Jason Bonham celebrates 50 years of Physical Graffiti with a tour

Jason Bonham will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Physical Graffiti“On his next US tour of”Led Zeppelin Evening”, The band that pays homage to the formation in which his father played the battery.

The tour will begin on May 3 in Wallingford, in Connecticut and will continue throughout the month until 31 with a final concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. The tour touches the city like Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Phoenix and San Diego.

Each show will see Bonham and his band (including guitarist Akio “Mr. Jimmy” Sakurai) perform “Physical Graffiti” in its entirety, together with other selected classics of the repertoire of Led Zeppelin.

“” “Physical Graffiti“It’s my favorite Led Zeppelin album of all time,” Bonham said in a press release. “Being able to celebrate it in the way we are planning this tour is something I am extremely enthusiastic about. I can’t wait for people to come to see these concerts and that celebrate this extraordinary album with us. My goal is to play at least 50 concerts to commemorate 50 years … and don’t worry, there will be many other songs that you also love playing that evening “.

Jason Bonham founded the tribute band “Led Zeppelin Evening”In 2010.

The son of the disappeared drummer of the band of “Whole Fight Love” played previously with the Led Zeppelin on the occasion of the Reunion in 1988 and 2007 (in that of 1985, on the occasion of Live Aid, there were battery on drums Phil Collins And Tony Thompson).

After the 2007 reunion (whose audio and video recordings are available), Bonham had declared that he was interested in going on tour and recording with Led Zeppelin, but the singer Robert Plant He did not agree and still continues not to be in favor of a band’s return.

The first training of the group included the guitarist Tony Catania, the singer James Dylan, the bassist Michael Devin and the keyboard player/guitarist Stephen Leblanc. Catania had already played with Bonham in her previous band.

Jason as well as in the formations in his name he played in the studio and live with Jimmy Page , Robert Plantthe common Page/Plant projects, with the supergroup Black Country Communion (Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes – Former Deep Purple and Derek Sherinian singer and bassist, former Dream Theater keyboard player), with the Foreignwith Sammy Hagar And Little Steven as well as with his sister Deborah Bonham.