Sunday, March 2, 2008

Robert Plant Say's No To Tour

It is being widely reported this morning that after months of discussions, Robert Plant has expressly ruled out a Led Zeppelin tour of any kind. The band was reportedly guaranteed £100M (approx. $199M) each to tour. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were interested, Robert Plant has turned down the offer, suggesting he wants the Dec 10 show at the 02 arena in London to be the bands "legacy."

Singer Plant is currently set to tour with Alison Krauss in support of their disc "Raising Sand," and has apparantly decided the Alison Krauss project will be his priority for the foreseeable future.

Exactly what is being reported is that a source has told the Sunday Mirror:

"Despite the enormous offer, the decision did not come down to money. Jimmy (Page, guitarist) had enjoyed the concert in December enough to want to tour again. He argued they still had something to offer. John (Paul, bassist) sided with Jimmy. He loved making music with the others again."

"But Robert wanted to leave last year's concert as their legacy. They had proved they could still do it and that was enough."

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