Jimmy Page recently closed the doors to the Led Zeppelin vault, tirelessly working to remix and remaster each of the iconic classic rock group's nine studio albums from their debut Led Zeppelin I to their final compilation LP, Coda. For that time, his solo career was placed on the back burner but now, Page has discreetly been detailing his plans to hit the road in 2016 for a solo tour.
The silver haired guitar genius will be accompanied by a band "totally different" than Led Zeppelin but that won't stop him from giving fans what they want by reprising and performing a number of hits from Zeppelin's back catalogue -- something Robert Plant refuses to do alongside his former bandmates, Page and John Paul Jones.
The "When the Levee Breaks" musician was scarce from the stage over the last few years until November when he made a live return alongside Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Paul Rodgers, NME notes.
"There will be all sorts of material from different eras. Right across the board - that's the way I'm seeing it. But like I said, there will be surprises. It won't be entirely what people might be expecting," he told UltimateClassicRock. "The best way for me to think about it is pacing towards a really exciting show, where you've still got chance to improvise and come up with new things every night. And I think in that sense, people are going to say, 'Yeah, okay, I get it.'"
The former Yardbirds member admitted that it's "taken a long time" for his solo career to resume, assuring awaiting fans that 2016 will bring a number of surprises. It's undetermined whether or not Page will put his focus on his impending solo album or launching a string of gigs but he did confirm that he's crafting new tracks by approaching songwriting "in a totally different way."
