The showman must go on

Aged 62, and with Brit award nomination, Robert Plant shows no sign of hanging up his mic. He talks Wolves, Led Zeppelin – and why stretch limos are no replacement for the busRobert Plant prowls on stage and does a puckish pastiche of that pointed-forefinger gesture for which he has been famous for decades, then skips into his other performing hallmark, the stance on crossed-over legs, like an elegant estuary wading bird. There is jocular self-parody in this showmanship, which exudes playful, ...

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