Browsing the jungle that is the world wide web I came across a rumour that the gods of rock, Led Zeppelin are playing the O2 arena in London in November. For anyone who doesn't know me I am a huge Led Zeppelin fan and to hear that the three surviving members may reform for once off must give my bank manager a heart attack, becuase I will be there. There is no if's, buts or ands I will be there hopefully at the front. But where I read the rumour mentioned that the gig maybe for financial reasons, but if so why just ONE concert.
Its not like people are sick of seeing them live and on TV. Seeing the Rolling Stones break their own touring records everytime a new tour is announced, it makes you wonder......The Stones have been unchallenged in terms of ticket sales for nearly a decade now, probably more. For those of us who have nothing better to do we try and think up acts that could beat their current record. Certainly The Police will come close but I'd be very surprised if they did. Black Sabbath reforming, no there fans are too "specialised" they don't have the wider appeal of The Stones and The Police.
How about AC DC again while they could do a stadium tour there market share is too narrow....Most of the big bands from the 70's and 80's all seem to appeal to just the ROCK crowd. But hold on no one can beat the Stones?
Well maybe.....what we need is a band that nearly outsold the Beatles, a band whose record sales reach 300 million and keep on going right on by without even slowing down. A band who since they were founded have had an aura about them....you knew they were different edgier, that they would and did make history. The older generation of rock fans will say that you should not get carried away be the mysticism that surronded Led Zeppelin.
Well its hard not to, they rarely did interviews never appeared on TV, never released a single. Strange for a band in the 70's they never appeared on top of the pops. They just wrote the theme song for it.
All these factors combined show the faintest glimmer of hope that this band could beat the stones touring record. But the down side of this is that the touts would have their most profitable time ever. And according to the rumour I heard it would be a once off concert.. Which is total bull to be honest. A sizeable number of the tickets will go to corparte sponsers, which means that while the whole venue will probably sell out in about a minute, not everyone will be fans. Prince is doing a crazy amount of nights in the O2 arena....Zep could easily do that even for 4 or 5 nights, it would let more fans see them. And go some way to getting a market equilibrium between supply and demand. Bruce Springsteen sold out the Odyssey on Belfast in 5 Minutes, last thursday 6 September, as of today the 9 September, 2 tickets are on eBay for 300 euro.....Possibly Led Zeppelins last concert together a new ebay record may be set.
If this comes off negative towards the Rolling Stones, I apologise, I'm a fan of the stones and have seen them live. So I know first hand why they are so popular and there tours make so much money. It was the best show I've been too and that numbers quite a few at this stage.
If you ever get the chance to see the Stones....go you won't regret it.
Anyway if anyone reads my humble little blog start up a ruckus let Led Zep know the demand for a full tour or at least more than one gig in London!!!!!!!!
BTW the rumour came from the Belfast Telegraph
Time to get the LED out
Peace
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