Although it has been rumoured for a while, drummer Jason Bonham confirmed last week that he is indeed working on new material with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, says Jam music. This fuels a bit more speculation that something might be in the works regarding a highly anticipated Zeppelin reunion tour despite singer Robert Plant pretending to doze off at the notion last month at a Toronto news conference."I've been over a couple of times with Jimmy and John Paul just trying to do some new material and writing," Bonham told Detroit classic rock radio station WCSX last Friday. "So I don't know what it will be but it will be something. I mean this is something that I always wanted to do but trying to predict what it will be at the moment ... all I know is I have the greatest pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and try and work on some new material, so it's been fantastic in that aspect."
Bonham, who had been drumming for Foreigner recently, also announced that he will stop touring with the band at the end of August to allow for some downtime to be with his children and also in the event something else becomes a reality in the future, most likely a Zeppelin tour.
"I'd say it's too early to tell, the possibility of doing something I really felt like it was in the cards from the moment we walked off stage after the O2 (reunion show at London's O2 Arena last December)," Bonham said. "There was obviously a lot of politics and things. It wasn't just as cut and dry as just go and do it."
The announcement came days before Page performed Whole Lotta Love with Leona Lewis at the closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Page is also scheduled to appear at the Toronto International Film Festival next month when the music documentary It Might Get Loud makes its world premiere
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