Slash denies Led Zeppelin tour rumour

Slash has denied rumours that his band Velvet Revolver will be touring with Led Zeppelin later this year.

The guitarist said bandmate Duff McKagan's comments last week about a support slot with the veteran rockers were taken out of context.

He told the BBC: "There's been a huge rumour going around about us opening for them and I think that was something that was taken out of context.

"As far as Zeppelin doing a tour, that remains to be seen. I saw Robert last night and he's got his solo thing going on and as far as Velvet Revolver is concerned, we've got another record to do and we're not even thinking about that."

Led Zeppelin have continually denied that they will play any more dates following their reformation gig at London's O2 arena last year. Singer Robert Plant is rumoured to have turned down £100 million for a final world tour.