Led Zeppelin Reformation Sparks Ticket Frenzy; Mudshark Breeders Of The World Ready Their Stocks

Fans are going – rightly – berko for tickets to Led Zeppelin’s one-off reformation gig for charity. There are 20,000 available at £125 a pop, with a ballot to decide the successful ticket-holders.

Promoter Harvey Goldsmith is remaining tight-lipped as to whether the gig will lead to further engagements (read: not likely).

He said: “Let’s take it one stage at a time, if they enjoy it who knows what will happen? I hope they do something but only if they are enjoying it and it’s fantastic.”

Given that they decried their Live Aid performance as “foul” and refused to let it be included on the DVD, and that their only other reunion gig found them clashing as to whether or not to play Stairway, we’re not holding our breath.

The band’s historian, Nigel Williamson, also thinks the whole thing is a bad idea. We’re probably in his camp, although we’ve seen Jason Bonham drum and – while not a patch on his dad – he should be able to bang out a beat-perfect sound-alike set. However, we’d rather keep Robert Plant in our memories as the fox of The Song Remains The Same rather than his current incarnation, which is more like Melanie Griffith at her most unhinged. No one wants to see that shit.