Like those fortunate enough to attend Led Zeppelin's London reunion show in 2007, Robert Plant enjoyed it -- but that was then and this is now.
He tells Rolling Stone, "It was magnificent. We hit a home run that night, which is something that we were really fearful of. There was probably more riding on that than we would care to believe. Our performance was crucial, but we could reproduce sound in a much more reliable way, so we could be kick-ass, and sound kick-ass."
But these days, he's focused on putting out new music, as will be the case on October 13th when he releases his album Carry Fire. "Anyone who gets tangled up in music and performance wants to keep it going. But by which means do you do it? Cramming the stuff into the suitcase again and playing live? Or is it creativity, another adventure, and trying to impress people who often want to hear how it was rather than how it is? That's what I've been trying to do."
He does keep in touch with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones a bit. "A cup of coffee from time to time. But nothing intimate."
Not only is a reunion off the table, so is a memoir, which he says will "never" happen. "What I know between my ears here is priceless. It's magnificent, sometimes tearful, but mostly cheerful. There have been highs and lows and a lot of adventure, and I keep it hid."
Plant starts his next tour on November 16th in Plymouth, England.