Led Zeppelin To Play Epic Set Two Hours Long At London 02 Arena On December 10
December 6, 2007 by Dave Parrack
The Led Zeppelin reunion gig is only a few days away now, with it’s rescheduled date of December 10 approaching fast.
Jimmy Page has now promised those people fortunate enough to have got tickets a great show.
He spoke to Q magazine about the forthcoming concert, and revealed some nuggets of information about what ticket holders can expect on the night:
“When we were first asked to do this (reunion show), we were asked to play a 40-minute set. We soon realised we couldn’t.”
“If we go out and play ‘No Quarter’, ‘Moby Dick’ and ‘Dazed And Confused’ with all the solos, you’re already talking over an hour.”
“We’ve gone from 75 minutes to 90, to the best part of two hours.”
“There’s no way I can take on playing three-and-a-half-hour sets now.
“Flying against the wind and the storms, because I just don’t have that energy any more. But I’ve still got enough in me to get through a two-hour set.”
If Zep HAD just played for 40 minutes, I think there would have been a lot of very disappointed fans present, so the fact they are going to get an almost full set of two hours is incredibly good news.
Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars | Single & Video Review
July 23, 2007 by Dave Parrack
This is the new Maximo Park single ‘Girls Who Play Guitars’, which isn’t released in the UK until 20th August, but I have the video and an exclusive review already here on Brit Music Scene.
Maximo Park are a band you either love or hate, there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground at all. I’m definitely in the former camp, rating them as one of my favourite bands around at the moment. They can’t seem to put a foot wrong, with great song after great song, and a 2nd album just as good as their debut.
This is one of my favourite songs of that 2nd album ‘Our Earthly Pleasures’, and being the first track on the album, it sets the mood for the rest of the songs perfectly.
Travis’ Fran Healy Confronts Drunken Fan During Gig
July 5, 2007 by Dave Parrack
I’ve always loved Scottish band Travis, even before they hit the big (read huge) time with the release of ‘The Man Who’ in 1999. I was there from the beginning, owning first album ‘Good Feeling’ and playing ‘All I Want To Do Is Rock‘ on repeat over and over again.
I have huge respect for the band, with their no nonsense approach to just consistently making great records. That respect grew even more when I read that Travis front man Fran ‘Quiffy Hair’ Healy confronted a drunken fan during a recent gig.