They may be the finest rock band of not just the ’70s, but of all time.

And like another UK rock legend My Bloody Valentine, they have finally decided to reunite and return to the road, starting in 2009. Dancing days, evidently, are here again.

But has Zeppelin’s time passed? Can you afford to take out a loan to buy a pair of tickets?

I pondered the possibilities for Wired tonight.

The Return of Led Zeppelin
According to the UK’s Sun, Robert Plant finally caved once he found out that the rest of the band — including guitar god Jimmy Page, bass deity John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham, the son of rock’s arguably greatest drummer John Bonham — was going ahead without him. The others were so committed to the idea that they were even auditioning singers for Plant’s role, and were rumored to have found an American to fill his shoes. Sucks to be that American today. MORE @ WIRED