Led Zeppelin Bassist Teams Up With Sonic Youth

In honor of choreographer Merce Cunningham’s 90th birthday, Sonic Youth and bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin are set to collaborate on a piece of music being composed by Takehisa Kosugi.

The show, named "Merce Cunningham At 90", will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. The show will run from April 16 through April 19, so there will be plenty of chances to see the performance.

This isn’t the first time the Merce Cunningham Dance Company has managed to pull some big names for one of their events. In 2003 they paired together Radiohead and Sigur Rós for a show, titled "Split Sides", in honor of the company’s 50th anniversary.

In other Led Zeppelin news, the band is still looking for a singer to replace Robert Plant on their upcoming reunion tour after Plant turned them down to focus on his work with singer Alison Krauss. It’s hard to blame him considering the two were just nominated for five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[baki]

should be intresting...they are from difirent worlds of music and life style...

[Wakisazhi]

Definitely, sounds like it'll be pretty exciting and a great mix.

[theamnesiac]

Those are two pretty random artists to team up, but whatever they end up playing will be epic. John Paul Jones and Sonic Youth are both amazing artists.

[The_String_Man]

It’s hard to blame him considering the two were just nominated for five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

aww..

anyways what an epic match!

[Bucketheadroolz]

sonic youth...come on john paul...
Just get steven tyler to sing for them!!!!! they are already friends with aerosmith and he has sung with them before.