MARTY FRIEDMAN Interviews JIMMY PAGE For Japanese TV; Video Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, along with host Rolly of Japan's NHK program "Eigo De Shabera Night", interviewed LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page for an episode of the show, which aired Monday night (February 25). Watch the five-minute segment below. A transcript of the chat follows:

Rolly: I think you prepared for it over a long time. How was it compared to your expectation?

Jimmy Page: "We had taken it on in such a way that we were working very, very hard towards it and we were rehearsing. Certainly the three: bass, drums and guitar. And then right out of the blue I managed to break my finger in three places. 'Oh — who else, with such an important concert could actually injure his finger!' I was rehearsing and healing at the same time. So I had that period, substituting one finger for another or approaching something slightly differently. Before the finger injury we'd put in so much work up to that point....

Marty Friedman: What kind of work?

Jimmy Page: "Just playing, playing the numbers between us and trying, you know, just trying all manner of things, really."

Marty Friedman: Changing things?

Jimmy Page: "Yeah. We really needed to establish this pad so that all those ingredients would work really well and confidently and that's how it went. It was a good show."

Marty Friedman: When you say you knew it was good, it was so good it was scary, what was the thing that was telling you it was good?

Jimmy Page: "We really applied the right values to it."

Marty Friedman: What are those values, if you could spell those out for us?

Jimmy Page: "Well, you know, just dedication to it."

Marty Friedman: Dedication to the project?

Jimmy Page: "I mean, if you're passionate about it then it just automatically comes through, doesn't it? I mean, it's my values, I guess is what I'm saying...."

LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones said at BBC Radio 2's annual Folk Awards in London on February 4 that the band has "no idea" about its future plans yet, according to Gigwise.com. When asked if the group members had spoken with each other since their acclaimed reunion show in December, Jones told the BBC, "I am obliged to say we have and we have absolutely no idea of what we are going to be doing."

Jones had said shortly after the reunion concert that the band would meet in January to discuss its future.

Guitarist Jimmy Page said at a press conference in Japan last month that the band was "musically ready" to go on a world tour, although the earliest that was likely to happen was September. The delay seems mainly due to the schedule of singer Robert Plant, who will be touring with singer Alison Krauss to support "Raising Sand".

When asked recently in New York about the chances of a full-blown ZEPPELIN tour, Plant said, "You never know what is around the corner."

Page, Plant and Jones performed together for the first time in nearly two decades at the December 10 show in London, joined by late ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham's son Jason behind the kit. Since the show, speculation has been rampant that ZEPPELIN will launch a full tour, with massive offers reportedly on the table already.