Now that the Led Zeppelin with Robert Plant rumors have all but disappeared thanks to Plant’s refusal to go for the bucks, British music publication are left fishing for other reunion news. This led them to Rob Hallett, a promoter who told BBC News that there is a major reunion coming down the pipeline. Here’s what he said:
"I do have another reformation up my sleeve that I can't talk about yet that is going to please a lot of people of a certain age.
"If you were a teenage boy in the pre-punk '70s you're going to be very excited.
Outside of Led Zeppelin, this is probably the biggest reformation you can hope for."
Uncut posits it’s probably Deep Purple or Genesis, but they seem more excited by the prospect of Slade reuniting. But honestly, unless it’s Zeppelin, is there really a band everyone is waiting for to reunite (outside of a re-animated George Harrison and John Lennon re-uniting the Beatles)? If it is Genesis, or Slade, or Deep Purple, will people actually line-up to see them? Maybe a few hundred paunchy businessmen who want to hear “Smoke on the Water” in a live setting, but that’s about it. [Uncut]
I agree that I don't think it's going to be any band that people have been holding there breath for.