Melbourne
(ANI):
English
rock
band
Led
Zeppelin
is
finally
set
for
a
reunion
tour
after
their
lead
vocalist
Robert
Plant,
60,
agreed
to
join
them.
The
band
comprising
of
guitarist
Jimmy
Page,
64,
bassist
John
Paul
Jones,
62,
and
drummer
Jason
Bonham,
42,
were
determined
to
go
ahead
with
the
tour
with
or
without
Plant.
The
rest
of
the
band
members
started
having
rehearsals
for
stand-in
singers,
and
when
they
came
across
an
American,
who
was
very
impressive,
they
were
confident
that
they
could
go
ahead
without
the
rock
singer.
When
Plant
saw
that
the
group
was
serious
about
going
ahead
with
the
planned
tour
without
him,
he
was
finally
persuaded
to
join
them.
"The
rest
of
the
band
had
all
but
given
up
on
Robert
joining
them,
but
they
were
determined
to
go
ahead
so
had
started
to
seriously
explore
other
avenues," the
Daily
Telegraph
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
"When
Robert
realised
the
band
were
serious
about
doing
it
without
him,
it
made
him
think
long
and
hard.
"He
realised
he
couldn't
face
the
thought
of
not
being
involved.
The
band
were
over
the
moon
when
he
told
them
the
news.
They
are
now
forging
ahead
with
the
tour
plans
and
they
can"t
wait
to
get
on
the
road," the
source
added.
The
idea
for
the
tour,
which
is
set
for
next
summer,
came
after
their
successful
one-off
reunion
show
at
London's
O2
Arena
in
December.
Led
Zeppelin,
who
have
sold
more
than
300million
albums
worldwide,
formed
in
1968
and
split
up
in
1980
after
drummer
John
Bonham,
Jason's
father,
died
aged
32.
Rolling
Stone
magazine
dubbed
them
the
biggest
band
of
the
70s.