Robert Plant - replaced by an American

On the ABCnews forum people were discussing it might be Steven Tyler 

Plant's come out to say that the reunion was never on ??? So we may still find out who the mystery american is ...
Isn't William Hung american

Jim Garten wrote: No Percy, No Zep! ^ that's a very stern face indeed...

Seconded 100 %

Forget about Lou Gramm as i saw his name mentioned before.

I reckon that lead vocalist from Jane's Addiction would have done a great job - Perry Farrell

I would suggest that if Page & Jones (let's say the obvious, Jason Bonham is the drummer's son, not a member of led zep), do decide to go out as Led Zeppelin, that they present it as Queen did - Paul Rodgers AND Queen. May & Taylor have every right to lay claim to the name, but are honest enough not to place Rodgers as Mercury's replacement. Which is something they've explained in the interviews I've read. Even in the set list, there's a mix of all their musical history, plus a few new songs.
So if Zep does choose a new singer, please let it be someone with enough success behind him that Page & Jones can play a few of the singer's songs without it coming across as second tier material and filler.
I mentioned Sammy Hagar at the beginning. I won't claim he is of the same status as Rodgers outside the U.S. . But there are surely a few tunes in his back catalogue (solo and Montrose, including the Van Hagar days), that P & J could play without shame. Not to say that they equal Zep's best, just that there are some pretty good tunes on there (and no, When It's Love is not what I mean).
I'm sure there would be a backlash by some, but many would be happy to hear the old LZ tunes once more.
Just make sure that it's not billed as a reunion, nor THE led zep.

The Doctor wrote: Perhaps if they replace Page and Jones too, I might actually like Led Zeppelin.    Usually I don't like it when bands replace a key member with an outsider.  For example, Queen has been mentioned.  I wish May & Taylor had carried on as Queen (or as Smile for that matter) without bringing in Paul Rodgers.  May and Taylor are perfectly capable of handling all the vocals (neither of them are slouches in that department) and of course, they could still bring in Edney on keys and Miranda on bass (although Deacon coming back would have been really cool).  But why add an ousider to the band for a key role like lead singer/major composer?  I do have to give them credit though for at least calling attention to the fact that there's an outsider in the band by calling it "Queen & Paul Rodgers".    One time it did work though, was when The Cars came back without Ric Ocasek and, of course, the sadly departed Ben Orr, and replaced Ric with Todd Rundgren.  I didn't think it would work, but after listening to the CD, I was quite pleasantly surprised.    Of course, I don't really like the mighty Zeppelin that much.  A couple of songs were decent, "Battle of Evermore", "No Quarter" and probably one or two others.  But overall, not a big fan.  However, I think it would be very disappointing for fans to see Led Zeppelin without Plant being there.

With the Cars, I felt that it was a bit much. How do you call yourself the Cars without the main (like 99%) songwriter ? Here in Canada, Jim Kale owns the Guess Who name. Why ? Because he was the last original member or that once Burton Cummings left, Kale went out and trademarked it. So only he can authorize its' use a band name. SO now he's out there touring the boonies as the Guess Who, and Cummings Bachman tour under their moniker due to this "legal" matter. Burton & Randy had tried for another reunion to no avail, and had asked for permission to use the name, but Kale asked for an outrageous amount of money in return.
In this case though, the "franchise" name wasn't important as the fans came out in drove to see the actual brains behind the band, no matter what name they were touring as.

All these guys should buy islands and take up archery, lawn bowling or croquet. Gentle Giant, now that`s something. Never happen though.

WaywardSon wrote: Just saw this, new vocalist is Myles R Kennedy of Alter Bridge Wonder if its true? Scroll down http://blog.muchmusic.com/

Just read that. it seems that Plant's manager is also Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) manager. And that Bobby has turned down a ton of money, with Zep to tour with Myles Kennedy.
So the other three guys in Alter Bridge, who used to be in Creed, have lost a second lead singer.