The return of...Led Zeppelin?

[That 70s Guy]

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The lineup for this year’s Glastonbury Festival is impressive, with appearances booked from a list of acts that includes Blondie, the Black Keys, Dolly Parton, and Arcade Fire. But there’s one missing band that organizer Michael Eavis would still love to add — this or any year.

As he admitted during a recent interview with Ireland AM, Eavis would dearly love to book Led Zeppelin — and even though the band’s surviving members have continually rebuffed his efforts to broker another onstage reunion, he remains convinced that one day, he’ll be able to make it happen. “That will happen one day. I’m sure of it,” insisted Eavis. “They will do it.”

A live set from ex-Zeppelin members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones would be rare enough to make news (and probably cost the festival quite a bit of money), but it wouldn’t be entirely without precedent; as fans well remember, the surviving trio has reunited several times since breaking up in the wake of drummer John Bonham‘s 1980 death, with the most recent show — later commemorated in the CD/DVD package ‘Celebration Day‘ — coming in December of 2007.

Of course, no one from the Zeppelin camp has given any indication that they’d be willing to play Glastonbury, so for the moment, Eavis’ dreams will have to remain just that. In the meantime, perhaps he can content himself with the band’s latest round of reissues.


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[AboutAGirl]

Never gonna happen.

And if they do reunite, I don't think they'd play a festival like that. A Zepp reunion would overshadow the whole rest of the festival. It worked for Ahmet and Live Aid because those were special occasions.

 

[Magic]

I agree, AAG. As long as Plant says "no", you will never see a reunion.

 

[gcczep]

Staying grounded...

Not happening. Just another party stoking the fires for publicity.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Plant is the no guy but I really wish a full on reunion would happen! Love Zepp!!

:mad

 

[LG]

Not happening. Just another party stoking the fires for publicity.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[gguerra]

I think JPJ has aged the least or maybe he regularly dies his hair?

 

[zengac]

I agree .. as much as I would love to see it, I don't think it will ever happen again.

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Robert Plant has absolutely no appetite for this, and I can't say I blame him. He has, with age, had to develop a very different style and range, and he has been successful. Some of those old Zep standards demand an extraordinary amount of effort from him to make them work, and he doesn't want to do it. In addition there are a number of them which he just doesn't like. I really don't see it happening again.

 

[AboutAGirl]

I really wish they could have done at least one tour. But they tried to make it work after the O2 show. Page & the group even brought in other singers to try to fill the gap. But it didn't work...

If it didn't work then, when they were high off the success of the O2 gig, I struggle to come up with any kind of circumstance that would get them off the ground now. I mean, they tried their best, what else is there for them to try??

Money obviously isn't a mitigating factor. They've been offered kingdoms since the 80s and it has never swayed them even for a single gig!