Robert Plant Rips Up $800 Million Led Zeppelin Reunion Contract

Fox News ^ | 11/09/2014 | Alan Colmes

[Bettyprob]

No amount of money can get Robert Plant to reunite with his Led Zeppelin bandmates.

The 66-year-old singer walked away from a 35-date tour that would have paid the rock group nearly $800 million — ripping up the contract in front of stunned promoters, the Mirror newspaper reported Sunday.

[Robert DeLong]

Robert Plant still tours: Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters Touring Schedule, and all of his shows are sold out.

[dfwgator]

What did one Deadhead say to the other when the drugs wore off?

Man, this band sucks.

[Norm Lenhart]

Yup. But the song “Deadhead” kicks total ass!
Devin Townsend - “Deadhead”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmrS9FIzc

[dmz]

How long has it been since the Rolling Stones were relevant, despite all of their tours?

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Uh, since Exile?

[dfwgator]

Pretty much, although they had a brief respite with Some Girls.

[Liberty Valance]

been a long time since i rock and roll

[Agamemnon]

Led Zeppelin honored at '35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors'

Heart Performs "Stairway to Heaven" at the Kennedy Center. Arrangement by Rob Mathes

Robert Plant was said to have commented afterward that he found Rob's arrangement to be so impressive that he could actually bring himself to listen to "Stairway to Heaven" again!

I have attended Rob's Christmas concert for each of the past 20 years.

His own music is deeply Christian-themed, and his choral arrangements are stunningly original. He is both an accomplished pianist and guitarist, and most recently he did all the arrangements for Sting's latest album, "The Last Ship."

FReegards!

[Olog-hai]

That’s true, although he had some close imitators, e.g. John Lawton (Lucifer’s Friend, Uriah Heep).

[Olog-hai]

Sad about that band. Jerry Garcia was pretty good technically as a guitar player, though; if he had some fire under his keister, he could have shredded like a lot of his heavy metal contemporaries.

[Mariner]

"I’d love to see Zep again, but would not take out a mortgage to do so."

I saw them twice back in the day.

They sucked both times.

[Mariner]

"Not since Sticky Fingers. "

Exile on Main Street?

Some Girls?

They were musically relevant through the 80s.

[trisham]

Good music never grows old.

[Moonman62]

Because he loves singing, but can’t hit the notes his old material requires. But he can still sing the ones they don’t.
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Other bands can sometimes get away with hiring female backup singers to hit the high notes. That probably wouldn’t work for LZ.

[dfwgator]

Other bands can sometimes get away with hiring female backup singers to hit the high notes.

See Roger Waters.

[Karl Spooner]

He may be seeing the light. He ain’t going to take it with him anyways...

[truth_seeker]

John Paul Jones plays with an American guy in England, named “Seasick Steve.” Steve plays lead guitar, Jones plays bass guitar, and Dan Masnussen plays drums.

Jones isn’t doing that because he needs money. He’s doing that because he loves to play great music in front of people.

Robert Plante is regarded as a great vocalist. He probably doesn’t need the money, and has no interest in reliving the past, however popular that might be.

I can respect and accept that.

Bill Ward, original drummer for Black Sabbath refuses to rejoin them for a reunion.

[Norm Lenhart]

They can autotune him onto note/pitch live. I am a hobbyist musician and have a couple of those kind of tools. it’s literally just a keyboard keystroke away to lock him to whatever note you need and totally convincing live.

But then it’s up to the audience if that is acceptable. Some just want the ‘show’ and some want the real thing warts and all.

[God luvs America]

Plant has already said the story is “rubbish”. The story claims Plant ripped up the contract in front of Page, Jones and Bonham. The last time the three were together was at the Kennedy Center honors two years ago but the story is just now surfacing? I call BS.

[GeronL]

He’s doing that because he loves to play great music in front of people

These 35 concerts would not be done in front of people?

[Mr. K]

I can’t think of any other song that you can recognize just from the intro drum work like you can with Grand Funk’s “We’re an American Band”

(I am sure there must be, I am just getting too senile to remember)