Robert Plant has ruled out the chance of Led Zeppelin performing live any time soon, saying there is โ€œzeroโ€ chance of another reunion show.

In an interview with the BBC about the forthcoming reissue of the bandโ€™s first three albums, Jimmy Page said he was sure fans would be keen for another reunion show, like the one the band did at Londonโ€™s O2 seven years ago.

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โ€œIโ€™m sure people would love to hear it,โ€ Page said. โ€œIโ€™m not the one to be asking, I donโ€™t sing.โ€

When asked about the possibility of a show, however, Robert Plant said the chance of it happening was โ€œzeroโ€.

The three reissues, which will be released on June 2, will feature dozens of previously unheard recordings. Snippets of two of the tracks โ€“ an early version of โ€œWhole Lotta Loveโ€ and blues standard โ€œKeys To The Highwayโ€ were heard on the BBC interview this morning.

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Page has spent the last two-and-a-half years working on the reissues. โ€œI donโ€™t want to die and have somebody else do it,โ€ he said. โ€œIโ€™m authoritative about what was done in the first place.โ€

Page says it was โ€œreassuringโ€ to revisit the bandโ€™s early recordings. โ€œItโ€™s undeniable that weโ€™re good,โ€ he adds. โ€œThe band was the real deal.โ€

However, he said that listening to the tracks years later has given him a different perspective. โ€œMy enthusiasm sometimes got in the way of finesse. I listen to it and go, wow, why didnโ€™t I shut up a bit?โ€ he laughs. โ€œI kind of overcooked it.โ€

There will be โ€œlots of surprisesโ€ on the reissues, Page promised. The final three will be released in 2015.

โ€œThese things arenโ€™t to study,โ€ he said. โ€œTheyโ€™re to turn up very loud and say, hey, once upon at time, everything was just as easy as this.โ€