Robert Plant has had it. The once and apparently just-once-again frontman for rock godheads Led Zeppelin is sick and tired of people talking about the could-be-should-be-but-probably-isn't reunion tour that many reports claim is in the works for the group.
After English tabloid The Sun ran a story last week that the group has agreed to a reunion tour (if you're counting, that's at least the sixth time we've heard that rumor in the past six months), Plant put out a statement definitively denying it. According to BBC News, Plant said he will not hit the road with anyone for at least two years after he finishes his current string of dates with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, which wraps up on October 5.
"Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin," the statement said. "Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets." Zeppelin played a one-off reunion gig in London in December in honor of late friend and Atlantic Records mogul Ahmet Ertegun, their first live show in 19 years. More than 20 million people tried to register for the 20,000 available seats.
"It's both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward," Plant said in the statement. "I wish Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and [replacement drummer] Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects."
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