Robert Plant turns down almost $1 billion from Richard Branson to reunite Led Zeppelin
Published in Weird News
LONDON (UPI) -- Singer Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has turned down almost $1 billion from Virgin founder Richard Branson to reunite the band.
Branson was offering £500 million (roughly $794 million) to the band in exchange for Zeppelin playing 35 dates in three cities, London, Berlin and New Jersey, and the billionaire was planning to let the band use one of his Jumbo jets, saying he'd rename it "The Starship."
He was even going to title the plane's staircase the "Stairway to Heaven," after the song. The money would have been split between the three remaining members.
"They have tried to talk him round but there is no chance," a source told the UK's The Daily Mirror. His mind is made up and that's that.
Fellow bandmates Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones agreed to the tour immediately, as did deceased drummer John Bonham's son Jason Bonham. Plant put the plans to a halt by ripping up the contract in front of Branson.
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