Robert Plant Rips Up $800 Million Led Zeppelin Reunion Contract

Robert Plant didn’t have a whole lotta love for this deal. He and the other living founding members of legendary hard-rock band Led Zeppelin were about to ink an $800 million contract with Virgin Atlantic billionaire Richard Branson to play a reunion tour, but the iconic band’s singer ripped the contract to shreds in the final moments, a report said. Founding members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones signed on immediately when the flamboyant investor offered the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the staggering amount to perform just 35 tour dates in three locations including London, Berlin and New Jersey, according to the UK’s Mirror. But Branson was left stunned when the 66-year-old Plant tore the agreement to pieces right in front of the concert promoters, the newspaper said. “There was an enormous sense of shock,” a source told the Mirror. “He said no and ripped up the paperwork he had been given.” READ MORE

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 05: Robert Plant is interviewed by One Show hosts Alex Jones and Chris Evans ahead of his performance for The One Show Music Festival with his band the Sensational Space Shifters at BBC Broadcasting House on September 5, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Neil Lupin/Redferns via Getty Images)