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Oct 14, 2021 · Jimmy Page has said that it was a mistake to enlist Phil Collins to fill in on drums for Led Zeppelin at Live Aid. Collins and drummer Tony Thompson both played live with the reunited Led Zep ...
- Tom Skinner
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Feb 21, 2024 · A Complicated Reunion. The most anticipated set of the entire Live Aid event was Led Zeppelin who had broken up four and a half years earlier following the alcohol-related death of drummer John ...
- Contributor
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Thompson was also a member of the band the Power Station along with Robert Palmer, and John Taylor and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran.The Live Aid charity benefit concert in 1985 saw Thompson filling in and playing with the Power Station as well as joining the remaining members of Led Zeppelin on stage (along with Phil Collins) at John F. Kennedy Stadium.
Jan 23, 2020 · The three surviving members of Zeppelin had been rehearsing, and doing so with two additional members, including co-drummer Tony Thompson. After an agitated Page briefly quizzed Collins on how to play the drum groove in "Stairway to Heaven," Collins began to feel like he was in over his head — furthermore, his counterpart Thompson was well ...
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- Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnotta
The crowd of thousands at Philly’s JFK Stadium exploded after “Rock and Roll,” Led Zeppelin’s opener to their 1985 Live Aid reunion gig (above), with Phil Collins and Chic’s Tony Thompson doubling on drum duties (because it takes two great drummers to equal one John Bonham, I guess). But according to the musi ...
Oct 18, 2021 · When Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham died on September 25, 1980, the surviving members of the band quickly decided to call it a day. Just five years later though, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were talked into reuniting to play the Philadelphia leg of the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium on July 13, 1985.
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Mar 11, 2014 · Live Aid featured amazing reunions by everyone from Black Sabbath to the Who to Crosby, ... Led Zeppelin Reunite (Badly) at Live Aid. ... Tony Thompson returned as the drummer. “As much as he ...