Robert Plant’s first impressions on the O2 gig

Published: February 12, 2008, 2:53 pm

Tags: heavy metal, other, led zeppelin, robert plant

After each of the surviving members, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page, each made a statement about the, now legendary, O2 reunion gig, it’s now time for the Led Zeppelin frontman to give his take on the performance and the band in general. “Golden God” is the title of a recently published interview, in Esquire Magazine, in which Plant reveals all sorts of details about the show, the morning after the gig (December 11). It was ramshackle, casual, nervous, overblown, a little self-indulgent it was all the things we ever were. We were the genuine thing last night. He added: We're not some ambivalent dross that pours into the charts by being some sort of valium for the middle-aged. It was a very decent and exciting visitation. Going even further into details, a shocking fact pops out, as Plant admits that the band didn’t do any pre-show warm-ups: We did two songs at a soundcheck the day before, and they were pretty hot. But yesterday [December

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