BEIJING, Jan.

Robert Plant, the former Led Zeppelin singer, has been made a commander of the British Empire in London, Buckingham Palace says.

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant says at the age of 60 he feels too old to reunite the British rock band and embark on a reunion tour. The rocker, who has been earning kudos for his recent album with U.S.

By Mark Jordan Released last fall, Raising Sand, a seemingly out-of-nowhere collaboration between proto-metal god Robert Plant and bluegrass songbird Alison Krauss, took the singers' familiar voices and, with the guidance of Americana maestro T Bone Burnett, created something altogether, delightfully new.

The day after Led Zeppelin's long-awaited reunion concert, the music reviewers were already calling for more.