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Aside from a reanimated corpse Beatles reunion, there is not another dormant band in the world that could cause more excitement getting back together than Led Zeppelin. So, for the first time in 19 years, with Jason Bonham in for his late father behind the drums and the rest of the original pieces in place, the band picked up where they left off, playing a Greatest-Hits set to a beyond sold out O2 arena in London earlier this week. The band sounded remarkably on point for a group of guys who hadn't appeared on stage in two decades, seeming to having a total blast playing with each other. To the surprise of nearly everyone, they even dusted off Stairway to Heaven and gave it a go, putting every miserable bar band for the last 30 years to shame. Will they do it again? Maybe come stateside, play a couple nights at the Garden? Time will tell. In the meantime, check out the many clips on youtube (before they all get taken down.) (pic via positivelypurple's Flickr)

Gothamist Health learned somewhere along the way that smoking one cigaretteis as likely to give you lung cancer as is 4 days of breathing New York City air. That's almost enough to make one want to hold their breath while walking down Broadway. It also makes David Blaine'slatest stunt sound a bit less insane (but not much). As we know, the modest, T-shirt clad street magician is back and has been gracing the Upper West Side with a new feat, spending an entire week under water...only to attempt to break the world record for holding his breath (which currently stands at 8 minutes 58 seconds) while freeing himself from 150 pounds of chains after the week is up. How will he pull off this Houdini-esque stunt without the proverbial smoke and mirrors? Apparently by using sound medical and physiologic reasoning: In an attempt to lower his body's metabolic demands (and thus his oxygen requirement), he has shed about 50 pounds over the past few months. Blaine also plans on meditating to relax, another way to lower his body's O2 needs.