Billboard.biz reports today that legendary rock band Led Zeppelin will reunite for a one-off performance at the O2 Arena in London on November 26. According to the report, the "show is a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder and chairman emeritus Ahmet Ertegun" who died late last year and originally signed the band to Atlantic in 1968. A new two-disc greatest hits album will be released in the United States on November 13 from Atlantic and Rhino, both part of the Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG).

Original members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones will be joined onstage by Jason Bonham, the son of original drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980. In addition, other classic rock acts will perform, including Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman, and Foreigner, with proceeds benefiting the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund. Billboard comments that the fund "provides scholarships to universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ertegun's homeland, Turkey."

The concert is the third such reunion the band has undertaken since splitting up after Bonham's death in 1980, the first coming in 1985 for Live Aid and the second three years later for a 40th anniversary concert celebrating Atlantic Records. Led Zeppelin is renowned for a variety of reasons, notably their live performances. It's reckless at this point to speculate whether the O2 concert will emulate classic '70s performances, but the excitement that has grown since this announcement was first rumored is certainly proof that the audience is hopeful.

I took the train from Central London to Gatwick Airport to catch my plane home to the U.S. I have done this over 200 times in the past 16 years and I can almost do the steps with my eyes closed. As I was leaving the train at Gatwick Airport to make my way to the warmth and gratitude of the Northwest Airlines ticket clerk, I saw an older guy waiting to board the train with what appeared to be a 5- or 6-year-old boy; I figured it was a grandchild.

I brushed past this gentleman, took three steps when I felt I had been hit by a bolt of lightening. That's Jimmy Page! It was Jimmy Page, founder and lead guitarist of what many feel was the finest rock band of all time -- Led Zeppelin. I looked back as he very gently lifted his grandson onto the train and took his seat. I figured, if not now, when?

I hopped back on and gently asked him "Are you Jimmy Page." He stood up and respectfully said yes while shaking my hand. I was speechless. Am I a 51-year-old groupie? The train had 15 minutes before leaving to go back to Central London. I asked Jimmy if I could chat with him for a few moments. He said, "Yes, of course, please sit down. I do not get the opportunity to chat with fans very often," probably thinking -- yeah, a fan this old!!

First question I asked was, "Why don't you guys reunite and tour. Put the great John Bonham's son Jason on the drums? " Jimmy said he would love to tour, but that lead singer Robert Plant was not interested at the moment. Ever the gentleman, Jimmy said, "You know, I am over 60 years of age, and the rest are approaching 60. We need to do this soon!"