Led Zeppelin may tour without Robert Plant

[Psyblast]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27417890/

Horrifying to think about. Zeppelin - Plant = fail.

[RAZRr1275]

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This is terrible. They really shouldn't be touring anyway. It annoys the heck out of me when these old washed rock stars no matter how great they were go on tour.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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This is terrible. They really shouldn't be touring anyway. It annoys the heck out of me when these old washed rock stars no matter how great they were go on tour.

ABB still rock and I would pay a pretty penny to see Clapton and Elton John, but thats about it. If Black Sabbath were to tour with Ozzy...


But yeah, no Plant = epic failure.

[RAZRr1275]

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ABB still rock and I would pay a pretty penny to see Clapton and Elton John, but thats about it. If Black Sabbath were to tour with Ozzy...


But yeah, no Plant = epic failure.

ABB is okay and Elton and Clapton are ageless. Same with Paul McCartney. Ozzy is TERRIBLE though. So is Aerosmith and other bands.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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This is terrible. They really shouldn't be touring anyway. It annoys the heck out of me when these old washed rock stars no matter how great they were go on tour.

So true, they become a parody of themselves and it's just sad to watch some of these guys with thier grey hair (or no hair), big bellies and wrinkles try and pretend it's 1976. The image you have of them in thier primes should never be ruined by a geriatric tour to make a quick buck because most of them spent thier money up thier nose.

Why anybody would spend hundreds of dollars to watch guys creak around and singers who can't hit the high notes wearing orthopedic boots is beyond me. Have to hand it to Plant, he has enough respect for the band not to sully thier image with this cash grab tour. With or without him it would have been pathetic just like that reunion concert was but the press treat it like it's the best concert of all time because of nostalgia.

[pfunk880]

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I heard that Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) was among those considered to replace plant on the tour.

[Nivek]

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[koebner]

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And I thought Queen without Freddie was bad...

[roadman]

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So true, they become a parody of themselves and it's just sad to watch some of these guys with thier grey hair (or no hair), big bellies and wrinkles try and pretend it's 1976. The image you have of them in thier primes should never be ruined by a geriatric tour to make a quick buck because most of them spent thier money up thier nose.

Why anybody would spend hundreds of dollars to watch guys creak around and singers who can't hit the high notes wearing orthopedic boots is beyond me. Have to hand it to Plant, he has enough respect for the band not to sully thier image with this cash grab tour. With or without him it would have been pathetic just like that reunion concert was but the press treat it like it's the best concert of all time because of nostalgia.

For some bands this is true, but there are the Sprinsteens, Rush, and Neil Diamonds of the world that sell out every where they go. I've seen all three recently and not one of them have missed a beat, especially Springsteen.

It will interesting to see if Pearl Jam is still Rockin' in the Free World when they are in the 50's or 60's.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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For some bands this is true, but there are the Sprinsteens, Rush, and Neil Diamonds of the world that sell out every where they go. I've seen all three recently and not one of them have missed a beat, especially Springsteen.

It will interesting to see if Pearl Jam is still Rockin' in the Free World when they are in the 50's or 60's.

But all those acts\bands have remained together and active with some legitimate new material. As well I don't think bands like Aerosmith orthe Stones are embarrasing themelves because they have remained together for the last 2 decades, so they still have that chemistry and they tour when they feel like it and have passion for it because they certainly don't need the cash although I haven't liked anything the Stones or Aerosmith have put out since the late 70's but that's personal taste.

I'm talking about bands like Zeppelin, original Van Halen, or the Police and The Who (at least what's left of them) where they haven't been together in many years, haven't released a legitimate new album in an even longer time than that and than pretend that they all love each other again and need to play together because of the passion stirring inside them (not enough passion to release some good new material apparently) when in reality they are in it just to charge ridiculous ticket prices to supplement thier retirement income while at the same time vehemently denying they are in it for the money.

It's actually even worse when they add insult to injury and decide to write some generic songs for a half assed album to complement thier tour to make it appear like they are being artistic and not in it for the money. Zeppelin was a 70's band, probably the best of the 70's and it should remain that way. They are retired creatively and should remain that way. It's like Jordan coming back to play for the Bulls at 50 years old and people would probably pay to see that as well. But I guess if people want to waste their hard earned money watching them pretend to be sexy rock stars again then to each thier own.

[Kelverin]

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So is Aerosmith

Don't think so, they still kick ***
live.

[bjf1377]

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I heard that Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) was among those considered to replace plant on the tour.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003885909

Sources tell Billboard the frontman first in line for the gig is Myles Kennedy, who has most recently led the rock outfit Alter Bridge.

Here's Alter Bridge doing "Kashmir"

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[Bamboospine1998]

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It seems the bands that stay together and just take periods of down time, one example Rush, can keep it together. When Bands breakup, take 10 years off or whatever, and come back without any new music, it loses a lot.

[Alliball]

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But all those acts\bands have remained together and active with some legitimate new material. As well I don't think bands like Aerosmith orthe Stones are embarrasing themelves because they have remained together for the last 2 decades, so they still have that chemistry and they tour when they feel like it and have passion for it because they certainly don't need the cash although I haven't liked anything the Stones or Aerosmith have put out since the late 70's but that's personal taste.

I'm talking about bands like Zeppelin, original Van Halen, or the Police and The Who (at least what's left of them) where they haven't been together in many years, haven't released a legitimate new album in an even longer time than that and than pretend that they all love each other again and need to play together because of the passion stirring inside them (not enough passion to release some good new material apparently) when in reality they are in it just to charge ridiculous ticket prices to supplement thier retirement income while at the same time vehemently denying they are in it for the money.

It's actually even worse when they add insult to injury and decide to write some generic songs for a half assed album to complement thier tour to make it appear like they are being artistic and not in it for the money. Zeppelin was a 70's band, probably the best of the 70's and it should remain that way. They are retired creatively and should remain that way. It's like Jordan coming back to play for the Bulls at 50 years old and people would probably pay to see that as well. But I guess if people want to waste their hard earned money watching them pretend to be sexy rock stars again then to each thier own.

I saw The Police in august, they were on top of their game big time.

I saw Sting two years ago and he was no where near as good solo (doing some Police songs I might add) as he was a few months ago.

I see where you're coming from however.

[Stormyhog]

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I went to see Heart awhile back and Ann Wilson still can belt out the tunes. Her name has also been mentioned as a possible but highly unlikely replacement for Plant as Heart usually covers a bunch of Zep songs at their concerts. My opinion though is if Plant won't do it then just drop it as it's not Led Zeppelin, heck it hasn't been Led Zeppelin to me since John Bonham died.