Bonham, featuring drummer Jason Bonham, are to play a handful of US shows next month.

They’ll be performing songs from Led Zeppelin, UFO and Foreigner among others. Jason Bonham has, of course, been associated with all three bands.

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Jason Bonham is doing these gigs by way of tribute to Daniel MacMaster, the Canadian fronmtman who sang on the two albums from his group Bonham (1989’s The Disregard Of Timekeeping and Mad Hatter in 1992). MacMaster died on March 16, 2008, from a Group A streptococcal infection. He was 39 years old.

Jason explains: “Tragically, Daniel passed away and I always regretted the fact that I didn’t do more for him during his lifetime. Just like myself, Daniel struggled with his addictions so that’s something I know all about.

“2009 is the 20th anniversary of The Disregard Of Timekeeping, so I called up Ian [Hatton, guitarist] and John [Smithson, bass] and suggested we bring in Kelly Keeling [Baton Rouge/Michael Schenker] on vocals to pay tribute to what was a great period in all our lives. Whether anything new will come out of it, I don’t know. It’s all about having fun.”

In related news, Bonham is no longer a member of the reunited Airrace. His place has been taken by Simon Dawson of The Outfield, who recently joined the band in time for the recording of their second album.

Airrace’s celebrated debut, Shaft Of Light (which does feature Bonham), is reissued via Rock Candy Records next month, complete with two bonus tracks.