The inevitable looks like it will come true; MTV.com reports that at a club show in Cincinnati this past Saturday, the Cult’s Ian Astbury announced to the audience that they would be opening for a band in 2008 whose name started with an “L” and a “Z,” spilling the beans for what was presumably supposed to be kept under wraps.

This comes as a shock to pretty much no-one in these reunion-happy times, but it’s still a news-worthy bit. Spokespeople from both the Cult and Zeppelin camps declined to comment, furthering the chances that the Astbury-initiated rumors are true.

If it is true, sure sucks to be one of those suckers who ponied up $2,000+ for airfare and tickets to the London reunion next month.

-VN