BONHAM EVENT CANCELLED

A two day event due to celebrate the late John Bonham has been cancelled.

Titled ‘John Bonham: A Celebration II’ was due to happen in September in his home down of Redditch. But it has been pulled because, say the organisers, “they were not able to deliver the event to a standard that would do justice to the town’s most famous musical son”.

Commenting on the decision, promoter Ros Sidaway says: “We can only apologise to people who have been inconvenienced and were looking forward to what promised to be another memorable event.

“I’m sure we have made the right decision in cancelling this year with a view to providing something even better in future. We were doing this in the name of one of the all-time greats of rock music and it would be wrong to deliver anything less than the best.”

Sidaway adds: “John’s family recognise this and we wouldn’t want to embarrass them or sell his memory short in any way. It’s encouraging that we know people are prepared to travel from all over the world to honour his memory in his hometown.”