About 20,000 fans crammed into London’s O2 Arena on Monday as rock giants Led Zeppelin took to the stage together for the first time in years, blasting their way through a two-hour set that left fans baying for more.
The rockers had sparked a ticket-buying frenzy when they announced in September that they were reuniting for the one-off gig, having rarely performed together since their split in 1980. A million fans registered for a chance to win a ticket and one man forked out 83,000 pounds for a pair of tickets in a BBC auction for “Children in Need”.
It is the latest sign of their enduring popularity. They have sold 300 million albums and penned classic songs such as “Stairway to Heaven” and “Whole Lotta Love”.
Can we say they are the greatest band in the world ever?
Maybe you were more excited by the return of those other pop legends, the Spice Girls? Tell us who you think is the best ever.
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Because they chose to rather end their streak of perfection instead of taking up a new drummer and risk changing their sound, I’d have to say that they are the greatest band to this date. They had a short, but brilliant go at the music industry and never had time to go wrong. It is this that makes them the hero’s all other bands uphold and aspire to become.
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