John-Paul Jones "hoping to play Glastonbury"

[sifi]

Some of those early Newport Folk Festivals had amazing line-ups. Seeger, Dylan, Baez, Howling Wolf, Johnny Cash.

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

This is where the Macc Lads reunion tour comes into play......

[strummer77]

Bath Fest. Wow. Isle of Wight wasn't Hendrix was way out of it and coudln't hear his guitar out of tune and died like 3 months after

[workman01]

Masters of spin?

Zeppelin?

I thought they had minimal marketing, didn't release any singles here in the UK, their most famous album didn't even have their name on it?

Is that spin?

[Zacko]

I guess when Hendrix was having an off day he was still f**king brilliant compared to almost anyone else

[grandadcollective]

Well after seeing TCV at Plymouth last week I'd say JPJ could play twice no problem. At the moment Them Crooked Vultures looks a more likely prospect for next year to me but I will be all fingers crossed for Zep. I'd even settle for Bob Plant joining them on stage for a few numbers at the very least.

[austrian_zeppelin]

all this spin reminds me of the run up to the O2 reunion... I am but he isn't he is thinking of it but we are... no we aren't doing a led zep reunion etc etc.

It is getting us all talking and these guys as we know are the masters of spin... outside of the Labour party circa 97-03

[workman01]

he was reffering to projects he's working on, not Zeppelin...

This is a transcription of that part of the interview

if anyone can read something cryptic about him playing with Zeppelin there... well.. good luck to you

this is how 'spin' works..?

[sifi]

This is how spin works yes... are we debating it? are we talking about? is it getting hype? etc etc.

[jameshunt]

ok after the O2 show we all knew about how it all came about before it though it was very much Oh No we are not reforming it will never happen... tickets go on sale via a ballot system on tuesday good luck *cough**cough*

they will deny it give little bits away ehre and there purely to get us all talking like they did with the O2 show.

he never said it wasn't with zeppelin... the article said it wasn't with zeppelin. he said he ahd new music that he would hopefulyl be playing live next year for all we know this could be new zeppelin songs it could be solo material it could be a collab with osmeone else he also avoided saying it was solo stuff.

This is how spin works yes... are we debating it? are we talking about? is it getting hype? etc etc.

[5co77ie]

check it out:

http://lemonsqueezings.blogspot.com/search/label/Reunion

The statement here about what Plant did or didn't say "continually" throughout the whole of 2008 is a little misleading.

Plant may have been clear in some interviews about how much he disliked the idea of a lengthy Led Zeppelin reunion tour, but those comments did not necessarily reflect his opinions of a show here and there. It wasn't until nearly 10 months into the calendar year, as his touring commitments with Alison Krauss were winding down, that Plant produced his ultimate statement that he would not be going on tour with Led Zeppelin and not recording with them either.

That was his final word on the subject, he told us -- at least for the next two years.

So, by Plant's own words, sure, he could be making other plans for the end of 2010 that do involve Led Zeppelin. Could it somehow be that's exactly what he wants to lead the world to believe?

Or is that simply the action of a man who knows what effect his words will have? Did he want Contactmusic and others to jump at the opportunity to force his name back in the headlines at a time when all the Led Zeppelin-related news is coming from the supposedly "quiet one" and his "loud music"?

Surely, Plant's Glastonbury story got more mileage than did the context of Q magazine's Outstanding Contribution to Music award, which placed the microphones in front of his face in the first place. Maybe it was part of Plant's design to be a thunderthief to John Paul Jones on the day Them Crooked Vultures was releasing "New Fang" to radio stations and announcing further U.S. tour dates in light of a heavily anticipated album.

Plant's award didn't hold a candle to his summer trip to Buckingham Palace, where he received the rank of Commander of the British Empire at a Buckingham Palace. Everybody in England ran stories about that!

At least outside the royal residence, Plant had the dignity to mock reporters who dared ask him about the possibility of a Led Zeppelin reunion. "Sometimes I go a bit deaf in either ear, especially when people are talking nonsense," he was quoted as saying when the microphones were shoved in his face that time.

Right there, he said "nonsense."

Plant, facetiously as ever, did joke Monday about the idea of booking himself a solo spot on the Glastonbury stage. He said: "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm good at card tricks."

OK, so apparently, Plant has forgotten it is common practice for a solo artist to assemble a band for outings. What's that thing Plant's always insisting he is, over and above the singer in Led Zeppelin? Oh yeah, that's right, a solo artist. That's what.

Until he switches it up again.

