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Thirty one years, Youdopia. On August 11, 1979 Led Zeppelin played their last concert in England. Well, they reunited with Jason Bonham in 2007, but you know what I mean. This show, which is available in its entirety below, is the second Knebworth gig. The first was one week earlier on 8/4/79.  The first night was much better. Jimmy Page is in rough shape tonight. I don’t believe anything from this show was used in the official Led Zeppelin DVD. I think everything came from the first gig.

That said, there are precious few complete Led Zeppelin concerts you can watch in their entirety (this show is from a Russian tube site) so beggars can’t be choosers. There are some good things in this show, such as a very cool version of No Quarter. We also get to see Jimmy play a Gibson Explorer after he breaks a string on Over the Hills And Far Away (that’s what happens. You’ll know it when you hear it).

200,000 people watched this show, and 200,000 watched the one on 8/4. It was supposed to be Led Zep’s triumphant return, after taking two years off for the death of Robert Plant’s son. Unfortunately, it was their Swan Song (I know).

If you want to hear a killer show from just a couple weeks before this one, download the Copenhagen show I posted last week. If you want to see this show, but in awesome quality, with a much tighter Jimmy Page, watch the second half of Disc 2 of the Zep DVD.

Led Zeppelin – Knebworth Festival Stevenage,1979(1)
This is the second half of the concert.

Led Zeppelin – Knebworth Festival Stevenage,1979(2)