Led Zeppelin News

Led Zeppelin’s on/off drummer Jason Bonham wowed fans at the House of Blues in Hollywood on Saturday (21Mar09), when he stepped up to perform with tribute act Led Zepagain.

The son of original Led Zep drummer John Bonham, Jason jammed with the band during their encore.

He performed Rock And Roll with the rockers.

The last time Bonham played Led Zeppelin songs for an audience was behind the real thing at the group’s 2007 reunion show in London.

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Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Eminem will be among the celebrity presenters coming to Cleveland for the sold-out Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday, April 4, at Public Auditorium.

Page will induct Jeff Beck, Wood will induct Cleveland native Bobby Womack, and Eminem will induct Run-D.M.C.

Smokey Robinson will do the honors for Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will induct Metallica.

Two members of Elvis Presley’s band, drummer DJ Fontana and the late bass player Bill Black, are set be enshrined in the sidemen category by their counterparts from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent, respectively. Fellow sidemen honoree Spooner Oldham will be inducted by David Letterman’s bandleader, Paul Shaffer.

A presenter for early-influence inductee Wanda Jackson has not been announced.

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One of the great things about Slash is that he’ll play with just about anyone - Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravtiz, P. Diddy, Daughtry. Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, even Scott Weiland. Seriously, the dude doesn’t discriminate.

So we’re not really surprised to hear that the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is heading into the studio with Escala, an all-female string quartet that finished fifth place on Simon Cowell’s television competition Britain’s Got Talent. According to the group’s website, they will be collaborating with Slash next week on a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”

The session was reportedly orchestrated by Cowell after he met Slash at Elton John’s Oscars party. British tabloid The Sun reported the pair “got on like a house on fire.”

The Escala album, which Cowell is releasing on his Syco Music label, will also feature covers of Snow Patrol’s “Run” (sung by Leona Lewis), Robert Miles’s “Children” and Wings’ “Live and Let Die.”

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