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Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening has announced a 29-date North American fall trek. The tour kicks off on October 15th at Stateline, Nevada’s Montbleu Casino and winds down on November 26th at Hollywood, Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock Event Center.
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.”
Jason Bonham will perform on Saturday night (July 17th) as part of Sammy Hagar & The Circle in Hammond, Illinois at The Pavilion at Wolf Lake Memorial Park.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening tour dates (subject to change):
October 15 – Stateline, NV -Montbleu Casino
October 16 – Bakersfield, CA – Dignity Health Amphitheater
October 17 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic Center
October 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
October 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
October 22 – Laughlin, NV – Harrah’s Laughlin – Rio Vista Amphitheater
October 23 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Casino
October 24 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
October 26 – Tucson, AZ – TCC Music Hall
October 28 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
November 1 – Joliet, IL – Rialto Square Theatre
November 2 – Davenport, IA – Adler Theatre
November 3 – Waukegan, IL – Genessee Theatre
November 5 – Northfield, OH – MGM Northfield Park
November 6 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center
November 7 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
November 9 – Nashville, IN – Brown County Music Center
November 11 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
November 12 – Westbury, NY – Theater At Westbury
November 13 – Bethlehem, PA – Vision Nightclub at Wind Creek Event Center
November 15 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
November 16 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues Boston
November 17 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
November 19 – Atlantic City, NJ – Sound Waves at Hard Rock Atlantic City
November 20 – Washington, D.C. – Warner Theatre
November 21 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
November 23 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
November 24 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
November 26 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Event Center