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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:13 pm
Led Zeppelin To Tour In 2008 -- With The Cult?
Cult singer announces that band is opening tour for Zeppelin -- during club show in Cincinnati! -- reps for both bands offer no comment.
By Gil Kaufman
CINCINNATI — It was one of those moments where all you can do is look at the guy next to you and wonder, "Did he really just say that?"
Is it possible that Ian Astbury, lead singer of '80s rock powerhouse the Cult, spilled the beans on the biggest secret in rock — during a club show in Cincinnati?
"We'll be back next year," a breathless Astbury said midway through the band's gig at Bogart's nightclub Saturday night. "Because we're opening for a band you may have heard of ... the name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it." Stunned looks bounced around the room until one sweat-drenched superfan shouted out the obvious: "Led Zeppelin!" Astbury, his eyes hidden behind dark shades, nodded affirmatively and stuck his hand in the air triumphantly before plowing into one of the band's signature Zeppelinesque rockers.
When asked about Astbury's seeming confirmation of the world tour, spokespeople for the Cult and Zeppelin both declined to comment. Zeppelin's spokesperson added that no decision has been made on any Led Zeppelin tour and the band is focusing on its appearance at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert in London on December 10; a Cult spokesperson declined to answer questions about Astbury's comment.
It's no secret that the three living members of Zeppelin — singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and long-estranged bassist John Paul Jones — will be performing together for the first time in many years at the December 10 show, which celebrates their mentor, late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. But so far, despite breathless speculation, the one-off gig — which was recently rescheduled from its original November 26 date after Page injured his finger — is the only official reunion show the trio has planned.
Spokespeople for the legendary group, who will perform with Jason Bonham, the son of late drummer John Bonham, have batted down rumors of a full-blown world tour — and as recently as last month, Plant said it was not in the cards. But Page suggested in an recent Guitar World magazine article that playing just one show would be foolish. "It's a bit silly not to because there is such massive demand," Page told the magazine. "It's a bit selfish to do just one show. If that's it, we probably shouldn't have taken the genie out of the bottle."
The group originally disbanded after John Bonham's death from alcohol poisoning in 1980. Plant, Page and Jones performed at Live Aid in 1985 (with Phil Collins and Chic's Tony Thompson tag-teaming on drums) and at the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary show in 1988 with Jason Bonham; they also performed at Jason's wedding. Page and Plant joined forces for two albums and a world tour in the mid-'90s and have performed together sporadically over the years.
Whether or not Astbury was speaking out of turn, the choice of the Cult as a potential opening act would make sense stylistically — given the huge debt the British band owes to Zeppelin — but perhaps less so given the band's lower profile in recent years.
It has been a hectic time in Zeppelinland lately, with a new two-disc best-of collection, Mothership, in stores last week, a recently launched all-Zeppelin XM satellite radio channel and the digital release of the band's catalog earlier this month, as well as the launch on Tuesday of the official ledzeppelin.com website.
Additionally, Page revealed in a recent Reuters interview that the group has plans to uncork a never-before-performed live song during the O2 show, though he would not specify what the "really intense" track would be. He also recently told the BBC that the group met in private for some practice sessions before committing to the reunion gig to make sure they were on the same page. "We wanted to see how well we'd be playing together, and once we played it was without doubt we wanted to do it," he said.
I'm sure we all really hope this is true!!!
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:37 pm
I will s**t my pants if I see them.
Either that, or bawl.
I REALLY HOPE THIS IS TRUE.
-stickie-d.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:35 pm
xd Damn I hope this happens
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:54 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:12 pm
diabhalta's? me tooo If they come here,I'm def buying tickets
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:23 pm
Yeah. xD
Hell, if they go anywhere near the border, I'm defs. going.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:08 pm
I love the sig as well xd
If they do decide to do a show, I'll buy tickets to one of the last ones to make suer I actually get one before they sell out. Or not... not many people around here like Led Zeppelin. I live in a hell hole of Country.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:04 pm
Whoever voted no on the poll should rethink it.
In Guitar World, Jimmy said it would be silly to do only one show. Look at The Who and Cher and other bands; they've done like 5 reunion and farewell concerts; I think that once Jimmy and the guys get going on the concert, they'll love it so much that they'll want to do it all over again.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:56 pm
LedZeppelinGirl Whoever voted no on the poll should rethink it. In Guitar World, Jimmy said it would be silly to do only one show. Look at The Who and Cher and other bands; they've done like 5 reunion and farewell concerts; I think that once Jimmy and the guys get going on the concert, they'll love it so much that they'll want to do it all over again. It all depends on whether or not Plant will do it. He is rather stubborn in these things.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:51 pm
True. Hopefully he'll like the idea of doing a tour.
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:11 pm
that would b awesome if they went on tour!
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:06 pm
i would kill to get tickets to that
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:05 pm
I would kill for tickets.
My mom says she would take me and my best friend in a heartbeat! :'D
I'd probably cry once Jimmy came out on stage.
But Plant is so stubborn, and loves making up excuses.
I'm almost certain Page and JPJ are up for a tour,
just not Plant.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:33 pm
They should do it without Robert and hire me as their replacement singer xd
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:04 pm
i would endorse that
i wanna see god live
if i cant see hendrix i must see page
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