LED ZEPPELIN Reunion: JIMMY PAGE Hints At New Material

John Kryk of the Sun Media reports that Jimmy Page has hinted that LED ZEPPELIN may begin working on new material following their one-off reunion gig.

The band will reform for a show at the O2 Arena in London on November 26.

The gig is being held to raise money for the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which pays for university scholarships in the UK, US and Turkey.

So is this show actually a, well, trial zeppelin for a full-blown reunification?

"Basically, we are concentrating on this show," bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, 61, said. "That's where all the energy is going. I mean, who knows, but one step at a time."

Page, 63, was much more circuitous in answering the tour question. He said that all three surviving band members, as well as Jason Bonham when he tours with FOREIGNER, always play ZEP material whenever they perform live.

"So you've got the four individual members playing LED ZEPPELIN in four different capacities," Page said. "When they unite, you've got the key members. You can't play it any better, as they're the people who actually played it and wrote it in the first place ...

"(The Nov. 26 concert) is what we're working toward ... That's what we have on our horizon at this point. I know you want to hear other answers, but I'm afraid that's all I can give you."

Page, though, was less vague as to the prospects of new material.

"Look, I'd be really surprised if there wasn't — you know, I mean I just know the way we are," the riffmaster said. "We're musicians ... as we're playing we'll probably be coming up with all manner of things. And that will be fun. I mean, that's what it's all about.

"Let's do the 02 show, shall we? And then we'll speak to you afterward."

It was at a jam session back in June — yes, those reports back then were accurate after all — that the four musicians gathered to see if they could make a go of it.

"We had a very, very secret tryout in June just to see if it was possible and if anyone wanted to do it, to see if the will was there," Jones said. "And it was pretty exciting. We made all the musical cues, and we were pretty hot."

Page said it was the crucial moment.

"The hardest step — or the most tentative step — was to actually be able to get together, the four of us, in a rehearsal room to actually play with the instruments ... and keep the whole damn thing under wraps.

"As it was, we did manage to pull it off, and we didn't have to shake hands and say, 'Well, at least we sort of know that it might not be a good idea.' It was quite the opposite."

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