Tomorrow marks the 15th anniversary of what more and more looks like the last-ever performance of Led Zeppelin (with Jason Bonham on drums in place of his late father John.)
To mark its 15th anniversary, the film of that performance, which was released as Celebration Day, will be streamed Saturday at 2pm on the band's YouTube channel.
The show at London's O2 arena was a tribute to the late Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder of Atlantic Records -- Zeppelin's label.
Originally scheduled for November 26th, 2007, it was moved to December 10th after Jimmy Page broke a finger on his left hand following a fall in his garden on November 1st.
The 20,000 tickets were made available through a lottery system and the demand was through the roof, with more than 20-million requests. All the money raised went to the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, which pays for university scholarships in the U.S., U.K. and his native Turkey.
In addition to Zeppelin, the bill also included appearances from Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Chris Squire and Alan White from Yes, Mick Jones of Foreigner, and Keith Emerson.
It was Zeppelin's first public performance since 1988 at the 40th anniversary concert for Atlantic Records, and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Among those in the audience that night at the O2 were Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Brian May, David Gilmour, Joe Elliott, Chad Smith, Dave Grohl, Ann Wilson, James "JY" Young from Styx, The Edge, Peter Gabriel and Warren Haynes, (as was Premiere Radio's Sal Cirrincione).
Jimmy Page hoped the show would lead to a reunion album or tour, but Robert Plant wanted nothing to do with it. So Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham tried to move forward, rehearsing with different singers, including Steven Tyler and Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge, but nothing ever came of it.