This was a brilliant move.
Shortly after Led Zepplin's completly over-hyped reunion show (please note my obvious bias from an earlier post), news got out that (gasp!), the dinosaurs were coming to the U.S.!!! Aparently they would be playing amongst the petrulli and Birkenstock set at Tennessee's jam band packed Bonnaroo fest (though with the addition of Metallica to this year's bill, there might be fewer hippies making the pilgrimage).
The folks behind Bonnaroo's marketing let word get out on message boards for weeks, before their PR firm finally sent out a release yesterday stating, that yes, the rumors were indeed true. Zepplin would, in fact, be playing this year... I'll let the release explain the rest:
NEW YORK, February 6, 2008 – After rumors following Led Zeppelin’s reunion performance at London’s O2 Arena in December that Led would headline the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Bonnaroo promoters have finally confirmed that the 2008 Festival will, indeed, feature an historic performance by Zeppelin – Lez, that is -- the New York City-based, all-girl quartet that has gained international acclaim as one of the world’s most exciting and talked about live acts. Several major news organizations, who mistakenly reported that Led Zeppelin would headline the festival, scurried early this morning to correct the snafu. Said to embody with blazing accuracy the spirit, sound and swagger of the original, Lez Zeppelin is the first “tribute” act ever to be asked to appear at Bonnaroo.
Nicely played Bonnaroo. Nicely played.
Shortly after Led Zepplin's completly over-hyped reunion show (please note my obvious bias from an earlier post), news got out that (gasp!), the dinosaurs were coming to the U.S.!!! Aparently they would be playing amongst the petrulli and Birkenstock set at Tennessee's jam band packed Bonnaroo fest (though with the addition of Metallica to this year's bill, there might be fewer hippies making the pilgrimage).
The folks behind Bonnaroo's marketing let word get out on message boards for weeks, before their PR firm finally sent out a release yesterday stating, that yes, the rumors were indeed true. Zepplin would, in fact, be playing this year... I'll let the release explain the rest:
NEW YORK, February 6, 2008 – After rumors following Led Zeppelin’s reunion performance at London’s O2 Arena in December that Led would headline the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Bonnaroo promoters have finally confirmed that the 2008 Festival will, indeed, feature an historic performance by Zeppelin – Lez, that is -- the New York City-based, all-girl quartet that has gained international acclaim as one of the world’s most exciting and talked about live acts. Several major news organizations, who mistakenly reported that Led Zeppelin would headline the festival, scurried early this morning to correct the snafu. Said to embody with blazing accuracy the spirit, sound and swagger of the original, Lez Zeppelin is the first “tribute” act ever to be asked to appear at Bonnaroo.
Nicely played Bonnaroo. Nicely played.
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