After watching the entire Led Zeppelin press conference, I am noticing these guys are acting kind of weird throughout the entire thing. While they do seem like friendly guys and pretty humorous, Jimmy was kind of acting like a jerk a little bit. Robert did most of the talking and he was the one who got the audience to laugh a lot. Robert did the most interesting discussions, while Jimmy was looking bored through the whole thing. While Jonesy seems like a friendly guy, probably the best thing he said was, “5 years is like 5 minutes in Zeppelin time”. I thought that was awesome, and insightful! 5 years may seem long for us, but to them, not really. I also liked how Robert praised Mumford & Sons after being asked what current artist that he likes the most. I know Mumford & Sons is pretty hot in the industry right now, I never really got into them yet. Also if you notice throughout the conference, Robert was sitting so close to Jimmy, which makes it seems like Robert and Jimmy were staying away from Jonesy, which is kind of awkward.

Jimmy never felt comfortable doing interviews, as he always hated doing them. Jimmy doesn’t do interviews much, only on special occasions.

I know I post a lot of Zeppelin on this blog, that’s because I’m a die hard, and this is the time I go crazy over Zeppelin posts whenever they release something new or in the news again.

Kev

While Led Zeppelin refused to answer any upcoming reunion questions at the press conference today, they didn’t really say, “Yes” or “No”. They just came back with smart ass answers, laughing them off. If there wasn’t going to be any upcoming reunion concerts, they would have said no at the press conference, but they didn’t. Keeping quiet about everything. Which makes it seems like that they are hinting that it could be a slight possibility. Maybe they are planning something for 2013 but they were being very secretive about it.

Of course, the typical doubters keep saying stuff like these has beens should stay retired, they’re just doing it for the money, etc. Blah blah blah. That’s what musicians do. Play music, they can’t get away from it. I still think Led Zep have some music left in them. I’m all for anything they want to do. I support them 100%.
Kev

Edit to add: Here’s the full video of the press conference, here.

Led Zeppelin just posted this photo of a press conference table. You see 4 chairs there, which I’m sure are being saved for Jimmy, Robert, Jonesy and Jason to sit on. Look like the press conference is gonna be sometime today. Other than the band discussing their “Celebration Day” with the media, I’m sure the band will discuss future plans like a full tour, maybe another one off show, new album, etc. You know the press won’t resist asking the band those questions. So hopefully the band, will answer questions like that, so they can squash speculation and rumors about their future.

Remember, anything is possible with Led Zep. They can do anything they want to. Don’t ever doubt that they will do a tour, put out a new album or whatever. They’re a band like everyone else. They do these things.

Enjoy the photo, here.

I’m sure the press conference will be somewhere in the UK. Hopefully they’ll live stream it too!

Kev

EDIT TO ADD: Excuse me, there’s only three chairs and three mics there, my bad. Only Jimmy, Robert, and Jonesy will be there, no Jason. What I found:

“Led Zeppelin‘s surviving members will be in London this Friday to participate in a press event promoting Celebration Day, the film capturing the band’s December 2007 reunion concert that will premiere in theaters around the world next month. Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones all will be on hand to meet with the media, and also will attend a screening of the movie.

As recently reported, the film will be screened in about 1,500 cinemas on October 17 after gala premieres are held in several locations, including London, New York City and Los Angeles. Then, on November 19, Celebration Day will be released to retail in multiple video and audio formats.”

I was right on one thing, that all this hype over a movie, was going to upset some people, Led Zep is already getting a lot of negative shit from the fans, read some of the comments, here.

I was also right that the announcement was going to be bigger than a DVD release, and having the 02 show being screened in theaters is bigger. So I got a few little things right, here and there.

I mean think about it, right? If a band was to do a huge countdown and tease big things, you think they go out on tour or put out an album. All the hype and buzz over something little. This is why some fans are upset. I understand them though.

As a fan, I’ll take the announcement for what it is. I’m glad the 02 is coming out.
Kev

I know in this blog, we were arguing on who is right or wrong, but the truth is, it doesn’t matter. That’s what the teasers and countdowns are for, to get everyone talking, guessing what it is. So in reality, there are no right or wrong answers. That’s what the band wanted with the fans. Get them all excited, for a hopeful tour or album announcement, whatever it is. That’s what teasers and countdown does to people. It’s supposed to be confusing to us. They are supposed to trick us on what the announcement is, that’s the point of the mystery. It was fun though.

I still think there is a possibility of a new Led Zep album or possible tour with the Foo Fighters down the road, maybe not now, but sometime in the future. All the other fans had different guesses other than the 02 as well. There were others that wanted a new album or a tour, I wasn’t the only one. So I’m all good.

This is still cool though. I like the “Celebration Day” announcement and I would like to see it myself, if Albany would get some screenings but doesn’t look like it. I’ll just wait for the Blu Ray release. All of this mystery was fun. I’m sure the band themselves even had fun watching the fans on trying to guess what the announcement is.

I’m sure we’ll get a statement from Jimmy Page soon, maybe he’ll write to us in the Led Zeppelin facebook account.

Kev