Led Zeppelin To Headline Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Show In London

09/12/07 6:30pm

The rumours that have been flying around for months can now finally end: Led Zeppelin are reforming — but for just one show.

The three surviving members of the legendary British rock group — singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones — will take the stage with drummer Jason Bonham (the son of the band's original skin-pounder, John Bonham, who died of a heart attack in 1980) at the O2 Arena in London, England on Nov. 26 as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last December.

Zep, who recorded for Atlantic during their entire career and have sold more than 300 million albums, will be joined at the tribute by The Who's Pete Townshend, former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and his band The Rhythm Kings, Foreigner and Scottish newcomer Paolo Nutini. Tickets will cost 125 pounds ($263) and profits will go to the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the U.S., U.K. and Ertegun's birthplace, Turkey.

Page, Plant and Jones (with Phil Collins and Power Station's Tony Thompson filling in on drums) reformed for the 1985 Live Aid concert in Philadelphia. Bonham joined them for another one-night reunion in 1988 at the Atlantic 40th anniversary concert in New York City. Page and Plant got together for a 1994 MTV special and went on to record two albums and tour the world. Jones has released two solo albums, but has been more involved with producing and arranging than recording his own material.

Atlantic/Rhino will release a two-disc best-of collection titled Mothership on Nov. 13 and a deluxe reissue of The Song Remains The Same film and its accompanying soundtrack a week later.