Now Robert Plant says "No"

[gamecat]

Man, why do lead singers always screw shit up for bands?
This stinks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7637372.stm

Plant slams door on Led Zep tour

By Ian Youngs
Music reporter, BBC News

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has scotched rumours that he is to tour with the band, describing speculation as “frustrating and ridiculous”.

Last week, The Sun newspaper reported that he had agreed to a reunion tour.

But he has not and will not go on the road with anyone for at least two years after finishing US dates with Alison Krauss on 5 October, a statement said. “Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin,” it said. “Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets.”

The rock legends got back together for a one-off concert, their first for 19 years, in London last December. At the time, promoters said 20 million people tried to register for tickets as soon as they became available.

Speculation has since been rife that the surviving members of the band, with Jason Bonham, son of their late drummer John, would hit the road for a highly lucrative tour.

“It’s both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward,” Plant said. “I wish Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects.”

Plant has been reluctant to consider other projects during his fruitful collaboration with bluegrass singer Krauss. Their album Raising Sand has earned them a Grammy Award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination, among other honours.

The other band members, meanwhile, are believed to be keen to work together again. In August, Jason Bonham told a US radio station that he had been working on new material with Page and Jones. The Sun has also reported that the trio have auditioned new singers to replace Plant on tour.

Meanwhile, guitarist Page was last seen performing Led Zeppelin’s classic Whole Lotta Love with pop star Leona Lewis during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7637372.stm

[jawbone]

damn.

i probably couldn’t have afforded tickets anyway but damn.

[willbreathes]

Oh well?

After listening to the show from last year (and seeing a few videos/clips), it is just a complete nostalgia act at this point.

Page using a ton of distortion to cover up the fact Plant can’t hit the high notes everyone is used to with Led Zeppelin.

With what Plant is doing with Allison Krause, I don’t blame him for not wanting to go back to a band where probably nothing new is going to surface. Plant/Krause is great.

[charlieJack]

^agreed.

[hosemasterflex]

^^agreed.

Why would he want to ride around America for half a year on a bus, just to spin his old tales about just how awesome his d!ck is to thousands of people a night?

Not only is it less satisfying to be a nostalgia act, but it’s surely less satisfying to play to a nostalgic crowd.

As much as I need an audience that wants to hear my own tunes, the reality is that 90% of the time when I do a gig, it’s a bar gig or a party gig, … & they just wanna hear Freebird!

[ladyphish]

Why say no when it feels soooo good to say yes??

[Swartzbaugh]

So no doesn’t mean yes?

[hosemasterflex]

Phish reunion > Led Zep reunion

[alright]

^1000000000000000% agreed

[El_Bastarde]

@Mr. Macphisto

Him and Mike should set up a band.

LOL! Seriously, why’s there this big deal about them touring as Led Zeppelin when him and Page toured as “Page and Plant” for years before then?. Maybe it’s me but those shows might have well been called “Led Zeppelin”…it’s not like John Paul Jones not being there made THAT big a difference.

Stevo