SEPTEMBER 12
TODAY IN 2007, THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN ANNOUNCED THEY’D REFORM AT LONDON’S O2 ARENA TO PLAY A TRIBUTE TO ATLANTIC RECORDS FOUNDER, AHMET ERTEGUN. IT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH CONCERT SINCE 1980.
IN 1981, ”THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S OTHER BALL,” A LIVE BENEFIT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, WAS RECORDED IN LONDON. THE MOSTLY COMEDY EVENT HAD MUSIC FROM STING, PHIL COLLINS, ERIC CLAPTON AND JEFF BECK.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE RUSH DRUMMER AND LYRICIST NEIL PEART, WHO WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1952.