Robert Plant turns down £500million offer from Richard Branson to reform Led Zeppelin

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  • SuckOnThis
    So Fucking Banned
    • Oct 2003
    • 6844
    #1

    Robert Plant turns down £500million offer from Richard Branson to reform Led Zeppelin

    Robert Plant has turned down a £500million offer from Virgin tycoon Richard Branson to reform Led Zeppelin.

    The 66-year-old rocker is reported to have ripped up a contract for 35 concert dates in front of stunned promoters after his fellow bandmates had agreed the deal.

    Plant decided to back out of the tour because it "wasn?t the right thing to do", according to reports in the Daily Mirror.

    http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celeb...n-9849850.html


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    • CaptainHowdy
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Dec 2004
      • 94159
      #2
      That is decency. Here's to that:

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        • rowan
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          • Mar 2002
          • 17393
          #3
          Sounds like a bit of a dick move. If they turned up and shoved a contract in his face without any notice, then fine, but if he had provisionally agreed and then later ripped everything up, well...

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            • mineistaken
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              • Apr 2007
              • 29656
              #4
              Originally posted by rowan
              Sounds like a bit of a dick move. If they turned up and shoved a contract in his face without any notice, then fine, but if he had provisionally agreed and then later ripped everything up, well...
              It reads that only "fellow bandsters" agreed to the deal

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                • Profits of Doom
                  Monster Rain
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 4978
                  #5
                  Originally posted by rowan
                  Sounds like a bit of a dick move. If they turned up and shoved a contract in his face without any notice, then fine, but if he had provisionally agreed and then later ripped everything up, well...
                  His voice is shot and he can't hit any of the high notes in the Zeppelin songs anymore, otherwise he'd be all over it. It has zero to do with "it's the right thing to do" and everything to do with "my voice is shot and I can't do it"...
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                    • Dvae
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                      • Feb 2005
                      • 5326
                      #6
                      £500million - how much is that in real money?
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                        • Spunky
                          I need a beer
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 133978
                          #7
                          Wouldn't be the same without John Bonham anyways

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                            • mineistaken
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                              • Apr 2007
                              • 29656
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Dvae
                              £500million - how much is that in real money?
                              About 2,031 million Reals.

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                                • Far-L
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                                  • Feb 2002
                                  • 6065
                                  #9
                                  I think he just knows that Led Zeppelin was always better in the studio than on the stage. Best to keep that integrity than to go out and remind people how so-so they were as a live act.
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                                    • MaDalton
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                                      • Feb 2004
                                      • 39864
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Spunky
                                      Wouldn't be the same without John Bonham anyways
                                      his son Jason has played with them already in 2007 and got high praise from critics - and is currently touring with a Led Zeppelin cover band. that would be the least problem

                                      but some things should be better left alone
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                                        • DAMNMAN
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                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 1440
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by rowan
                                          Sounds like a bit of a dick move. If they turned up and shoved a contract in his face without any notice, then fine, but if he had provisionally agreed and then later ripped everything up, well...

                                          Ummmmmmm. You got two other dude that have to agree also. And they don't need the money. It won't change their lives one bit.
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                                            • DAMNMAN
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                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 1440
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by MaDalton
                                              his son Jason has played with them already in 2007 and got high praise from critics - and is currently touring with a Led Zeppelin cover band. that would be the least problem

                                              but some things should be better left alone
                                              I have mad respect for their position on this. Bonzo is gone, They had something special and they want to be remembered that way.
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                                                • MaDalton
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                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                  • 39864
                                                  #13
                                                  this is all you get - the full live concert from 2007 with Jason Bonham

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                                                        • Joshua G
                                                          dumb libs love censorship
                                                          • Jul 2008
                                                          • 8198
                                                          #15
                                                          Plant always says deflective ambiguous nonsense anytime he is directly questioned on his refusal to re-unite.

                                                          so i believe the reason he does not sign on is that he hates jimmy page & is done with him.

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                                                            • SilentKnight
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                                                              • Oct 2005
                                                              • 24812
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by MaDalton
                                                              this is all you get - the full live concert from 2007 with Jason Bonham

                                                              Kashmir sounded great - I prefer the '07 version to the original.

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                                                                • L-Pink
                                                                  working on my tan
                                                                  • Mar 2005
                                                                  • 39151
                                                                  #17
                                                                  They should get Axel Rose to take his place.

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                                                                    • SongRider
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                                                                      • Feb 2001
                                                                      • 651
                                                                      #18
                                                                      You have to remember he is 65 years old now... So he is NOT going to sound like he did 40 years ago... I think he is just happy doing what he is doing...

                                                                      Still sounds good to me...

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                                                                        • JFK
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                                                                          • Jan 2002
                                                                          • 67369
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by MaDalton
                                                                          but some things should be better left alone

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                                                                            • DamageX
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                                                                              • Jun 2001
                                                                              • 14293
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by Dvae
                                                                              £500million - how much is that in real money?
                                                                              500,000,000.00 GBP = 794,619,353.59 USD

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                                                                                • Captain Kawaii
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                                                                                  • Oct 2007
                                                                                  • 6748
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  The mobile hospital for the band would have killed the profits.

                                                                                  Still, Plant did a nice folk record with Alison Krauss a few years back. "Pounding Sand" I think it was called.

                                                                                  Jason Bonham is worthy of the Bonham name that's for sure.

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                                                                                    • John-ACWM
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                                                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                                                      • 20060
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by Captain Kawaii
                                                                                      The mobile hospital for the band would have killed the profits.

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                                                                                        • incredibleworkethic
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                                                                                          • Sep 2009
                                                                                          • 2298
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          It's time to relax . He's done well. His choice.

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                                                                                            • rowan
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                                                                                              • Mar 2002
                                                                                              • 17393
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by DAMNMAN
                                                                                              Ummmmmmm. You got two other dude that have to agree also. And they don't need the money. It won't change their lives one bit.
                                                                                              That was my point. The article mentions that the others were already on board, so it's sounding more like there was some provisional agreement, then he baulked.

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                                                                                                • bronco67
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                                                                                                  • Dec 2006
                                                                                                  • 29026
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by incredibleworkethic
                                                                                                  It's time to relax . He's done well. His choice.
                                                                                                  That's what I was thinking. If you have million already(assuming), then there's no difference to have more millions -- plus he might not be driven by money. And maybe he just flat out doesn't want to do it and has moved on with his life.

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