Let's speculate just for a moment that Plant was meeting with Glastonbury's Michael Eavis about booking a Led Zeppelin appearance at the festival, which is set to conclude on June 27, 2010.

Go on and stick with me, baby.

If this were the case and Led Zeppelin was appearing, we would have been tipped off to the appearance eight months and a day before the festival's headlining act took to the stage.

That's just about how long Plant waited last year after the Led Zeppelin reunion at the O2 arena to announce he wasn't going to take part in any activity with that band again.

That's exactly what he's doing again!

If this really were the beginnings of a Led Zeppelin reunion, every indication is there would be no indication.

The people involved are the same people who kept their rehearsals and gig planning in mid 2007 a secret until it could be officially announced later in the year. They also kept word of last year's secret rehearsals that didn't involve Plant hidden from the mainstream media for the better part of a year. And the supergroup starring Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme was also the world's best kept secret for about as many months until it all started to unfold delicately, piece by considered piece.

There's no way word of a Led Zeppelin reunion would have leaked so callously this early on. Plant, in an attempt to cast the media spotlight on himself, merely played the ambiguity card to let people believe what they want to believe.

[jameshunt]

That's not my defintion of spin. I think there is honestly a lot of genunine interest in Zeppelin out there - based on their music. Not the hype, but on their body of work. It wasn't always the case. Ten years ago, most people would have turned their noses up at Zep and called them a Heavy Metal Band.

[sifi]

They were a Heavy Metal band, but I'd bet my mortgage that most would not have turned their noses up at them 10 years ago.

Edited December 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[jameshunt]

Maybe not ten, but fifteen years ago they were thought of by the mainstream press as a metal band and as such they'd turn their noses up at them. They wouldn't get a look in in the Sun, or even the NME.

Edited December 17, 2009 by jameshunt

[workman01]

look at it this way... why do they not just announce the lineup when they book the band/artist? it's sold out so why wait til may/june to announce it?

it get's hype around the festival... who is in the line-up etc it keeps us all talking, why on earth is this board filled with rumour threads if it's sold out anyway?

it's a led zeppelin reunion (assuming they have been approached) ok it's only what 2 years since the O2 but there was a reason behind that show assuming they have been approached and are considering it seriously it is big news as this would be a reunion for no apparent reason (40th anniversary isn't a reason) and the hype around it and in turn the festival itself will be huge if it does happen. Also assuming they don't play as led zeppelin we know Plant will probably appear at some point over the festival... I'm almost postivie TCV will make an appearance, hey if Page has new material and is performing live he may also have a slot.

They might as well use a possible led zeppelin reunion to help advertise themselves and their work whatever it may be, and tbf if all three are there I see it happening in one way or another, even if it isn't billed.

[jameshunt]

look at it this way... why do they not just announce the lineup when they book the band/artist? it's sold out so why wait til may/june to announce it?

it get's hype around the festival... who is in the line-up etc it keeps us all talking, why on earth is this board filled with rumour threads if it's sold out anyway?

.....

[workman01]

Most of the 800-1000 acts are not even booked yet. Yes, they want to keep some surprises back but on the whole a lot of the bands simply are not booked/confirmed/signed until nearer the festival.

[sifi]

Since when did "most people" become "the Sun, or even the NME" ?????

[FunkyDenz]

Ten years ago, most people would have turned their noses up at Zep and called them a Heavy Metal Band.

[jameshunt]

All I'm saying was they were very much a rockers band for the rockers set back then. Which is daft because they weren't a heavy metal band. Anyone who has heard Led Zep III would tell you that.

Edited December 17, 2009 by jameshunt

[sifi]

I suggest you research the routes of the term Heavy Metal. Note: it did not mean what it has become today. Just like original R&B was light years away from the non-blues based so-called R&B of today.

Edited December 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[jameshunt]

All I'm saying was they were very much a rockers band for the rockers set back then. Which is daft because they weren't a heavy metal band. Anyone who has heard Led Zep III would tell you that.

[sifi]

p.s. I have heard Led Zepp III - I bought it in the shops the day it was released.

Edited December 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[jameshunt]

I'm well aware of the history. Steppenwolf - Heavy Metal Thunder. First use of the word, possibly, in a rock song.

They were always a blues rock band. Progressive Blues Rock band. Never metal. Black Sabbath were a metal band. I think it's wrong to label Zep a metal band. Going to California? That's the Way? Metal?

They are no more a metal band than The Cream, or Jimi Hendrix.

And you don't need to lecture me on what R&B is. Howlin' Wolf - London Session - that's R&B. Leadbelly, that's R&B.

[jameshunt]

they weren't heavy metal...