Excited
LED ZEPPELIN Fans Pick Up Tickets For Reunion Show
According to Helen Husbands from
Wimbledonguardian.co.uk, thousands of fans are collecting their tickets for
LED ZEPPELIN's eagerly awaited reunion show at the 02 Arena today.
The gig, originally scheduled for November 26 was postponed after guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger.
Page, from Epsom, sustained the injury at the beginning of November and was not able to play guitar for three weeks.
It is the first time the rock legends will have performed together for 19 years and tight security is in place to make sure the tickets go to fans rather than touts.
Promoter Harvey Goldsmith said: "A lot of people are picking up their tickets. They have to bring their photo ID and the method of payment they used to buy the tickets.
"Then they are given a wrist band which, once it's locked on, won't come off until after the show to ensure they aren't sold on."
O2 arena's website crashed when 25million fans tried to register for tickets after the announcement of
Led Zeppelin's comeback in September.
The website recorded 100,000 hits a minute as people rushed to sign up for the chance to attend the gig.
More than one million people took part in a ballot for just 9,000 pairs of tickets to the show.
Other acts performing at the concert include
PETE TOWNSHEND, BILL WYMAN, FOREIGNER and
PAOLO NUTINI. Profits will benefit the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun's homeland, Turkey.
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