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"Robert Plant slams door on Led Zep tour"

Robert Plant slams door on Led Zep tour







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.




i wanted to post something from the epic fail that was the beijing london olympics handover ceremony but couldnt find anything...

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[info]obvious82 29th-Sep-2008 10:33 pm (UTC)
good
[info]noneformethanx 29th-Sep-2008 10:33 pm (UTC)
fuck!!
[info]smirk_dog 29th-Sep-2008 10:37 pm (UTC)
I am so scared right now. I am looking for cheaper colleges right now, because I am afraid I won't be able to file a loan. :/
[info]smirk_dog 29th-Sep-2008 10:52 pm (UTC)
It is so fucking frightening.
[info]longlonglong12 29th-Sep-2008 11:02 pm (UTC)
I'm curious, how would the economy affect your ability to get a loan? Do you not have Student Loans in the States?
[info]smirk_dog 29th-Sep-2008 11:20 pm (UTC)
We have Students Loans but, if banks continue to fail it will become harder and harder to get one.
[info]longlonglong12 29th-Sep-2008 11:35 pm (UTC)
That sucks that the economy has anything to do with it. I like getting money simply based on how much my parents make and how much my school costs.
[info]kaisenji 30th-Sep-2008 03:35 am (UTC)
I get paid tomorrow. I figure I might as well sign over my check.
[info]smirk_dog 29th-Sep-2008 10:35 pm (UTC)
:(
[info]yukiminagano 29th-Sep-2008 10:37 pm (UTC)
OOOOHHH ya silly old man, oooohhh you silly old man, youre making a fool of yourself so get off the stage!!!

-SPM
[info]xcollsangelx 29th-Sep-2008 10:50 pm (UTC)
GOD DAMNIT!!!!!

I will never see them in concert.

[info]longlonglong12 29th-Sep-2008 11:04 pm (UTC)
ikr? A small part of my brain believed that they would somehow come to my province and I would get tickets and it would be the best day ever :/
[info]dali_lemur 30th-Sep-2008 01:01 am (UTC)
Don't give up. Plant will do it when he needs money again.
[info]guitarscreams 30th-Sep-2008 12:36 am (UTC)
wtffff

seriously.... like three days ago, he said YES...


because he had no idea that the rest of the group was actually serious about a tour.... so when they started threatening him.. and he was like, "okay okay..."


wtf....see, i don't know what to believe anymore, until i see

"TORONTO - LED ZEPPELIN 20----"

then i'll care.. right now, i'm just so ugh with them :(
[info]thesixties 30th-Sep-2008 01:27 am (UTC)
this pretty much broke my heart
[info]kaisenji 30th-Sep-2008 03:30 am (UTC)
Well, shit. :(

Thank the gods, AC/DC isn't letting their fans down. :(
[info]caller_337 30th-Sep-2008 08:39 am (UTC)
They never "broke up" so.
[info]cuntilocks 30th-Sep-2008 04:53 pm (UTC)
god,it srsly grosses me out when i visit the led zeppelin messageboard and there's a "jimmy pic" post and people post pics of him nowadays and are like "omg so hawt". Ok, he was very attractive in the '70s but now? Barf.
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