LED ZEPPELIN - ZEPPELIN PROMOTER CALLS EBAY "BIGGEST RIP-OFF MERCHANTS IN THE WORLD"

ZEPPELIN PROMOTER CALLS EBAY "BIGGEST RIP-OFF MERCHANTS IN THE WORLD"

Harvey Goldsmith, legendary music promoter, has slammed eBay after tickets to the upcoming Led Zeppelin reunion concert appeared on the online auction site.

Details of a one-off charity show were announced last month, with the ticket registration website crashing after some 20 million fans tried to get their hands on a ticket for the November 26th gig at London's O2 Arena.

And now the £125 tickets for the tribute concert - held for late Atlantic Records big cheese Ahmet Ertegun - are appearing on eBay for almost £1,000.

Having convinced Led Zeppelin to reunite for the show, Goldsmith told Kerrang! Radio: "I wish eBay would drop dead and die... I have begged them to take [the tickets] off and they have basically told us to f**k off."

"So I will do everything I possibly can to ruin their lives," he added.

Goldsmith was responding to criticism of the news that fans who used someone else's credit card to purchase their ticket may be refused entry.

He wrote on his blog: "I am fully aware that there seem to be concerns about people who became winners in the ballot and then decided to use somebody else's credit card to pay for the ticket.

"However, I am convinced that those who are bleating the loudest seem to be protesting too much for other reasons."

He explained that the real Zeppelin fans will have no problem securing entry to the momentous concert.

"Of course there are a few people who genuinely want to come but may not have had a suitable credit card to pay for them," he wrote.

"The answer to those people is very simple; if you are genuine you will contact us and give us a justified explanation."

As well as the reformed Led Zeppelin, the Ahmet Ertegun tribute show also features Paolo Nutini, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Foreigner and Pete Townshend.