Richard Branson On LED ZEPPELIN Reunion Rumors - "As Much As I Love The Band, There Is Absolutely No Truth To The Story"
November 12, 2014, 9 years ago
Robert Plant has called reports of a Led Zeppelin tour "rubbish", and now Richard Branson is doing the same, reports CNN. On his blog Wednesday, the Virgin Group founder said he's "dazed and confused" by rumors that he offered an $800 million (£500 million) contract to see Led Zeppelin re-form for a reunion tour.
"As much as I love the band, there is absolutely no truth to the story," Branson said.And despite what you may have heard, Virgin Atlantic isn't going to rename a plane "and include a stairway to heaven" in Led Zeppelin's honor, Branson added. "However nice an idea, this is also completely untrue."
The report that Branson was involved in a Led Zeppelin reunion appeared in The Daily Mirror this week and claimed that Branson was eager to cart the band around in one of his jets as part of a tour that would hit London, Berlin and New Jersey.
It was said that Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were all in for the deal along with Jason Bonham, the son of the band's late drummer, John Bonham.
The holdout, the Daily Mirror reported, was Plant, the lead singer.
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