
David Cheal, for the Telegraph, was “blown away” and said the “familiar old sinew and swagger were still there”, adding: “It scarcely seemed possible that a group could be this good. They were fantastic, better than I expected. It was a joy and a privilege to be there.”
Alexis Petridis, in the Guardian, wrote: “After a tentative, feedback-scarred opener of Good Times Bad Times, it’s difficult to believe this is a band who have barely played together for the best part of three decades.
“They sound awesomely tight.”
