Jimmy Page has no plans to tour again.
The Led Zeppelin legend hasn’t performed since he appeared at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2023 and explained that life on the road no longer “appeals” to him.
Speaking to The Sun at the Music Industry Trust Awards, Jimmy said: “The whole sort of, ‘Living out of a suitcase, bags go down at seven in the morning, and then you leave for the plane at midday’, that doesn’t really appeal to me anymore.”
However, the 82-year-old rocker has no intention of giving up on playing the guitar.
Page said: “But the idea of playing does, and I am still playing – of course I am.”
Meanwhile, the musician explained that he was always “striving to be better” during his career.
When asked if his Led Zeppelin bandmates – including Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham – ever found him difficult to work with, Jimmy told Guitar Player magazine: “I don’t know if anyone thought I was.
“You’re always trying to strive to be better and better and better. That’s all there is to it. And sometimes, whatever you’ve done isn’t good enough. Do better, do better. But, you know, that’s my own thing. And I haven’t changed. That’s how I am.”
The guitarist once admitted that he didn’t think Led Zeppelin would exist today because of the immediacy of the online world.
Page found working in the 1970s a “fun time as a creative musician” as the Stairway to Heaven rockers were able to experiment with their sound and introduce new material at gigs without worrying that it would be leaked to the rest of the world.
He explained: “We used to throw songs into the live set that we hadn’t recorded yet, just for fun.
“We did that with Immigrant Song at Bath Festival in 1970, and nobody had heard anything like it. You don’t have that freedom now because it would be posted online immediately. It was a fun time as a creative musician, a fun time to be in a band.”
