Led Zeppelin Annouces One Final Reunion Show Regarding The Statement Legendary John Bonham Made…

The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena in London, a benefit concert honoring the late songwriter and Atlantic Records founder, was originally scheduled to take place on November 26, 2007, but when Jimmy Page injured his finger, the event was rescheduled for several weeks later in December.

Then, on December 10, 2007, Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones reunited Led Zeppelin and played one final show in tribute to their friend.

Before their one-off show in 2007, the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin rehearsed for a year along with late drummer John Bonham‘s son Jason on drums. The last time the three core band members performed together was in 1995, with a five-song set during their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction and before that on July 7, 1980, at the Eissporthalle in Berlin, Germany, months before Bonham’s death.

For the concert, which benefitted the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which covers university scholarships for students in Ertgun’s native Turkey, the U.S., and the UK, tickets were distributed through a lottery system at £125 and $250 apiece with a max 20,000 tickets available.

When tickets became available at a designated URL for the concert on September 14, 2007, the website immediately crashed after a million people registered and exceeded its bandwidth making it the largest demand for one show in history.

The concert broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest demand for tickets for a single music concert.