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February 06, 2008

Chicago Sun Times fell for 'Lez Zeppelin' press release too...

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Chicago Sun Times: Correction: That would be Lez Zeppelin at Bonnaroo, not Led Zeppelin:

Several media outlets — including the Associated Press, Britain’s NME and the Sun-Times — reported early this morning some very exciting news: that Led Zeppelin was finally booked for a stateside gig at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Problem is — it’s not happening.

The actual band booked for the festival — and trumpeted atop yesterday’s lineup press release — is Lez Zeppelin. That would be the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band.

Rumors had been circulating for months that Led Zeppelin would make its stateside landfall at the Bonnaroo festival.

Jim DeRogatis:

Contrary to what it says in the paper edition of the Sun-Times today, Led Zeppelin is NOT playing at Bonnaroo. Lez Zeppelin, however, is.

My esteemed Sun-Times music editor, whose name shall go unmentioned here (you’re welcome, Thomas), is not the only music editor who made this mistake.

How could this have happened? The press release was misleading, to say the least.


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7 Comments

#1 uselessgoo says:

any press is good press.

#2 Oh, please... says:

Come on, DeRo. Really? Blaming the press release? Sure, it was worded in such a way as to goof on people, but the fact of the matter is that if you can read you shouldn't have printed LED Zeppelin. Give me a break.

#3 jamie says:

They even got the Associated Press it looks like

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jX...

#4 Fred says:

"Misleading" press release? Ha, DeRogatis PWNED.

#5 JMG says:

Speaking of people who don't read......
Uh, why are people saying "OMG DeRogatis PWNED"? It's his music editor who got "PWNED." Not DeRo.

#6 thelink says:

reasons why I love press. crafty.

#7 Kate Gardiner says:

That is so depressing. I wanted Zepp not Lez.


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