LED ZEPPELIN - UNUSED CONCERT TICKET FOR CANCELLED SHOW - CHICAGO - NOV 12, 1980

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LED ZEPPELIN - UNUSED TICKET FOR THEIR NOVEMBER 12, 1980 CONCERT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.  THE CONCERT DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF LED ZEPPELIN'S DRUMMER, JOHN BONHAM.
NOTE THAT THIS TICKET COMES SHRINK WRAPPED - SEE PHOTO FOR DETAILS.  THE UNUSED TICKET WAS PUT IN THIS SHRINK WRAP AS A SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR A ADMISSION/DRAWING AT THE CLASSIC ROCK EXPO HELD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10th 2004 - SEE THE PHOTOS FOR DETAILS OF THE EVENT.
NOTE: A SMALL AMOUNT OF GLUE/ADHESIVE HAS BEEN USED TO AFFIX THE TICKET TO THE CARD.  YOU CAN EASILY FRAME THE ITEM AS IT IS OR JUST MATT AROUND THE TICKET AS SUCH.  USE YOUR IMAGINATION IN WHATEVER PRESENTATION YOU WANT TO MAKE FOR YOURSELF.  MYSELF, I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS ON THE CARD - AND IF I WAS GOING TO FRAME IT, I WOULD MATT AROUND THE ENTIRE CARD WITH A PHOTO OF LED ZEPPELIN ON STAGE ABOVE THE TICKET.  JUST MY THOUGHTS.
THE TICKET IS TOTALLY AUTHENTIC AND IS BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED BY THE SHRINK WRAP.  IT LITERALLY HAS BEEN SITTING IN A BOX FROM 2004 AS WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME OF THEM.  THIS ONE IS PART OF THE LAST OF THE ONES WE HAVE - JUST FOUND THEM WHEN CLOSING OUT A STORAGE LOCKER.
HERE IS THE STORY OF THIS TICKET:  IN SEPTEMBER, 1980, LED ZEPPELIN ANNOUNCED THEIR FIRST US TOUR IN YEARS TO SUPPORT THEIR CURRENT ALBUM, "IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR".
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1980, CHICAGO RADIO STATIONS ANNOUNCED THAT TICKETS FOR 4 NOVEMBER, 1980 LED ZEPPELIN CONCERTS WERE TO GO ON SALE THE FOLLOWING MORNING.  THE ONLY WAY TO GET TICKETS WAS THROUGH A SPECIAL ORDER FORM THAT WOULD RUN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1980, FANS MOBBED NEWSPAPER OUTLETS ACROSS THE CITY TO GET THEIR CHANCE TO BUY A PAPER TO GET THE SPECIAL ORDER FOR TO BUY TICKETS TO SEE LED ZEPPELIN.  UNFORTUNATELY, LATER THAT SAME DAY, NEWS BROKE FROM ENGLAND THAT LED ZEPPELIN'S DRUMMER, JOHN BONHAM, HAD TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY THE NIGHT BEFORE.  THE LED ZEPPELIN ERA WAS NOW OVER AND THE CONCERTS NEVER HAPPENED.
FOR 6 YEARS, THE UNUSED TICKETS SAT IN AN OFFICE IN THE NOW DEMOLISHED CHICAGO STADIUM.  AT THAT TIME, THE TICKETS WERE PURCHASED BY A LONG TIME DEALER OF ROCK 'N' ROLL MEMORABILIA.  OVER THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THE UNUSED TICKETS WERE THEN OFFERED TO FANS FOR PURCHASE.
WHAT IS BEING OFFERED NOW, IS ONE UNUSED TICKET FOR ONE OF THE SHOWS THAT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO JOHN BONHAM'S DEATH.
ACT NOW TO OWN A VERY COOL LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTIBLE.  I ONLY HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF THESE UNUSED TICKETS LEFT - THESE ARE RATHER UNIQUE IN THAT THEY ARE BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED AS NOTED ABOVE.