When was led zeppelins last concert

It's done. I can't be any clearer than that. He pointed out that they "tried out a few singers, but no one worked out. That was it. The whole thing is completely over now. We had put so much toward the O2. And the three of us were catching up with stuff. It was very good, seriously promising. Where was his last show with the band and what did they play? It's now more than 40 years since Led Zeppelin officially disbanded. The legendary rock band has reunited on several occasions - notably at Live Aid in and again for a charity event in which entered the record books as the "Highest Demand For Tickets For One Music Concert" after 20 million requests hit the O2's website.

This event was held in tribute to Ahmet Ertegun , the man behind Zeppelin's record label, Atlantic , who had died the previous year.

The O2 show marked Led Zeppelin's first full-length performance since the death of their drummer John Bonham nearly three decades earlier. For the night, his place was taken by his son, Jason. John Bonham died on 25 September , aged just 32 years old. The tragedy came just as Led Zep were about to head out on a North American tour, their first for three years.

It wasn't an easy time for the band - despite being one of the biggest rock acts of the decade, the death of Robert Plant' s young son in , other personal issues and an enforced exile from the UK for tax reasons had put a strain on the group. Alongside this, there was also the issue of Bonham's alcoholism. Always a big drinker, the drummer was finding the stress of being on the road difficult and turned to booze.

Despite all this, Led Zeppelin performed two enormous shows in August at Knebworth. It turned out that these two dates 4 and 11 August would be the band's final UK concerts. However, when they got to Nuremberg on 27 June, John Bonham's health problems caught up with him. Jimmy Page introduced the song by saying: "There's two of us tonight who aren't feeling at all well. Matthew Wilkening Published: July 7, Next: 10 Heaviest Led Zeppelin Songs. Filed Under: Led Zeppelin.

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