Post by valerie davenport on Oct 26, 2007 15:51:25 GMT -5
Led Zep fans desperate for tickets
Led Zeppelin fans have resorted to desperate measures in a bid to bag tickets for the band's reunion.
The group are reforming for a one-off charity gig at London's O2 Arena next month and more than one million people applied for the 20,000 tickets on offer.
Virgin Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell had a pair to give away on his show and challenged listeners to demonstrate just how much they wanted them.
Ray Daniel, a fireman from Swanley, Kent, turned up at the central London studio and stripped naked before streaking around Soho.
"I saw them in '74 in Earls Court and it was the best concert I've ever seen," he said.
Mark Barnham got up at 3am - on his wedding anniversary - and drove from his Brighton home to the Virgin headquarters where he shaved off his hair, the first time it had been cut in 21 years.
One man walked from Dartford in Kent to the London studio with 'Led Zeppelin' emblazoned on his bare chest in permanent marker.
A listener offered a signed 2006 World Cup England shirt signed by Wayne Rooney and David Beckham, while another volunteered to drive his car off the white cliffs of Dover.
But the winner was Grant Marzell, 37, from Hainault, Essex. He arrived at the studio and waxed his chest live on air.
Worried that his stunt wasn't enough to land the prize, he went off and had the Virgin Radio logo tattooed on his arm. And he promptly burst into tears when told he had won.
Led Zeppelin fans have resorted to desperate measures in a bid to bag tickets for the band's reunion.
The group are reforming for a one-off charity gig at London's O2 Arena next month and more than one million people applied for the 20,000 tickets on offer.
Virgin Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell had a pair to give away on his show and challenged listeners to demonstrate just how much they wanted them.
Ray Daniel, a fireman from Swanley, Kent, turned up at the central London studio and stripped naked before streaking around Soho.
"I saw them in '74 in Earls Court and it was the best concert I've ever seen," he said.
Mark Barnham got up at 3am - on his wedding anniversary - and drove from his Brighton home to the Virgin headquarters where he shaved off his hair, the first time it had been cut in 21 years.
One man walked from Dartford in Kent to the London studio with 'Led Zeppelin' emblazoned on his bare chest in permanent marker.
A listener offered a signed 2006 World Cup England shirt signed by Wayne Rooney and David Beckham, while another volunteered to drive his car off the white cliffs of Dover.
But the winner was Grant Marzell, 37, from Hainault, Essex. He arrived at the studio and waxed his chest live on air.
Worried that his stunt wasn't enough to land the prize, he went off and had the Virgin Radio logo tattooed on his arm. And he promptly burst into tears when told he had won.
