Zeppelin to tour, record without Plant

LONDON: Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin are planning to return to recording and touring without singer and frontman Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones said while talking to a British radio.Jones said the hard-rocking group were trying out different singers to replace Plant, who has repeatedly voiced his reluctance to join in a full reunion after a mammoth one-off gig at the O2 Arena in London last December.Some 20 million people applied for the 20,000 tickets for the charity concert -- the band's first full gig since they split in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham.Jones said he, guitarist Jimmy Page and Bonham's drummer son Jason were keen to get out playing concerts again -- and were not hanging around waiting for Plant to change his mind."We are trying out a couple of singers," the 62-year-old said. "We want to do it. It's sounding great and we want to get on and get out there."Jones said the band were not searching for a Plant replica."It's got to be right. There's no point in just finding another Robert," he said. "You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don't want to be our own tribute band."There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be on board."The O2 show -- the first time the original three have played together in public for 19 years -- was part of a tribute concert for the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who signed the group in 1968.Led Zeppelin went on to sell more than 300 million albums worldwide, with "Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love" and "Kashmir" among their best-loved songs.


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