Robert Plant Rips Up $800 Million Led Zeppelin Reunion Offer (Later Reported as Untrue)

editors note – as of 11/12/14 this was discovered not to be the true events of what conspired, but it made for good discussion nonetheless

Robert Plant will never reunite with Led Zeppelin – even for the amount of an $800 million contract.     The 66-year-old singer walked away from a 35-date tour that would have paid the rock group nearly $800 million — ripping up the contract in front of stunned promoters, the Mirror newspaper reported Sunday. British tycoon Sir Richard Branson had planned to reunite the icons and promoters had even gotten the green light Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones who signed on immediately per sources.  The mega deal would have paid Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones roughly $300 million apiece, before taxes, according to The Mirror.  Jason Bonham would have been paid wages to perform.  Group members lobbied hard for Plant to join in but he wouldn’t change his mind.  An industry source said they were told they could have been paid for 35 dates in three cities, London at the O2, Berlin and New Jersey.