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LED ZEPPELIN celebrated their triumphant comeback gig by planning world domination over cups of tea and coffee.

Unlike in their hellraising heyday, singer ROBERT PLANT and guitarist JIMMY PAGE slapped each other on the back and were handed giant mugs of hot drinks.

But then the rock fighting talk began and they discussed returning to Madison Square Garden in New York - where they did three sell-out shows in 1973.

My source backstage at London’s O2 arena said: “Robert had a couple of bottles of beer before going on stage but afterwards it was just hot mugs of tea and coffee.

“The band were really fired up and were talking about their late drummer JOHN BONHAM and what he would have thought about it - it was a time for reflection.

“Then the talk went to, ‘What next? Was this it or would there be something else?’ One of the guys started talking about their three concerts at the Garden.

“There was a consensus of, ‘Why not?’ It is one of the best live music venues in the world. I have no doubt after their reaction backstage that they will be there next year playing to a sell-out crowd.”

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LED ZEPPELIN celebrated their triumphant comeback gig by planning world domination over cups of tea and coffee.

Unlike in their hellraising heyday, singer ROBERT PLANT and guitarist JIMMY PAGE slapped each other on the back and were handed giant mugs of hot drinks.

But then the rock fighting talk began and they discussed returning to Madison Square Garden in New York - where they did three sell-out shows in 1973.

My source backstage at London’s O2 arena said: “Robert had a couple of bottles of beer before going on stage but afterwards it was just hot mugs of tea and coffee.

“The band were really fired up and were talking about their late drummer JOHN BONHAM and what he would have thought about it - it was a time for reflection.

“Then the talk went to, ‘What next? Was this it or would there be something else?’ One of the guys started talking about their three concerts at the Garden.

“There was a consensus of, ‘Why not?’ It is one of the best live music venues in the world. I have no doubt after their reaction backstage that they will be there next year playing to a sell-out crowd.”

They're headlining Bonnaroo in 2008

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I registered for the drawing for tickets at the Londond show, but didn't make the cut.

A New York show, or even an American tour, would be greatness.

Have you heard Plant's new work with Allison Krauss? Its solid, but I don't know if Plant's voice has much left...and hes just doing folk...Zep songs may ruin those pipes.

That said...if they come to New York I'm in...just to say I saw Zeppelin live.

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DAVID

: You are witnesess at the new birth of Spinal Tap Mark II, hope you enjoy our new direction... ...on the bass:

Derek Smalls, he wrote this.....

REPORTER

: So tonight’s the last show of the tour. How’s that feel? You know, is like this your last waltz, are we talkin’ the

end of Spinal Tap, or are you gonna try to milk it for a few more years in Europe, I mean....

DAVID

: Well, I don’t, I don’t really think that the end can be assessed...uh as of itself as being the end because what

does the end feel like, it’s like saying when you try to extrapolate the end of the universe you say the...if the

universe is indeed infinite then how what does that mean? How far is is t...is all the way and then if it stops

what’s stoppin’ it and what’s behind what’s stoppin’ it, so what’s the end, you know, is my...question to you....

GUY

: ‘Sa good crowd. Good crowd.

JEANINE

: It is, isn’t it?

GUY

: Yeah, it really is. I mean, you know, some of these things just, you know, don’t mean much.

JEANINE

: It was hard to get at the last minute, you know, you can’t arrange it all overnight.

DEREK

: David, we had a fifteen-year ride, mate. ‘Mean, who wants to be a fuck’n forty-five year old rock’n’roller

farting around in front of people less than half their age?....

DAVID

: So true, so true, yeah....

DEREK

: ...cranking out some kind of mediocre head-banging bullshit, you know, that we’ve forgotten...

DAVID

: It would b...it’s beneath us...who wants to see that... not me.

DEREK

: That’s right...absolutely right. I mean, we could take those projects that we thought, you know, we didn’t have

time for....

DAVID

: Oh, there’s dozens, there’s so many dozens of projects.

DEREK

: You know, we didn’t have time for ‘em because of Tap and bring ‘em back to life maybe.

DAVID

: Do you remember what we were...do you remember the time?

DEREK

: At the Luton...at the Luton Palace...

DAVID

: Yes.

DEREK

: We were talking about a rock musical based on the life of Jack the Ripper...

DAVID

: Yeah,’Saucy Jack.’

DEREK

: Right.’Saucy Jack.’ Now’s the time to do that.

DAVID

: “Saucy Jack, you’re a naughty one, Saucy Jack, you’re a haughty one, Saucy Jack.”

DEREK

: Right...

DAVID

: It’s a freein’ up, innit?

DEREK

: Yeah.

DAVID

: It’s all this free time. It’s suddenly time is so elastic..

DEREK

: It’s a gift, it’s a gift of freedom. You know.

DAVID

: I’ve always, I’ve always wanted to do a collection of my acoustic numbers with the London Philharmonic as

you know.

DEREK

: We’re lucky.

DAVID

: Yeah.

DEREK

: I mean people...people should be envying us. You know.

DAVID

: I envy us.

DEREK

: Yeah.

DAVID

: I do.

DEREK

: Me too.

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