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.

[Norm Lenhart]

“after their sellout tour “

Man id THAT a perfect choice of words.

[joe fonebone]

page was deep... and i mean deep... into the occult

plant was not...

perhaps this is all that needs to be said on this subject???

[Norm Lenhart]

We now know who was chasing Geddy’s Red Barchetta!

[Snickering Hound]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCrY29oyPbE

Robert Plant singing “Ramble On” last month in Chicago. He can’t do it anymore.

Although I’m sure his old bandmates would like to strangle him for making them miss out on that windfall.

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[GeronL]

that is a lot of money for 35 concerts

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[SkyPilot]

Well, we all change as we get older.

"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold."

[Hiro Protaginast]

Agreed. I could never understand how the Hell’s Angels “house” band could put out such wimpy sounding music.

[dfwgator]

Agreed. I could never understand how the Hell’s Angels “house” band could put out such wimpy sounding music.

I thought that was the Doobie Brothers.

[dennisw]

On the other hand, Plant knows his old voice just can’t cut it anymore

Also Plants looks....VISUALLY he  looks too damn old with scraggly beard etc to pull off those Led Zepplin songs which were songs of youth, very cocky attitude and rebellion. He feels too embarrassed to sing them. The Foo Fighters could pull it off. They are young enough and have that rock n roll swagger which Robert Plant lost years ago

[dfwgator]

Isn’t Dave Grohl almost 50?

[a fool in paradise]

In the fine print it probably said that Justin Beiber is the opening act and Lady Gaga gets to sing the encore...

[TADSLOS]

Lol.

[dfwgator]

In the fine print it probably said that Justin Beiber is the opening act and Lady Gaga gets to sing the encore...

and, time permitting, Frank Sinatra.

[Norm Lenhart]

Knocking on it hard. 47-48 I THINK, but won’t swear to it.

[a fool in paradise]

I thought both Plant and Jones are living (at least part of the year) outside of Austin, Texas these days.

[TADSLOS]

I’m just LMAO.

[a fool in paradise]

And I'm sure that's how Plant wants people to remember him, instead of a 60+ year old man singing "Squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg."

I thought they grew up seeing 60+ year old blues men singing lyrics like that...

[Norm Lenhart]

I’m serious! The dude was the original Scream band singer! That guy WAILS and he sounds in pain!.

Granted, I like it and it fits the tunes, but he DOES sound like that to me ;)