Rock History

2004 – One of the worst kept secrets in rock becomes a secret no longer when Motley Crue announce they are reforming for their first tour in five years.

2008 – Led Zeppelin ‘To Announce 250Million Pound World Tour’
Whitesnake singer says…

by Jason Gregory

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Led Zeppelin will mark their 40th anniversary with a £250million world tour, according to reports. Calls for the band to reform for a full world tour have been relentless since they played a one-off show at the O2 Arena in London last December.

Yesterday (May 9th), David Coverdale, the frontman of Whitesnake and a long-term friend of the band, said the tour was “very likely”.
“I’m expecting a call from Jimmy any day asking my band Whitesnake to support them on their world tour. Am I on board? You bet. Probably worth billions,” he said.

“Unlike rolling out the wheelchairs with the umpteenth Rolling Stones world tour, a Led Zeppelin tour will be incredible.”

Led Zeppelin have previously said that they would wait until September for other touring commitments to finish before deciding whether to announce new shows.

However, according to today’s Mirror, the tour is now inevitable and could take place as early as the end of their year.

The paper also claims that each member stands to make as much as £10million each from touring.

by Jason Gregory

2006 – Turn it on, turn it on again, turn it on, turn it on again. We’re singing because Genesis–Phil Collins, Mike “+ the Mechanics” Rutherford and the other fella–have announced they are reforming for an upcoming world tour.

2005 – Coldplay headline the first day of the Coachella Festival in California. Other performers included Razorlight, Bloc Party, the Raveonettes and a reformed Bauhaus.

2004  – UK solo star Robbie Williams denies he will reform with old boy band Take That for a one-off event. “I’m afraid there’s more chance of Hell freezing over,” he tells the Sun tabloid.

2003 – Paul Weller dismisses rumors that he will reform The Jam (“Going Underground”) for a series of five huge concerts in 2004, labelling them “Bollocks.”

2003 – A reformed Duran Duran play their comeback show at London’s Astoria before an audience that includes a member of boy band Take That.

2003 – Nineties hit-makers the Spin Doctors (“Two Princes”) announce their reformation. “It was as though the music was waiting for us,” singer Chris Barron tells his Web site.

2003 – Dead Kennedys vocalist Brandon Cruz leaves the California punk legends to spend more time with his family. He joined the band after they reformed minus original singer Jello Biafra in 2001.

2003 -  Twisted Sister announce they are reforming to do a USO tour of military bases in Korea.

2000 – Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks reform as Genesis for a one-off performance at the London Hilton during the British Music Roll of Honour gala, organized by the Music Managers Forum. The act’s manager, Tony Smith receives the Peter Grant Award for outstanding achievement at the event.

2000 – The Smithereens’ Pat DiNizio files to run for New Jersey Senate on behalf of the Reform Party. He loses.