When asked, I immediately agreed to take part in the ARMS concert at the Royal Albert Hall organised by Ronnie Lane to raise funds for Action Research into Multiple Sclerosis. But then it suddenly hit me that nearly everyone involved had had a solo career except for me. I also hadn’t been on stage since Led Zeppelin three years earlier. At rehearsals I thought, ‘God, what have I got myself into?’

It didn’t matter, though. The spirit of the event was such that everybody pulled together. Nobody was trying to upstage anybody else; we all just pitched in, united in our love for Ronnie. I didn’t feel comfortable going out there and just doing Led Zeppelin songs. So instead I decided to build my set around the Death Wish II material I had been working on. One of the pieces was based on Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor, a particular favourite of mine.

Setlist:

I. Prelude in E Minor
II. City Sirens
III. Who’s To Blame
IV. Stairway to Heaven (Instrumental)