Oh god. Hopes for a monsterous world tour from a reunited Led Zeppelin have sort of been squashed. Well, not completely, but bassist John Paul Jones has confirmed that the band’s upcoming shows will still go ahead, but with a new singer standing in for Robert Plant.
There was a false flurry of excitement back in September when UK trashy newspaper The Sun reported that Plant “couldn’t face the thought of not being involved” in reunion plans. Oh yeah, that's coz The Sun is just so good at reporting the correct news. Anyway, Plant swiftly replied with a statement quashing the rumours. “It’s both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward.”
Jones has now told the UK's BBC Radio, that the remainder of Led Zeppelin is rehearsing with “a couple” of replacement frontmen.
“It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert,” Jones told the station. “You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band. There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be on board.”
I hope this news coming outta the UK is as incorrect as The Sun is being a reputable source of information.
There was a false flurry of excitement back in September when UK trashy newspaper The Sun reported that Plant “couldn’t face the thought of not being involved” in reunion plans. Oh yeah, that's coz The Sun is just so good at reporting the correct news. Anyway, Plant swiftly replied with a statement quashing the rumours. “It’s both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward.”
Jones has now told the UK's BBC Radio, that the remainder of Led Zeppelin is rehearsing with “a couple” of replacement frontmen.
“It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert,” Jones told the station. “You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band. There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be on board.”
I hope this news coming outta the UK is as incorrect as The Sun is being a reputable source of information.
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