No, Robert Plant Didn't Rip Up an $800 Million Contract

“It was a no-brainer for them but Robert asked for 48 hours to think about it,” a source told the Daily Mirror. “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

“It was a no-brainer for them but Robert asked for 48 hours to think about it,” a source told the Daily Mirror. “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

UK tabloid newspaper The Mirror published a story over the weekend claiming that Robert Plant nixed a nearly $800 million dollar deal for a LED ZEPPELIN tour proposed by British mogul Richard Branson. According to the report, Branson, a die-hard fan of 

In a story that will only add to the legend of Led Zeppelin, the band's lead singer, Robert Plant, reportedly turned down the chance for the surviving members to bank a staggering $800 million for a reunion tour.

According to British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, Branson, a lifelong fan, tried to entice them into a 35-date reunion tour with the hefty sum but Plant refused after Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham, son of late drummer John Bonham, had signed on.