Robert Plant’s publicist denies the former Led Zeppelin singer ripped up an $800 million contract offer from Richard Branson to reunite the band.
Right. It was only $798 million.
Plant and former bandmates Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, as well as Jason Bonham, son of the late drummer John Bonham, were reportedly offered $800 million by Virgin mogul Branson to perform a 35-date, three-city reunion tour, according to British publication The Mirror. Page, Jones and Bonham supposedly agreed right away.
I’m surprised. Jason Bonham is probably one busy guy.
Branson was reportedly going to use one of his jumbo jets to fly the band between London, Berlin and New Jersey. The band would’ve had an option to do 45 more gigs in five venues. The payday — plus another $100 million in merchandise sales — would be split among the three surviving original members, while Bonham would be put on salary.
A band source reportedly told The Mirror “Jimmy, John and Jason signed up immediately. It was a no-brainer for them but Robert asked for 48 hours to think about it. When he said no and ripped up the paperwork he had been given, there was an enormous sense of shock. There is no way they can go ahead without him.”
Plant’s publicist reportedly told the Guardian the report was “rubbish.”
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