"A couple of years ago, I said [to Jimmy Page], 'If you've got anything acoustic, let me know. I'll give it a whirl.' It was hands across the water," Plant tells Uncut. "But he walked away. Just walked away. But we couldn't do anything proper. The weight of expectation is too great."

In recent months, the lone holdout for a reunion of the iconic band has been trading shots with his former bandmate over the subject. "I feel for the guy," explained Plant. "He knows he's got the headlines if he wants them. But I don't know what he's trying to do. So I feel slightly disappointed and baffled."