Lez Zeppelin’s answer to the 50th anniversary of “The Song Remains the Same” is exactly what you would expect from the only tribute act personally endorsed by Jimmy Page: a front-to-back recreation of Led Zeppelin’s 1973 Madison Square Garden performances, the ones that became the 1976 concert film, supported by a multimedia presentation in an all-ages setting where a few hundred people sit close enough to hear whether the high notes land. The Homer, New York date is Friday, December 11; the set runs from “Dazed and Confused” to “Stairway to Heaven.”
About the Show
The official program title is “The Song Remains the Same – 50th Anniversary Celebration,” marking a genuine milestone: the original 1976 concert film documented Led Zeppelin performing at Madison Square Garden, and its live recordings became among the most celebrated documents of that era of rock. Lez Zeppelin’s anniversary production recreates the setlist from that film, including “No Quarter,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Since I’ve Been Loving You,” and “Stairway to Heaven,” alongside a multimedia presentation drawn from the original movie.
The quartet has been the touring standard-bearer for this material since guitarist Steph Paynes founded the group in New York in 2004. The current lineup: Paynes on guitar, Marlain Angelides on vocals, Leesa Harrington-Squyres on drums, and Joan Chew on bass and keyboards. The Homer date falls mid-tour, between a November stop in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and a December 12 show in Woodstock, New York, with additional dates running into early 2027. Page attended a London performance and concluded that they “played the Led Zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship” — an assessment the band’s longevity has done nothing to contradict. Chuck Klosterman, writing for Spin in 2005, called them “the most powerful all-female band in rock history.” Their debut album, released in April 2007 and produced by Eddie Kramer, the engineer behind several of Led Zeppelin’s original recordings, placed Lez Zeppelin well outside the usual tribute-band conversation from the start.
Venue & Logistics
The Center for the Arts of Homer (the William & Ruth Whiting Theater on South Main Street) is a 400-seat room that bills itself as a home for national music concerts alongside theater and gallery programming in the Southern Tier. Doors at 7:00 p.m., show at 8:00 p.m. All ages.
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