Led Zeppelin to reunite for charity show

LONDON _ Hard rock giant Led Zeppelin is reforming, but for one night only. The British band will play a show at London's 30,000-capacity O2 arena Nov. 26.

The O2 show is a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder and chairman emeritus Ahmet Ertegun, who died Dec. 14 of last year at the age of 83.

The Who's Pete Townshend, former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini will also perform on the night.

Profits will benefit the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun's homeland, Turkey.

Confirmation of the show, putting an end to several months of speculation, came at a press conference at the O2 when the three surviving members of the band, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones confirmed they are to reunite onstage for the third time in 27 years. The drummer for the evening will be Jason Bonham, son of the band's original drummer John Bonham, who died from a heart attack in 1980.

The show will follow the release of a new Atlantic/Rhino two-disc, 24-track best-of set, "Mothership," on Nov. 13 in the United States.