Everybody Chill, It’s Finally Official: The “No Stairway” Rule Has Been Revoked For At Least One Show

Hey everyone, it’s a confirmed fact: Led Zeppelin is in fact truly back together (no rumongerin’ around this time) for a one-off gig at a November shindig to celebrate Ahmet Ertegun that also features a supporting cast which kind of pales in the flashpot glare of the reunion of Led friggin’ Zeppelin:

The Who’s Pete Townshend, former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini will also perform at the event. Profits will benefit the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun’s homeland, Turkey.

Tickets costing £125 ($254) will be allocated on a lottery basis through the Ahmettribute.com web site.

Confirmation of the show, putting an end to several months of speculation, came at a press conference today (Sept. 13) at the O2 when the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, confirmed they would reunite onstage for just the third time in 27 years. The drummer for the evening will be Jason Bonham, son of the band’s original drummer John Bonham, who died from a heart attack in 1980.

I know I’ve talked a lot of shit about this. And I do not regret this fact. But if anyone wants to float me airfare and a ticket for this, the ageless junior high student within me wouldn’t necessarily say no.

Led Zeppelin Takes Flight, For One Night Only [Billboard]