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Led Zeppelin tour 'on hold until September'

Led Zeppelin                                                                                         Pic: PA Photos

Led Zeppelin Pic: PA Photos

Jimmy Page says the band must wait for Robert Plant

The Led Zeppelin will-they-won’t-they-play-more-shows saga has taken a new twist today (January 28).

After their one-off reunion show at London's O2 Arena in December last year there has been much speculation whether the group will now tour.

However speaking to reporters in Tokyo, guitarist Jimmy Page hinted that the band are more than prepared to head out on tour.

“I can assure you the amount of work that we put into the O2, for ourselves rehearsing and the staging of it was probably what you put into a world tour,” he explained

However Page added that due to frontman Robert Plant's solo commitments, fans would have to wait at least until the autumn before anything happens.

Robert Plant has a parallel project running and he’s really busy with that project," he explained. "Certainly until September, so I can’t give you any news.”

Plant has just announced a tour with to promote their album 'Raising Sand', which will finish at London's Wembley Arena on May 22.


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rockstarr26 

Jan 30, 2008

fine, we'll wait. this better not fall through though.
http://pluggedin.com

sagittariuschik 

Mar 9, 2008

I agree. I just still hope they're going to go on tour.

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