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Led Zeppelin Reject Another Reunion Bid

The ongoing will-they-won't-they-oh-I-guess-they-won't saga of a three-quarters Led Zeppelin reunion looks likely to dominate another summer of festival schedule rumour-mongering, after organisers of annual UK metalfest Download, at Donington Park in Leicestershire, revealed they had tried -- and failed -- to book the rock legends for this year's event.

"Every single festival in the world approaches Led Zeppelin or their management to get them to pay at their festival," Andy Copping of the June 11-13 bash told XFM. "Loads of money gets thrown out. It's not what they want to do at the moment and that's fine. They probably never will, but everyone has a stab at it."

A Led Zep reunion featuring surviving members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones (plus -- presumably -- late drummer John Bonham's son Jason) has long been a holy grail for the rock nostalgia industry. Indeed, the trio stunned fans and journos alike in 2007 by re-forming for a one-off O2 Arena gig to pay tribute to their old record label boss Ahmet Ertegun -- and then not embarking on a money-spinning worldwide comeback tour.

With Jones keeping in the spotlight via his Them Crooked Vultures supergroup and Plant staying busy plotting a follow-up to his 'Raising Sand' album with Alison Krauss, the ex-Zep crew will surely continue to prompt reunion speculation in the coming months; and, if the formbook is anything to go by, they'll continue to turn down the no doubt ungodly sums of money on offer.

Download-bound fans of '70s hard rock, meanwhile, will have to make to with a lineup that includes AC/DC, Aerosmith and contemporary Zep-alikes Wolfmother.

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Danny

Im 44 Ive been a fan of zep since i was 12(1978)my favorite band.Never got to see them live.Id love to.but id have to agree that from most of the clips ive seen.playing live was not their strong point.but their may have been many shows where they were great.2 concerts on youtube.I think were very good are the 1975 earls court shows and the 1970 royal albert hall shows.check them out.they are very good live performances

June 09 2010 at 5:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark

Harvan or caravan u need help, i saw Zepp at Knebworth in 79, i have since seen Jimmy page withe the firm(Paul Rogers) and Mr Plant solo. And at each time they where perfect. I am a guitar tutour and the stuff Jimmy page played in the 1970 s is so hard to teach students its unreal. Even Van Halen stuff is easier to transcibe. LED ZEPP the best 4 peice ever

April 19 2010 at 3:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MIke

I truly admire their integrity in not caving to the lure of big money the way so many artists seem to. Led Zeppelin was the very first rock band I ever saw. It was at the Montreal Forum, 1969 I think, I was all of 12 or 13 years old at the time, at a rock concert with two of my buddies. It is something I will never forget. My most enduring memory is seeing and hearing Jimmy Page play guitar. I have never seen or heard anything like it since.

March 25 2010 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joihn Paul

Fuck em all - it's 2010

Go get a job and make some money....

March 25 2010 at 12:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HARVAN

again they sucked live !!! jimmy is a sloppy guitar player !!! song remains the same wasn't that great and ive seen them on dope and totally sober they werecrap and go listen to the songs they ripped like i said they took stairway from spirit and ripped joan biez and did pay the lendary blue s artist till they were confronted in court ,they are crap and yes there was a time i had posters on my walls of them and thought they were gods till i wised up ,THEY AREN'T THAT GOOD EXCEPT FOR BONHAM JONES !!!! GET OVER IT

March 25 2010 at 10:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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moondawg

what is the deal dude.what has turned you off on them?is it being screwed on a ticket?or jilted for what ever reason?I see no wrong with the music or live performances

May 29 2010 at 9:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marty

no, no, no, na na no no no no, la la la la, no, no no no, nope no nada no no.

March 25 2010 at 9:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Barb

Their music,stage performance was top of the line.Plante is still making music but Page..I don't think he really wants to work that hard anymore.The Stones are still going at it at nearly the same ages.That has nothing to do with it.They were great and the sounds are wonderful,full,robust,timeless.Enjoy!

March 25 2010 at 8:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HARVAN

have any of you ever listened to the songs they ripped off from other artists??? and yes there are many, google songs that led zeppelin ripped off, they even took credit for stairway to heaven ,and many others so much for being creative ,who cares if they play again they sucked live anyway !!!!!!

March 25 2010 at 8:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tony

Had the privilege of seeing them live at Madison Square Garden back in the day. Unless people stop thinking that money is the answer (these guys have more than they know what to do with, including Jason) and realize it is about something more, they will likely never play these festivals. What they did in 2007 was in honor of a long-time record executive who influenced heavily to the music we heard. Led Zep was just one of those bands that was hard to replace then as now. NO ONE will ever come close to influencing so many other musicians. Yeah, yeah, I know, so did the Beatles. They were before my day. They were also all over the place. One minute they were soft (almost elevator) music and the next they were rockin' hard. Led Zep was generally more consistent and you have to appreciate that in a band, especially when you're a young musician seeing them for the first time and realizing this is what it's all about. And NO ONE (sorry, not even Jason) could sit behind the drums and play the way John did. The whole band was intense and John was the backbone of that intensity. ROCK & ROLL!!

March 25 2010 at 7:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ROD

IF THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AT LEAST GIVE US, GUITAR HERO, LED ZEPPELIN!!!!!!

March 25 2010 at 6:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Elaine in Georgia

I'm with you!! I would love to see that happen. (Have to mention this: I actually met Robert Plant 20 years ago by chance at a Highland Games festival in Colorado. He was just there like everybody else to enjoy the games. How's that for luck! I'll never forget it . . .)

March 25 2010 at 7:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply