...if it's true, of course.
In the months since their first show in decades, Led Zeppelin has been the subject of dozens of rumors about billion-dollar tours, new lead singers, new albums, and in-fighting among its original members. Now all that appears to have been brushed aside and the band is about to unveil its actual new singer, which is great news for the music business...
From bassist John Paul Jones:
"As you probably know, Jimmy, Jason, and I are actually rehearsing and we've had the odd singer come in and have a bash. As soon as we know -- which we don't -- we will let you know. But we really hope that something is going to happen soon because we really want to do it and we're having a lot of fun, actually, just rehearsing. Jason is actually tremendous. . . We really wanna do something and Robert doesn't want to do this, at least for the moment. I don't really know what his plans are. He really doesn't want to make loud music anymore. We do. I mean, I love acoustic music, but it doesn't stop me from turning something up . . . And what we've done so far sounds absolutely fantastic. When it does come, it will come, and you'll know about it."
Here's the singer the rumor mill believes is about to be offered the job, having rehearsed with the band over the past weeks:
Think about it: the only decent replacement for Robert Plant, right? For example, picture Steven Tyler doing the end of "Stairway to Heaven" ("and she's buuuyyying...") and then try to picture anyone besides his predecessor pulling it off without sending us all into fits of uncomfortable laughter. We can also picture him finding the right balance of matching Plant's recorded performance and bringing his own personality to the proceedings.
Plus, as evidenced on the bootleg of Zeppelin's reunion show last year, Plant can't really carry those songs anymore. Will Tyler be able to?
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