The Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath members have known each other since before they were famous. Robert Plant is a good friend of the musicians and revealed in an interview with Mojo that guitarist Tony Iommi invited him to be part of the band’s farewell festival, but he declined the invitation. He explained that he would have loved to be part of it, but he has been out of that kind of music for a long time, so it wouldn’t work.
Robert Plant recalls why he declined Tony Iommi’s invitation to Black Sabbath’s final show
“I said, Tony, I’d love to come, but I can’t come. I just can’t. I’m not saying that I’d rather hang out with Peter Gabriel or Youssou N’Dour, but I don’t know anything about what’s going on in that world now, at all. I don’t decry it, I’ve got nothing against it. It’s just I found these other places that are so rich,” Robert Plant said.
When Ozzy passed away last July, at the age of 76, Robert Plant paid tribute to his late friend, saying: “Farewell Ozzy … what a journey … sail on up there .. finally at peace .. you truly changed the planet of rock!”
The Led Zeppelin vocalist is currently preparing to tour to promote his new album “Saving Grace”, which is named by his current backing band. They already did some shows during the past months and besides new songs from this record, they played a few Led Zeppelin tracks like “Friends”, “Four Sticks” and “The Rain Song”.
Next Plant & Saving Grace dates
October
- 30 – Wheeling, WV – Capitol Theatre Wheeling
November
- 2 – Charlottesville, VA – The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville
- 3 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
- 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
- 6 – Boston, MA – Boch Center Shubert Theatre
- 8 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
- 10 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
- 12 – Chicago, IL – The Vic
- 13 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
- 15 – Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
- 18 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre
- 19 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
- 21 – Oakland, CA – The Fox
- 22 – Los Angeles, CA – United Theater on Broadway