# Led Zeppelin - reforming and touring - for real, this time

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-reforming-and-touring-for-real-this-time/409388 "2007-06-25T20:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-reforming-and-touring-for-real-this-time/409388/21 "2007-07-04T13:12:46Z")

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[QUOTE=An Arky]  
They’re a power trio instrumentally, I believe is what **11811** is referring to. I don’t think Plant plays any instruments onstage, save maybe a tambourine or something.  
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Exactly. I know Jimmy Page has a great rep as a guitarist, but about the only guitarists I’d want to hear live with nothing more than a rhythm section are Joe Satriani and Steve Morse.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-reforming-and-touring-for-real-this-time/409388/22 "2007-07-04T13:25:03Z")

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Turns out [it’s not true.](http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/led_zeppelin/news/9952) And I’m ambivalent about whether that’s good news or not. I was at Madison Square Garden in 1988 for the Atlantic Records 40[sup]th[/sup] Anniversary gig, and while I thoroughly enjoyed that experience, many years have passed and Plant doesn’t sound anywhere near the same.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-reforming-and-touring-for-real-this-time/409388/23 "2007-07-04T13:43:53Z")

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I saw them in high school…maybe '73? It was the \*Stairway to Heaven \* tour. They were _definitely_ better in the studio than live. In fact, aside from the coolosity of actually “being” at their concert, I was underwhelmed.

Occasionally I’ll trip down Memory Lane when I hear their music, but for the most part, they haven’t held up well for me.

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