Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has once again addressed the oft-asked question about whether he’d like to play with his old band again and, not surprisingly, his response won’t encourage fans holding out hope for a reunion.
Page hosted an event Tuesday at London’s Olympic Studios featuring a playback of tracks from the next installments of Led Zeppelin’s reissue campaign.
NME asked the guitar legend if remastering the band’s catalog made him want to reunite with the other Zeppelin members, to which he answered, “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?”
Although Page did not mention Robert Plant, his remark seemed to be influenced by the Zeppelin singer’s recent dismissive comments regarding a reunion.
In August, Plant told U.K. newspaper The Telegraph that he thought Jimmy “should get on and do something,” adding, “he’s a superb talent.”
NME reports that Page revealed during Tuesday’s event that he indeed was considering a new solo project.
“If I was to play again it would be with musicians that would be… some of the names might be new to you,” he explained. “I haven’t put them together yet but I’m going to do that next year.”
He said that his shows with this proposed group would include “material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with The Yardbirds. There would certainly be some new material in there as well.”
The 70-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer added he loves to perform live, and said his shows would include instrumental versions of classic Led Zeppelin tunes like “Dazed and Confused.”
The latest Led Zeppelin reissues, remastered and expanded editions of 1971’s Led Zeppelin IV and 1973’s Houses of the Holy, will be released on October 28.
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