Led Zeppelin are to tour in 2008 with The Cult as their opening act. Cult frontman Ian Astbury, let the news slip during a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday.

The rocker told fans, "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."

Astbury confirmed he was talking about the recently reunited rock supergroup by nodding when a fan shouted, "Led Zeppelin?" The group's upcoming Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert performance in London was slated as a one-off reunion, with frontman Robert Plant insisting a tour wasn't part of the plan.

But guitarist Jimmy Page recently gave fans a little hope when he suggested the reunion effort would be a waste if was just for one show.

He said, "It's a bit silly (not to tour) because there is such massive demand. It's a bit selfish to do just one show. If that's it, we probably shouldn't have taken the genie out of the bottle."

Billboard.com reports that a number of U.S. venues have already been approached about staging Led Zeppelin/The Cult summer dates next year. If the shows take place, it won't be the first time Astbury has performed with rock royalty - he fronted the reformed The Doors, Riders on The Storm, until earlier this year, when he quit to concentrate on The Cult projects.

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