Led Zeppelin's singer Robert Plant ripped up a contract, which would have paid him about 300 million dollars, and refused to rejoin the legendary band.
The 66-year-old rock legend ripped up Sir Richard Branson's contract for 35 dates in three cities in front of astonished promoters after the other members of the supergroup all signed up, the Mirror reported.
The English musician said that he thought it wasn't the right thing to do.
Branson had planned to have the staircase of the Starship jet renamed the 'Stairway to Heaven' after the band's 70s hit and was going to sell off the back 20 rows of the aircraft as special Led Zep seats for 100,000 pounds each.
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