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Plant Caves; Led Zep Will Tour

Posted Sep 26, 08 10:01 AM CDT in Gossip,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Rock legend Robert Plant has finally agreed to participate in a Led Zeppelin reunion tour with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones, and late drummer John Bonham's son Jason, the Sun reports. His bandmates had been rehearsing with stand-in singers.

“When Robert realized the band were serious about doing it without him, it made him think long and hard," a source told the tabloid. "He realized he couldn’t face the thought of not being involved."
Source: Sun (UK)

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Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page talks about documentary film, "It Might Get Loud," during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Toronto.   (AP Photo)
Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant performs during a concert part of the Live Earth music festival in Bucharest Sunday, July 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/Andreea Balaurea)
Singer Robert Plant, left, and guitarist Jimmy Page, right, of the British rock band Led Zeppelin perform at the Live Aid concert at Philadelphia's J.F.K. Stadium in this file photo July 13, 1985.   (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
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