Still the greatest gig I've ever been to - even better than Little Feat in Manchester 1975 and that was pretty damned good. The Preston gig had originally been scheduled for Jan 4th (I think) but Robert Plant contracted a throat problem and the gig was cancelled. I was 15 and mortified. I had actually turned up at the Guildhall along with two friends (what now is a half hour drive from Manchester then seemed a hell of a trip) and clearly our grief was palpable as staff from the venue gave us posters and various memorabilia to ease our pain and told us to come back on the 30th . Turned out that this was now going to be the last gig of the tour (and the band's final ever 'small' gig in the U.K) and they made it one to remember. God, I remember the adrenaline rush when the lights went down and Bonzo nailed the cymbals that began 'Rock 'n Roll'. Whole lives were defined that evening - it was glorious, wonderful and loud as hell. Some evening,some band.