Sans Plant

After reuniting last year in London for one show, it seems that there might be a Led Zeppelin tour in the works, albeit without frontman Robert Plant. Plant has been reluctant to go forward with a tour after a year of speculation. Now it seems that Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are ready to audition singers and proceed without him with Jason Bonham on drums.

"We want to do it. It's sounding great and we want to get on and get out there," said Jones at a guitar show in Exeter, southwest England.

"It's got to be right. There's no point in just finding another Robert. You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don't want to be our own tribute band," he added.

Um, except that's exactly what it would be if you go forward with this charade, John Paul. But JP and Jimmy aren't stupid. They realize that people (myself not included) will shell out countless dollars to sing along to their own version of live band karaoke. It'll be Field of Dreams ("People will come") all over again. But I'm sorry Jimmy (as well as Neil Schon, Mick Jones and Brian May) - Journey is not Journey without Steve Perry, Foreigner is not Foreigner without Lou Gramm and, for the love of God, Queen is not Queen without Freddie Mercury! No one wants to see David Freaking Coverdale shake his leather-clad ass while butchering "Whole Lotta Love".

So please, JP and Jimmy - continue to live comfortably off your royalties. Let this ludicrous idea die and your legacy remain intact.