Led Zeppelin Guitarist Jimmy Page to Pursue 'New Project'

After wrapping up the reissues of Led Zeppelin's final three albums—Presence, In Through the Out Door and Coda—Jimmy Page teased his ambition to continue his creativity with a "new project."

The iconic guitarist mentioned a live return but stated that he first needed to get "match fit" before he could jump into performing again. Page spoke to NME, detailing his desire to perform live after finally having a clear schedule. "The one thing I haven't been seen to be doing recently is playing guitar," he said. "So now I've got the opportunity to put all my drive into playing the guitar and working out what way to present myself next."

"I think it's safe to assume that will be a new project. I don't know who with yet because I haven't had a chance to work on it, but I've got material that's written I want to revisit and well, it's an exciting time," Page explains in the video below. Last September, the 71-year-old Zeppelin guitarist explained his plans to craft a new group with the intentions of playing career-spanning material from his backcatalogue.

"If I was to play again it would be with musicians that would be... some of the names might be new to you. I haven't put them together yet but I'm going to do that next year. If I went out to play, I would play material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with The Yardbirds. There would certainly be some new material in there as well," Page said at the time. Robert Plant has no intentions of regrouping with Led Zeppelin, giving Page the push he needs to pursue his next project.

Upon closing the doors to Led Zeppelin's vaults and unearthing alternative mixes of popular tracks, Page sat down with NME to discuss how remastering each album provided closure for the exceptional career of Led Zeppelin. "There was a duality to Led Zeppelin. One was live concerts. The other was the recording studio. This is closure, if you want to use that word, on the recording world, the studio world of Led Zeppelin," explained Page.

Presence, In Through the Out Door and Coda reissues will be available for purchase on July 31.

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