What songs did Led Zeppelin perform at Live Aid?

Collins played his own ‘Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)’ and ‘In The Air Tonight’ before Led Zeppelin came to the stage for ‘Rock and Roll’, ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Stairway To Heaven’.

Did Led Zeppelin perform at Live Aid?

Jimmy Page has admitted that Led Zeppelin’s performance at the Live Aid concert in 1985 “was really not very clever”. Page was speaking at the The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, where he was interviewed in front of an audience of 1200 people about his book Jimmy Page: The Anthology.

Who was the guest drummer for Led Zeppelin at the Live Aid concert?

Jimmy Page has said that it was a mistake to enlist Phil Collins to fill in on drums for Led Zeppelin at Live Aid. Collins and drummer Tony Thompson both played live with the reunited Led Zep – Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones – at the legendary 1985 concert, as did session musician Paul Martinez.

Why did Phil Collins play with Led Zeppelin at Live Aid?

This is not the first time Page has blamed Collins’ for the quality of the band’s Live Aid performance, having previously accused him of “bashing away cluelessly and grinning” throughout the 20 minute set. Collins was brought in partly because he had played on Robert Plant’s first two solo albums.

Who Has the Best Live Aid performance?

Queen
It’s been more than 33 years since Queen, spearheaded by their electric front man Freddie Mercury, charged onto the stage of the 1985 Live Aid concert and performed the set often lauded as the greatest live gig of all time.

Who was the best performer in Live Aid?

Who was considered the best act at Live Aid 1985?

Are Phil Collins and Eric Clapton friends?

During that decade, he struck up a friendship with Clapton. Their first musical association was for Collins’ song “If Leaving Me Is Easy”, which is on his solo album, Face Value. Collins went on to produce and perform on Clapton’s Behind The Sun and August albums.