Robert Plant addressed the speculation of a Led Zeppelin reunion as part of the band’s 50th anniversary celebrations this fall while attending the recent 2018 O2 Silver Clef Awards in London, UK.
On the red carpet at the July 6 event hosted by UK music charity Nordoff Robbins – where he would receive the Integro Outstanding Award alongside of host of other honorees, including Roger Waters, Stereophonics, Ellie Goulding and more – The Independent reports the rocker was asked about the chances he would perform again with guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones.
"Only in a chip shop in Camden Town! I think that's about as close as we will get to it!,” said Plant. "We are very pleased and glad with our very, very short career. If you think about it, it's only 12 years. We get on okay, but, you know…"
The legendary singer has repeatedly dismissed talk of a Led Zeppelin reunion since their one-off performance at the December 10, 2007 concert at London’s O2 Arena tribute concert for friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The rare live set, which saw Jason Bonham behind the drums in place of his late father John, was released in 2012 as “Celebration Day.”
When asked at the Silver Clef event if Led Zeppelin could be coerced into headlining the Glastonbury music festival next year, Plant replied: “Nobody needs coercing, you either want to do something or you don’t; or you can or you can’t.”
Led Zeppelin will launch their 50th anniversary with the reissue of multiple remastered editions of the soundtrack to the concert film, “The Song Remains The Same.”
Due September 7, the project arrives 50 years to the date of the legendary band’s first live show – as The New Yardbirds – in Gladsaxe, Denmark in 1968, and presents audio from the band’s July 1973 performances at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Led Zeppelin
"The Song Remains The Same" soundtrack 2018 reissue
Release date: September 7
CD and Digital track listing
01. Rock And Roll
02. Celebration Day
03. Black Dog
04. Over The Hills And Far Away
05. Misty Mountain Hop
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. The Song Remains The Same
09. The Rain Song
10. The Ocean
11. Dazed And Confused
12. Stairway To Heaven
13. Moby Dick
14. Heartbreaker
15. Whole Lotta Love
See also:
Led Zeppelin streams Black Dog from Song Remains The Same reissue
Robert Plant streams animated video for New World
Led Zeppelin to launch 50th anniversary with The Song Remains The Same reissue
Led Zeppelin preview official 50th anniversary book
Search Led Zeppelin at hennemusic
