LED ZEPPELIN Reunion: ROBERT PLANT Speaks About O2 Gig

According to NME.com, LED ZEPPELIN's lead singer, Robert Plant, has spoken out for the first time about his experience at the band's O2 reunion gig last year (December 10).

Speaking to Esquire magazine the morning after the show (December 11) Plant said: "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."

Revealing further details about the event Plant admitted he did not warm up before gig saying: "We did two songs at a soundcheck the day before, and they were pretty hot. But yesterday [December 10] I had to keep very, very quiet. I didn't want to talk. I just lay in a dark room playing my little ukulele, going: "If I was in Mali, it wouldn't be like this."

After the gig Plant had only one thing on his mind, grabbing a drink.

The singer said: "I was trying to find the special brew. My children are always embarrassed when I get on the Tenant's Super, and the other guys, well none of them drink. So I just had a drink, gave everybody big hugs, saw my family, took in a bit of, I guess, nostalgia."

Plant also revealed that the whole evening seemed like a bit of a blur saying: "In the middle of all that effort, there were so many little flashbacks that I didn't expect. I couldn't put a form to a lot of it: it was just there. I thought: this is really cute, all these fucking old blokes huddled round John's [Bonham] son."

Concluding the interview Plant remained adamant that a world tour would not happen saying he wanted to concentrate on his project with Alison Krauss.

He said: "I really enjoyed playing with my friends [LED ZEPPELIN], and we are a lot closer because of it. But the responsibility, the whole deal…it's a whole different thing to what I'm doing with Alison."

Plant then continued adding: "I was singing the same, better, last night. I could go to certain places. But with Alison, it's not about that. It's about being comely. That's where I'm bound."