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Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening has announced a 16-date North American fall trek. The band, which kicks off a week's worth of shows next week, will hit the road again on October 8th at Indio, California's Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and wind things down for the year on December 11th at Hollywood, Florida's Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.
Jason Bonham, who launched the band — originally known and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience — over a decade ago, told us that at this point, the group is geared up to tackle any piece of music Zeppelin ever recorded and recreate it in a live setting: “I don't steer clear of anything — we will try everything. There's definitely some things from Physical Graffiti, like 'Trampled Underfoot,' or 'Misty Mountain Hop' — 'In The Light' is just recently added, which is a huge epic from Physical Graffiti. And I just always find that you've got to represent every album for it to really work.”
Jason Bonham told us that playing drums is what keeps him tied to his father, the late-great John Bonham, who died when he was only 14: “I have a helluva lot to live up to. A lot of people say, 'What's it like, y'know, you're the son of John Bonham!' And I say, 'Y'know, what? It's kinda cool, 'cause he was such an icon in such an iconic band.' It just gives me enough get up and go to say, 'Y'know what, I just wanna make him happy and prove to him and show him that, Dad, you've handed me down a business.' Y'know, like some fathers they hand them down their work — even though he wasn't there to hand it down to me himself, to me, I feel — if anything — he left me at such an early age, but he gave me a career.”
UPDATED: Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening tour dates (subject to change):
August 13 – Battle Creek, MI – Firekeepers Casino
August 14 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
August 15 – Greensburg, PA – The Palace Theatre
August 17 – Springfield, MA – Symphony Hall
August 18 – East Providence, RI – Bold Point Park
August 19 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
October 8 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
October 10, 11 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
October 13 – Bakersfield, CA – The Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater
October 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
November 26 – Atlantic City, NJ – Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
November 27 – Ridgefield, CT – The Ridgefield Playhouse
November 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
November 30 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
December 2 – Quapaw, OK – The Pavilion at Downstream Casino Resort
December 4 – Dallas, TX – The Factory In Deep Ellum
December 5 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
December 7 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
December 8 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live Orlando
December 9 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event Center
December 11 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood
