As far as bands go, you can’t get more Rock ‘n’ Roll than Led Zeppelin.
Recently, Virgin CEO Richard Branson approached the supergroup’s remaining, original band members with the offer of signing an $800 million reunion contract. It seemed like a no-brainer.
Well, that is to everyone except legendary frontman Robert Plant, reports Forbes.
Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones had already signed onto the 35-city, 35-show deal, but Plant told Branson’s representatives that he would need 48 hours to decide.
When both parties reconvened two days later, Plant literally tore up the contract.
Sources close to the band told the UK’s Mirror that Sir Branson had pulled out all the stops in trying to make this deal happen. The Virgin CEO even went so far as re-fabricating Zep’s famed Starship from a Virgin America jet to be used during the tour.
This, however, didn’t make a difference to Plant. “I have to be in some brand new zones quite regularly,” he told The Mirror. “It’s an insane thing to do, to go back.”
Since leaving Zeppelin, Plant has released over a dozen solo projects, including 2009’s critically acclaimed “Raising Sand,” a collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.
Led Zeppelin’s last album, “Coda,” was released in 1982, and the band last performed together in 2007.
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