Led Zeppelin promoter warns fans against touts

Led Zeppelin promoter Harvey Goldsmith has warned fans to watch out for touts trying to rip them off – but has not denied the British rock band will be reforming.

Rumours have been around all year that the band will reunite after 27 years, and new dates started appear in adverts late last week and as NME.COM reported it is said the band will play the 02 Arena in London later this year.

However Goldmsith has warned fans not to jump the gun.

"There have been at least four events advertised which I suspect either don't exist or where no tickets are on sale or indeed dates finalized,” he explained. “These are the very people whom our industry has spent over a year trying to convince the DCMS to instigate outlawing.”

He added: "The media should consider the consequences of giving credibility to those who rip the public off.

"There are no packages or tickets for some the events advertised at all, nor do some of the events even exist. We are concerned that the public will be fleeced. The bottom line is that unless official adverts have appeared for concerts, tickets are not on sale. Do not buy from unauthorised sources."

The reunion has been rumoured all year, and suspicions were further aroused when it was revealed the band would release a 2-CD 'Best Of' compilation called 'Mothership' on November 11.

It’s thought that original drummer John Bonham’s son Jason would replace him on drums. The band originally split following John’s death aged 32 in 1980 after choking on his own vomit following an alcohol binge.

The three surviving members - John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page – briefly reunited at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia in 1985 and at Atlantic Records' 40th birthday celebrations in 1988.