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Okay, yeah. We’ve heard it before, and I think maybe most of us are tired of the band that cried wolf. But there’s something about this announcement about an upcoming announcement that has my attention: David Coverdale.

In addition to being the singer for Whitesnake, Coverdale has also recorded and toured with Led Zep’s Jimmy Page. The fact that they have a relationship adds some amount of credibility. Also, the fact that Page, John Paul JonesJason Bonham and all have expressed a passionate desire to tour leads me to a theory. It’s out the box, but not beyond the realm of possibility. Hear me out, okay?

To date, the big sticking point in a full blown Zeppelin tour has been Robert Plant. What if the rest of the band decided to hit the road WITHOUT Plant? What if they’ve decided they can pull this off with Coverdale as their singer? I definitely think he has the range to pull it off, and with that much money at stake, (In U.S. dollars it’s around $489 million, with about $20 million apiece for the band members), it would just be ignorant NOT to do the tour.

Bet your ass I’ve got my ear to the grindstone on this one!

Any thoughts?

Jimmy Page believes that the band is right for a tour, but it won’t happen until at least September, which is the earliest that singer Robert Plant would be available. Plant is kicking off a world tour with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, (the two will be performing at Jazzfest), to promote their album Raising Sand.

Read the whole story on MSNBC.com

But don’t expect any Zeppelin tunes. Plant is touring with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, as the duo promote their Raising Sand CD.

In a post on nola.com, Times-Picayune music writer Keith Spera writes,

“Robert Plant’s fondness for New Orleans music dates to his youth in England. In Led Zeppelin’s heyday, Plant and his bandmates hosted parties in New Orleans with such local favorites as Professor Longhair, Earl King and Snooks Eaglin. In April 2007, Plant spent a week in south Louisiana to record songs for the Tipitina’s Foundation benefit CD “Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino.”

Plant specifically instructed his booking agent, Davis said, to include Jazzfest in his and bluegrass star Alison Krauss’ spring tour in support of their joint “Raising Sand” CD. The disc includes a cover of “Fortune Teller,” written by Allen Toussaint under his pen name of Naomi Neville.”

You can read the whole story here, and get the complete Jazzfest lineup here.

Also, there’s been no updates from Led Zeppelin about playing any future shows. The band is slated to have a meeting this month to discuss the future - whatever that means.