Jimmy Page Wants To Form New Band For Solo Tour

Yesterday, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page participated in a London Q&A session to discuss the reissues of Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy that are due on October 28 and gave a hint of what a potential solo tour might involve.

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While Page’s preference would be for a Led Zeppelin reunion, his comments yesterday seem to show he’s ready to move on. “I don’t think it looks as though that’s a possibility or on the cards, so there’s not much more I can say about that. I’m not going to give a detail-by-detail account of what one person says or another person says. All I can say is it doesn’t look likely, does it?” Page responded when asked about a potential Led Zeppelin reunion.

When asked about a solo tour, Jimmy responded “If I was to play again it would be with musicians that would be… some of the names might be new to you. I haven’t put them together yet but I’m going to do that next year. If I went out to play, I would play material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with The Yardbirds. There would certainly be some new material in there as well…” Page added, “I love playing live, I really do. Live concerts are always an interesting challenge because it means you can always change things as you’re playing every night. You can make it even more of an adventure. I would play all of the things I’m known to play — instrumental versions of ‘Dazed And Confused’ etcetera, etcetera…”

Earlier this year Page told Rolling Stone he’s got “lots and lots” of new material. Hopefully, we’ll get to hear it soon.

[via Blabbermouth]