Robert Plant: "Led Zep Reunion Will Ruin Our Legacy"

The singer says the band is incomplete without original drummer John Bonham.
Robert Plant / Photo by Casey Flanigan

Following the hoopla surrounding Led Zeppelin's much discussed reunion, frontman and Grammy nominee Robert Plant has explained why he refuses to allow his old band to tour again.

Led Zeppelin: "We Will Tour and Record Without Robert Plant"

Guitarist Jimmy Page's manager says the legendary band will replace Plant. Click here for details!
Led Zeppelin at London’s O2 Arena, Dec. 2007

[Update, Jan. 8: To further complicate the issue of a Led Zeppelin reunion tour and album (discussed below), Jimmy Page's manager Peter Mensch this week told MusicRadar: "Led Zeppelin are over. They tried out a few singers, but no one worked out...

SPIN.com's Best of the Week, November 3-9

Fall Out Boy and Smashing Pumpkins kick off their tours, while the Killers debut new tunes. Plus, 2009 is already looking like an ace year for music.
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz (Photo: Tim Bugbee) / Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan (Photo: Jeff Niesel)

No doubt about it, this week belonged to newly-minted President-Elect Barack Obama. But that doesn't mean the music world lay dormant: Fall Out Boy, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Decemberists all kicked off their respective U.S. tours, while the Killers treated fans to new tracks in London.

The Sorry State of Reunions

GN'R, Smashing Pumpkins, the Jackson Five, and Led Zeppelin are four major offenders, says SPIN's Abigail Everdell.
Jackson 5 / Guns N' Roses

Reunion tours, dinosaur acts, cash factories…call them what you want, but these days, gettin' the band back together (for fun and profit!) has become a disturbing trend, especially so when vital original members are missing.

Should Led Zeppelin Reunite?

Check out our complete coverage of the controversy. Then tell us, are you voting "Yes" or "No"?

What started out simply enough last fall, with a one-off show in London in honor of the late Atlantic Records maven Ahmet Ertegun, has dissolved into chaos. Led Zeppelin is talking full-fledged reunion, and it's already become a right mess.

Chris Cornell Talks Led Zeppelin Rumors

The former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman is the latest singer to discuss joining the Zep. Read what he has to say.
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Chris Cornell

"I have not been approached so far to fill in for Robert Plant on the upcoming Zeppelin tour, but that isn't to say I won't be," Chris Cornell coyly told MTV News.

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