Paperwork hampers Led Zeppelin reunion

Robert Plant has admitted that paperwork has put him off the idea of a Led Zeppelin comeback.

The iconic rock group reformed for a one-off show at London's O2 Arena last year, but Plant told GQ that record industry bureaucracy has cooled his interest in a permanent reunion.

Plant likened the "endless paperwork" required to something out of the spoof rock documentary This Is Spinal Tap.

He said: "The endless paperwork was like nothing I've experienced before. I've kept every one of the emails that were exchanged before the concert and I'm thinking of compiling them for a book, which I feel sure would be hailed as a sort of literary version of Spinal Tap."

The 60-year-old added that any reunion would be on the band's terms.

"Led Zeppelin's never been about the fans," he said. "We've always been about four guys coming together to make thrilling, disturbing rock 'n' roll."