ROBERT PLANT

ROBERT PLANT Leads Green Man 2007 Line-Up

The following report is courtesy of soundgenerator.com:

This year's headliners for the 2007 Green Man Festival has been revealed, with former LED ZEPPELIN legend ROBERT PLANT and folk star Joanna Newsom heading up the summer folk weekender. Robert Plant will head up the main stage with his backing band the STRANGE SENSATIONS. The Sunday headliner is still to be confirmed.

Tickets are on sale now, with weekend access costing £98 per adult and free to under 12s. The venue will be the same as last year - the rolling hills of Glanusk Park in the Brecon Beacons. The campsite will open on 16th August with the festival running from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August.

A number of accommodation options are available, but are likely to sell out quickly as in 2006. Organisers have promised there will be music late on into the night, with more campfire ceilidhs and an increased capacity

ROBERT PLANT Says That He And JIMMY PAGE Are Out Of Touch

According to Howie Edelson from Launch, ROBERT PLANT says that, although there's no bad blood between him and LED ZEPPELIN co-founder JIMMY PAGE, the two have fallen out of touch. Plant spoke to Britain's Mojo magazine, who asked him if the he and Page, who co-wrote most of the band's most popular material, are still in contact. Plant said, "No. I'd like to talk to him but I never do. Lives change. The unfortunate thing is that whenever John (Paul Jones), Jimmy and myself meet up, the points of reference are always about the past. If there wasn't any previous triumph then we probably wouldn’t be in touch."

We asked Plant why he hasn't been gung-ho for a full scale Led Zeppelin reunion: "It's not that I've been obstructive. It's just that it meant what it meant when it meant it, and beyond that there was no story, and with John's (Bonham) passing and all that stuff, it was gone. There's no need for it."

Led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham died on September 25th, 1980. On December 4th, 1980, the band announced that they had broken up.

Since disbanding, the Plant, Page and Jones have reformed live three times as Led Zeppelin; On July 13th, 1985 at Live Aid in Philadelphia with Tony Thompson and Phil Collins on drums; on May 18th, 1988 at the Atlantic Records'40th anniversary concert at New York's Madison Square Garden with John Bonham's son Jason Bonham on drums; and on January 12th, 1995, when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Jason Bonham again filling in for his dad.

Plant and Page reformed as a duo in the mid '90s and released two albums, the live album No Quarter: Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Unledded and 1998's studio set Walking Into Clarksdale. The two also toured and performed a Zeppelin-heavy setlist.

Robert Plant is currently recording his latest solo set in Nashville.