Page Snubs Own Charity Fundraiser....

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page snubbed a fundraising event for his own charity so he could prepare for his band's concert next week (beg10Dec07).The rocker was due to appear at a party for his charity, Task Brazil, in London on Tuesday (04Dec07), but stayed at home to practise for the band's historic one-off gig next Monday (10Dec07).Amanda Smith, spokesperson for the charity and wife of Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith, says, "Jimmy was sad to have missed the party but he is trying to focus on his gig."Meanwhile the Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant wanted the group's upcoming reunion concert to be a song-for-song recreation of their historic 1970 show at London's Royal Albert Hall.The Stairway To Heaven singer felt the supergroup's 9 January 1970 concert was the best they ever played - and he wanted to revisit the show for the band's Ahmet Ertegun tribute gig in London next week (10Dec07).He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I had an idea initially that we should do our entire Royal Albert Hall set starting with We've Gotta Groove... Just do that!" The 1970 gig he recalls was featured in its entirety on the band's 2002 Dvd collection How The West Was Won and featured White Summer, Black Mountain Side, Whole Lotta Love, C'mon Everybody, and Communication Breakdown.Led Zeppelin's 10 December (07) show at London's O2 Arena marks the band's first full concert since their final show with the band's late drummer John Bonham in 1980.The group tells Rolling Stone the show will be 100 minutes long and will include band classics like Whole Lotta Love, No Quarter and Dazed & Confused, as well as selected rarities.

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