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Zep show postponed...Page broke finger?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:10 pm
by NY Chief
Led Zeppelin Reunion Show Postponed
Nov. 2, 2007, 7:57 AM EST
The Associated Press
LONDON -- Led Zeppelin fans awaiting the rockers' reunion will have to wait a little longer.
The band's first concert in two decades, scheduled for Nov. 26, has been postponed until Dec. 10 after guitarist Jimmy Page fractured a finger, organizers said Friday.
"I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks," Page said in a statement.
"However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to."
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:16 pm
by NitroLiq
Yeah. they were saying that on the radio this morning. I believe he broke it last weekend...Apparently, the doctor told him he can resume rehearsals in three weeks. I guess it must be a good break...I recall a story from the zep days (the train door incident?) where he was still playing in spite of a broken finger...IIRC, he made a joke about his "three-and-a-half finger" technique or something along those lines.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:54 pm
by yngwie308
http://www.guitarjamdaily.com/index.php ... &Itemid=53
How would we have known this unless we were told

based on his technique, Steve Stevens played with his right wrist in a cast a few years ago.
yngwie308
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:10 pm
by Bad Kitty
I saw them in the Northwest in my younger daze. I remember for weeks we would be screaming every five minutes, "WE"RE GOING TO ZEPPLIN!"
We finally go to the concert and Page had a broken finger. He sounded like total crap. Here he was onstage making all the "guitar faces" and sounding like ass. We were majorly pissed. So were alot of other people. It's like he didn't give a shit how he sounded, just pay me and I'm outta here.
Mike
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:24 pm
by NitroLiq
If it was '75 and onwards I can totally believe that.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:43 pm
by NY Chief
and Les Paul's broken set in position to continue playing (against Docs orders)
Re: Zep show postponed...Page broke finger?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:30 pm
by Flames1950
NY Chief wrote:
to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to."
I have any number of bootlegs that say their standard of performance wasn't all that high!!! Don't get me wrong, I love Zep, but damn when they sucked they really sucked. At least Page and Plant -- I can't think of one bad JPJ performance, or even Bonzo despite how drunk he always was.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:36 pm
by NY Chief
Maybe they believed that old addage..."The more you drink the better we sound!"

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:09 am
by Tone Slinger
Yeah, Pagey's statement about thier 'High Standards' sounds a little odd, I mean, he knows the bootlegs are out there right

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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:09 am
by gutpile
he knows the bootlegs are out there right
He certainly does!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PVnadIHxjEo
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:41 pm
by NY Chief
Between him and Peter Grant I'll bet they have a list of where ALL of them are!
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:11 pm
by Eargasm
He looks good in that vid. Healthier and more distinquished with the new gray locks.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:20 pm
by gutpile
Between him and Peter Grant I'll bet they have a list of where ALL of them are!
I think Peter Grant took his list to the grave with him!! I wonder if my iPod is on their list?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:19 am
by NY Chief
gutpile wrote:Between him and Peter Grant I'll bet they have a list of where ALL of them are!
I think Peter Grant took his list to the grave with him!! I wonder if my iPod is on their list?
Better keep an eye out, Mike. Peter Grant is liable to make a deal with the devil and talk his way back up!
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:49 am
by Tone Slinger
" You selling them 'pirate' ipods are ya chap ?" "Who's in charge of security ya silly cunt ?"
Ya'll remember that part on The Song Remains The Same movie. Peter Grant was trippin'. I mean I'm sure he was serious, being an ex wrestler and all, but that shit had me trippin hard when I first saw it, dilated pupils and all

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