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January 9th 2010, Grove Of Anaheim, Anaheim CA: The opening band was a Chicago tribute named 'Make Me Smile' but I missed them entirely because I was interviewing Led Zepagain at that time.

Next band to hit the stage were David Lee Roth era Van Halen tribute band Fan Halen. They had a pretty good selection of songs and most of the stuff that any Van Halen fan would want to hear. The stage at the Grove of Anaheim was quite huge, giving these guys plenty of opportunity to carry out their stage antics, like the singer jumping from the drum riser, chugging down a bottle of Jack Daniels and even doing a Sammy Hagar tease. Performance wise, I thought the singer was decent and was giving it his all. The guitarist did a very good job and 'Eruption' was specially great by him. The crowd got involved to a pretty good extent during their set. They didn't seem to do anything different from the previous time I saw them but I had a good time nonetheless.

1. Unchained
2. Panama
3. Running With The Devil
4. Ain't Talkin' Bout Love
5. Dance The Night Away
6. Eruption
7. You Really Got Me
8. Hot For Teacher
9. Jump

The Jimmy Page birthday celebrations were about to begin with the ever-amazing Led Zepagain hitting the stage at around 10.15. They know quite a huge number of Zeppelin songs, as you will find out while reading the interview, and they certainly know how to use their entire 'catalog'. This was the fourth time I was seeing them, and the set lists have been different every time. This is what separates them from other tribute acts and makes you want to witness the spectacle again and again. They not only change the songs in the set, they keep varying the length of the set too, along with other surprises here and there.

At this particular gig they made seven changes from the last time I saw them which was in October. This set appropriately featured some of Jimmy Page's finest moments with Zeppelin. It was amazing to hear songs like 'No Quarter', 'Immigrant Song', 'Bron-Y-Aur Stomp', 'White Summer/Black Mountain Side' and 'Heartbreaker' among other the usual classics. During 'Kashmir' a dancer dressed in a traditional outfit graced the stage and I thought that suited the song very well. I had not seen them do this in the previous renditions of Kashmir. They do something new every time. As far as the performance goes, I have already given them all the superlatives that one could think of in my previous reviews. Steve's guitar playing looks more and more effortless every time I see him play. Swan was in his elements. Jim on bass, keyboards and mandolin was great, specially the mandolin on 'Going To California'. So if you haven't seen these guys yet, you should do so!

1. Rock And Roll
2. Celebration Day
3. Nobody's Fault But Mine
4. Immigrant Song
5. Over The Hills And Far Away
6. No Quarter
7. Going To California
8. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
9. The Song Remains The Same
10. The Rain Song
11. White Summer/Black Mountain Side
12. Kashmir
13. Dazed And Confused
14. Achilles Last Stand
15. Stairway To Heaven Encore:
16. Heartbreaker
17. Whole Lotta Love