Page and Plant is the name that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured under in the mid-1990s. The initial plans for a reunion were made in 1993, with talk between the two of collaborating proceeding from casual small talk to an invitation to perform on MTV Unplugged. Music producer Bill Curbishley, who had been managing Plant since the 1980s and who assumed management of Page in 1994, was integral in the reuniting of Page and Plant. Curbishely persuaded the previously reluctant Plant to work again with Page. Led Zeppelin's main songwriters reformed on April 17, 1994 as a part of the Alexis Korner Memorial Concert at Buxton, England. On August 25 and August 26, they taped performances in London, Wales, and Morocco with Egyptian and Moroccan orchestration of several Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new songs. The performances aired on October 12, and were so successful commercially and artistically

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