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AFP

January 29, 2008

Tokyo -- Led Zeppelin is ready for a world tour after the band's recent reunion, but it won't be until later this year at the earliest, lead guitarist Jimmy Page said yesterday.

The British hard-rock legends put on a two-hour concert last month at London's 02 Arena for 20,000 fans, and speculation has swirled a fully fledged world tour.

Page, who is visiting Japan to promote a greatest-hits album, acknowledged that the three surviving members of the iconic 1970s band had laid the groundwork for a world tour, but refused to be pinned down to definite plans, saying any tour would depend on front man Robert Plant's busy schedule.

Plant "has a parallel project and he's really busy with that, certainly until September," Page said.
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The London gig came 27 years after the band split up following the death of drummer John Bonham.