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Updated: Robert Plant's publicist has described the report as 'rubbish' that Robert Plant turned down an offer of 500 million to reform Led Zeppelin.
According to the Mirror, the rock god was offered a 35 date tour organized by Richard Branson who planned gigs in Berlin, New Jersey and at London's O2 Arena. Branson had already got approval from Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones who both wanted to accept for almost $300 million apiece (with Jason Bonham also being paid handsomely to perform).
However Plant's publicist has told the Guardian that there is no truth in the rumours, describing them simply as 'rubbish'.
Page recently announced that it is very unlikely that Led Zeppelin will ever play again. Speaking to NME during a playback of the remastered editions of both Led Zeppelin IV and House Of The Holy, the guitarist explained: "I don't think it looks as though that's a possibility or on the cards, so there's not much more I can say about that.
"I'm not going to give a detail-by-detail account of what one person says or another person says. All I can say is it doesn't look likely, does it?"
The announcement comes after Robert Plant has repeatedly expressed his lack of interest in reforming the band. He told a Moroccan press concerence earlier this year that Page "needs to go to sleep and have a good rest, and think again." The Led Zep frontman explained: "We have a great history together and like all brothers, we have these moments where we don’t speak on the same page but that’s life."
Plant went further with Uncut in June. "I feel for the guy. He knows he's got the headlines if he wants them. But I don't know what he's trying to do. So I feel slightly disappointed and baffled."
Recently Plant also told the title that he preferred playing with his new group. "We’ve been all around the world, setting places on fire and it’s so much better to do that than to bathe in the tepid bathtub of old hits."
Jimmy Page recently announced that he may be releasing a new solo album in 2015.
