Jimmy Page: ‘I Don’t See’ Another Led Zeppelin Reunion

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They might be rolling out their new concert film with all the pomp and circumstance of a full-fledged studio album, but that doesn’t mean the surviving members of Led Zeppelin are making any plans for future projects.

Guitarist Jimmy Page put the kibosh on reunion rumors in a new interview with Rolling Stone, saying that part of the impetus behind releasing ‘Celebration Day,’ the concert film commemorating the band’s one-off reunion in 2007, was a desire to bring fans closer to their performance. “With Led Zeppelin, it has always been that mystique of how the music is done — how it works, why it works,” he mused. “The closer you can get in on that and the more lingering it is, the better.”

Page says ‘Celebration Day,’ which arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on Nov. 19, was a way for the surviving band members — including vocalist Robert Plant and bassist/multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones — to take advantage of advances in concert filming technology since their breakup following the death of drummer John Bonham. (Bonham’s son Jason joined the band for the concert, which was held as a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, the Atlantic Records chief who was instrumental in their early career.)

“It was a serious test, and we passed it, all of us. And we had an extraordinary communion on the stage. That’s alive and well when you see it,” Page told RS, but he, Plant and Jones seem willing to let ‘Celebration Day’ remain the final word on the band. “I think if there had been any more concerts to be done, we’d already be talking about them. So I don’t see it,” he shrugged, calling the film “a testament to what we did in 2007. There it is.”

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look at that damn video its so fkn awesome .. no reunion god i hate those thoughts .. they could blow the roof off every damn place could u imagine ..

Bob Plant ain't interested, simple as.

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When you were once one of the biggest bands on Earth and you break several years of silence by starting a mysterious countdown on a website, you’re kind of begging for some reunion hype. But the surviving members of Led Zeppelin were reportedly not in the mood for any talk of getting back together during their press conference yesterday (Oct. 9).

Vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist/multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones were in New York to promote their new concert film, ‘Celebration Day,’ which commemorates their one-off reunion concert in 2007 — and they were decidedly not in the mood to answer questions about whether or not the movie would lead to something “bigger” for the band, as evidenced when Plant called the reporter who asked it a “schmuck.”

Undaunted, another of the journalists present told the band that, while he enjoyed ‘Celebration Day,’ “I don’t know if it’s going to quench the thirst of those who wished to see you in the flesh.” After a moment of awkward silence, Plant simply said, “Sorry!”

Realizing he wasn’t going to get out of the room without dealing with the reunion question again, Plant later added to his remarks, saying, “If we’re capable of doing something, in our own time, that will be what will happen. So any inane questions from people who are from syndicated outlets, you should just really think about what it takes to answer a question like that in one second. We know what we’ve got, you know.”

Plant then referenced the daunting scope of the band’s legacy, adding, “I think expectations are a horrific thing. If you go off and play in North Africa, you know you’re going to have a good time and work with people and there’s nothing else about it. That’s how we started in a room with [John Bonham] all that time ago. So to do anything at all together is such a kind of incredible weight, because sometimes we were f—ing awful. And sometimes we were stunning and a couple of times we tried to get together in the meantime.”

Time to let it go. 2007's concert was a fitting cap on Led Zeppelin's career.

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yes, and how many times did Jagger deny this forthcoming tour. I say Never doesn't mean Never. There just isn't a big enough venue or enough money being offered yet. It will come.