Led Zep in NYC?

December 12, 2007 1:02 p.m. by Jeff Skruck

C'mon, you know it's gonna happen. Judging by the universal praise that Led Zeppelin has received for its reunion gig, it seems it’ll be only a matter of months before the band announces tour dates. According to some backstage reporting courtesy of The Sun, it looks like Page, Plant and Jones are at least considering the possibility of playing New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The Sun’s unnamed source said: “The band were really fired up and were talking about their late drummer John Bonham and what he would have thought about it—it was a time for reflection. Then the talk went to, ‘What next? Was this it or would there be something else?’ One of the guys started talking about their three [1973] concerts at the Garden. There was a consensus of, ‘Why not?’ It is one of the best live music venues in the world. I have no doubt after their reaction backstage that they will be there next year playing to a sell-out crowd.”

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December 12, 2007 at 6:31 p.m.

Tine Waller

I heard the performance was good, but is anyone really interested in seeing these guys?

December 12, 2007 at 10:44 p.m.

broctoon

Boomers with money to burn certainly will be.

December 12, 2007 at 11 p.m.

TravisWoods

Jann Wenner must be frothing at the mouth, even if he did hate them back in the day.

December 13, 2007 at 6:12 a.m.

ryanp

-According to Billboard, there were 89.5 million attempts to get $250 tickets to the London show. Granted, that's not people, it's hits, but still.
-As recently as 4 years ago, they were still able to go Platinum, with old material.

-Discography
Led Zeppelin (1969) #6 UK, #10 US, US Sales: 11,000,000
Led Zeppelin II (1969) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 12,000,000
Led Zeppelin III (1970) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 6,000,000
Untitled (nicknamed "Four Symbols", "ZoSo", "Runes" or "Led Zeppelin IV"; 1971) #1 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 22,000,000
Houses of the Holy (1973) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 11,000,000
Physical Graffiti (1975) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 15,000,000
Presence (1976) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 3,000,000
The Song Remains the Same (1976; live performances from 1973 tour) #1 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 4,000,000
In Through the Out Door (1979) #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 6,000,000

The following albums were issued after the band ceased recording:
Coda (1982) #4 UK, #6 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
Remasters (1990) #10 UK, #47 US, US Sales: 2,000,000
Profiled (1990) (This "album" is merely an interview disc which was later packaged with Remasters).
Boxed Set (1990) #18 US, US Sales: 7,000,000
Boxed Set 2 (1993) #87 US, US Sales: 500,000
The Complete Studio Recordings (1993), US Sales: 2,000,000
BBC Sessions (1997) #23 UK, #12 US, US Sales: 2,000,000
Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One (1999) #71 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two (2000) #40 UK, #81 US
Early Days & Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volumes One and Two (2002) A re-packaging of the previous greatest hits albums. #11 UK, #114 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
How the West Was Won (2003) #5 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 1,000,000

July 4, 2008 at 11:36 a.m.

music lover 12

broctoons theory has 1 major hole in it, I'm 15 and I would give my right arm to see led zeppelin just once in my life, so that maybe one day I could tell my kids about it, and i have many friends who think the same as i do.

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