Report: LED ZEPPELIN Sales Soar After Concert Success

December 11, 2007

Telegraph.co.uk reports: UK sales of LED ZEPPELIN's back catalogue soared today after the spectacular success of their one-off reunion concert.

The group's best-of album, "Mothership", have already gone platinum, meaning it has sold more than 300,000 copies, but Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV, said it was on track to become one of the biggest best-sellers.

Sales of the album at the company's 240 stores leapfrogged those of WESTLIFE and THE SPICE GIRLS to become the chain's number one seller.

"Sales of their album have had a massive, massive boost by the concert," he said.

"It was our best-selling album today, up from number eight last week. LED ZEPPELIN t-shirts have also been our most popular since the concert."

Castaldo said that sales of the band's DVD, "The Song Remains the Same", and its back catalogue had rocketed by 500 per cent since the concert.

The LED ZEPPELIN official website became the third most visited for an artist or band, beaten only by KATIE MELUA and RADIOHEAD.

The web was also awash with calls from the army of followers for the British group to announce a world tour.

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