- Led Zeppelin will be auctioning off three pairs of tickets for their December 10th reunion show. The auctions, each of which has a starting price of $10,000, begin tomorrow at 9 AM GMT and include invites to the afterparty. The auction will take place on Seatwave.com, and all proceeds go to benefit the Auction for Brazil’s Children Trust, a charity set up in partnership with Jimmy Page.
- Kanye West’s mother, Dr. Donda West, passed away Sunday morning “as the result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure,” according to her publicist. Donda West, 58, was chairwoman of Kanye’s education foundation and author of Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star. Kanye had also written “Hey Mama” to Donda. He was in London when he received the news.
- The final three shows of Duran Duran’s Broadway stint will be rescheduled due to New York City’s stagehand strike, which began on Saturday (the band is searching for a new venue). In other labor news, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello supported striking television scribes by singing for 3,000 writers in front of Fox’s Century City headquarters Friday morning.
- Kelly Clarkson is reportedly preparing to release an album of Clive Davis-approved tracks in 2008 under the advice of her new manager. The first American Idol released My December earlier this year amid rumors of a falling out with the label head over song selection, and soon after swapped management teams and canceled a summer arena tour due to sluggish ticket sales.
- Mick Jagger’s son, James, is reportedly being sought to play his father in an upcoming Rolling Stones biopic. “If youre looking for a young Mick Jagger and a young Keith Richards, I think the first place to look is in their own families,” says the film’s producer. The younger Jagger made his stage debut earlier this year, but representatives for the band and the Jagger family have yet to comment on these rumors.
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