LED ZEPPELIN's Final Show Inspired By PINK FLOYD - "I Liked What Floyd Did At Live 8... A Quick One-Off And Let's Leave It At That," Says ROBERT PLANT
May 14, 2019, 5 years ago
Robert Plant says that Pink Floyd’s “quick one-off” show at Live 8 in 2005 was an inspiration for Led Zeppelin's own swan song concert two years later, reports Planet Rock.
Led Zeppelin’s Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, of course, took place at The O2 in London on 10th December 2007 - a historic show that still holds the Guinness World Record for the ‘Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert’ and was immortalized in the 2012 concert film, Celebration Day.
Despite hope from fans that it would pave the way for a world tour, it proved to be their final show with Plant consistently shooting down the idea of another reunion.
Speaking in the My Guide To Life feature in Issue 14 of Planet Rock Magazine, Plant explained that the O2 concert has parallels to Pink Floyd's final show at Live 8 in 2005.
“I liked what (Pink) Floyd did at Live 8 - a quick one-off and let’s leave it at that. They did it for a good cause,” Plant said.
“It’s was the same when (Led) Zeppelin did the charity show for Ahmet (Ertegun). We had a prolonged affinity with Ahmet, so if there was ever a reason for (a reunion) to happen, that was it.
“But the idea of doing it next summer and the summer after that and so on is enough to break me out in hives.”
Read the full story at Planet Rock.
