Watch: ROBERT PLANT Sings LED ZEPPELIN’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ For First Time In 16 Years

Robert Plant was among the many particular visitor performers at a particular charity live performance Saturday night time (October 21) for The Most cancers Platform, an initiative launched by the Most cancers Consciousness Belief, organized by founding DURAN DURAN guitarist Andy Taylor.

Dubbed “An Night With Andy Taylor And Particular Visitors”, the occasion was held at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire, England and featured further visitor appearances by PINK FLOYD bassist Man Pratt, WHAM! star Andrew Ridgeley, drummer to the celebs David Palmer (Rod Stewart, ABC, PET SHOP BOYS, Sting, Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, THE THE, YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA),Brit– and Ivor Novello-nominated singer Ella Henderson, the inimitable Katherine Ryan, broadcaster Nina Nannar and plenty of extra.

Plant‘s set, which could be considered in full within the Fb embed beneath starting on the 43-minute mark, included renditions of LED ZEPPELIN‘s “Thank You”, “Black Canine” and “Stairway To Heaven”.

Robert‘s rendition of “Stairway To Heaven” marked his first time singing LED ZEPPELIN‘s 1971 masterpiece in public for the reason that band’s 2007 efficiency on the O2 Area in London, which was later launched because the “Celebration Day” live performance movie.

Again in 2019, Plant mentioned that he may now not “relate” to “Stairway To Heaven”. Throughout an look on the “Final Traditional Rock Nights” radio present, Plant spoke candidly about his emotions concerning the “Led Zeppelin IV” basic. “After all, it was a great music,” he mentioned. “The development of the music, the precise musical development may be very, excellent. It is a kind of moments that actually can stand with out a vocal — and, in reality, it’ll stand once more with out a vocal, I am certain, as a result of it is a positive, positive piece of music.”

Plant went on to say: “Lyrically, now, I am unable to relate to it, as a result of it was so way back. I might haven’t any intention ever to jot down alongside these summary traces anymore. I take a look at it and I tip my hat to it, and I feel there are elements of it which might be unimaginable. The best way that Jimmy [Page] took the music by, and the way in which that the drums reached nearly climaxed after which continued… It is a very lovely piece. However lyrically, now, and even vocally, I am going, ‘I am unsure about that.'”

A number of years in the past, LED ZEPPELIN needed to defend itself in opposition to a copyright lawsuit alleging “Stairway To Heaven” was stolen from an obscure Nineteen Sixties instrumental. Jurors within the 2016 trial, which included testimony from Plant and Web page, determined that “Stairway” didn’t infringe on “Taurus”, written by the late Randy Wolfe and carried out by his band SPIRIT.

Through the trial, Plant recalled how he and Web page had labored on “Stairway To Heaven” at Headley Grange, a former poorhouse in Hampshire, England. He mentioned: “One night, Jimmy Web page and I sat by the hearth, going over bits and items.” He recalled leaving the remainder of the band to work on the music whereas he went to his bed room to jot down the music’s lyrics, which he advised the courtroom had been primarily based on Celtic mythology and “the pastoral areas of Britain I like.”