Feb 7, 2008 • 1 min read

No Led Zeppelin for Bonnaroo

A report that Led Zeppelin would headline Bonnaroo was a mix-up with the all-female tribute band Lez Zeppelin, who will play the festival alongside Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

Those of you reading media reports over night regarding this year's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee might be wondering how our report on their line up in yesterday's Daily managed to miss the biggest story of all - that Led Zeppelin would be headlining. The reason we didn't report that is because we know the difference between a 'd' and a 'z', though they are very close to each other on the keyboard.

The rather wonderful all-female Led Zepp tribute band Lez Zeppelin will be playing Bonnaroo. However, unless a big announcement is still pending, Led Zeppelin will not be following up their much hyped The O2 reunion concert with a Bonnaroo set, though Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are playing, so who knows, perhaps the rest of the band will join him to give a quirky twist to yesterday's false reporting.

As previously reported, Metallica, Pearl Jam and Kanye West will headline this year's Bonnaroo festival.

As also previously reported, it's not the first time a 'letter confusion' has led to reports of further Led Zepp reunions. Last year when Ian Astbury of The Cult told a crowd he would be touring this year with a band with the initials 'LB' (ie Limp Bizkit), some heard 'LZ' and so other Led Zepp reunion rumours circulated. There are lots of people out there really really keen for a full-on Led Zepp reunion. They should all learn to listen and read.

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