Robert Plant sings Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On": watch his performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Robert Plant returns to reckon with his own past, doing so on television by bringing back “Ramble On” by the Led Zeppelin during a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

On April 8th, backed by Saving Grace, the singer delivered an intense version of the track originally featured on “Led Zeppelin II”, reconnecting with a defining chapter of his career. The performance comes shortly after the end of his North American tour, which wrapped up with a date in New York, and marks his second appearance on the show in just a few months, following the one last November.

Watch Robert Plant perform "Ramble On" on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert below.

With Stephen Colbert's show now nearing its definitive end, set for the following month, Plant's return also takes on the weight of a symbolic farewell — a final passage that restores to the talk show a musical dimension in keeping with its long history.

To open the set, Plant and Saving Grace revived “Ramble On” with a tense, evocative rendition, one of the few Led Zeppelin songs to have a stable place in the singer's current setlist, alongside “The Rain Song” and “Friends”.

The episode also made room for more recent material: Plant performed "Higher Rock" (see below), taken from his debut album with Saving Grace released last year, confirming that his voice and interpretive skills remain in fine shape.

The upcoming schedule includes a South American tour, with two shows in Buenos Aires in May followed by further dates in Córdoba and Rosario. In Brazil, dates are set for Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

In summer, the project will return to Europe with three concerts at St. Michael's Fortress in Šibenik, Croatia, followed by further dates in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.

Although there was no interview during this latest television appearance, Plant and Colbert's previous encounter had revealed a shared passion for J. R. R. Tolkien, curiously foreshadowing the announcement of the host's involvement in a new film tied to the world of "The Lord of the Rings".

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