THE CULT Frontman Explains LED ZEPPELIN Remark

April 3, 2008

THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury has told Canada's Sun Media his band won't be hitting the road with LED ZEPPELIN if and when the legendary group should decide to spin a full-blown tour out of its recent one-off reunion show.

Astbury who supposedly dropped some not-so-subtle hints to that effect late last year says the whole scenario is just another case of the press making a big deal out of nothing.

"That really goes to show you how naive people are, and how these things can get blown out of proportion," said Astbury. "It's been embellished by journalists ... I haven't even spoken to anyone from LED ZEPPELIN's camp."

Astbury reportedly announced during a show in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 17 that his band would support LED ZEPPELIN on a 2008 tour.

According to an MTV.com report, Astbury told the crowd, "We'll be back next year because we're opening for a band you may have heard of ... the name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it." After a fan shouted, "LED ZEPPELIN," Astbury nodded and raised his arm in the air.

A flurry of speculation about a LED ZEP reunion jaunt followed, with most outlets citing Astbury's comments as proof that a tour was in the works. But when pressed for clarification on the matter, Astbury told Sun Media he was simply asking the crowd what they'd think of his band one day performing with the legends. He insists he wasn't trying to spill the beans about THE CULT's involvement in any reunion, since he has no idea whether LED ZEPPELIN even plans to tour at all.

"The only reason I said it is because I'd read about them playing at the (reunion) concert," Astbury said. "I didn't think anything of it beyond that."

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