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A 10-minute clip of LED ZEPPELIN performing STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN in London on Monday night (10Dec07) was viewed by close to 500,000 on community website YouTube.com in the 24 hours following the reunion show.
The footage then vanished from the site amid reports the band’s management had pulled concert grabs online.
The performance clip, shot with mobile phones, was posted onto YouTube hours after the band left the stage at the O2 Arena.
Another popular clip was that of the rock supergroup performing Good Times Bad Times, which had been viewed by an estimated 250,000 in the day after the concert, a tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

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The U.K. leg of THE SPICE GIRLS comeback tour has been thrown into doubt, after EMMA BUNTON’s injured ankle forced the band to pull out of a TV performance.
The Wannabe hitmakers were due to appear on BBC reality show Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday (15Dec07) - ahead of their performance at London’s O2 Arena the same night - but they have cancelled their performance after Baby Spice fell onstage in Las Vegas on Tuesday (11Dec07) and twisted her ankle.
It’s unknown if Bunton will recover in time to perform on Saturday at the first of a string of British performances - the band’s homecoming, seven years after they split.
The five Spices arrived in London late on Thursday (13Dec07) and Bunton left Heathrow Airport in a wheelchair.
A source says, "It’s too soon to say if Emma will be fit enough to join the other four girls on Saturday. She will see a doctor tomorrow, who will assess the damage."

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Rocker EDDIE VEDDER and singer/songwriter SONDRA LERCHE are among the front-runners in the race for Oscar gold after landing three inclusions apiece on the official Best Song shortlist.
A panel of experts and critics have selected 59 songs for consideration, including Vedder’s tracks from Into The Wild and Lerche’s Dan In Real Life tunes.
The news comes as Vedder celebrates his first Golden Globe nod for Guaranteed from pal Sean Penn’s wilderness movie. The Pearl Jam frontman is also up for Best Original Score at the Globes on 13 January (08).
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers’ August Rush leads all films with four potential nominations.
The Oscar nods will be announced on 22 January (08).

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AMERICAN IDOL judge PAULA ABDUL once experienced theft at the hands of an obsessed fan - after a medical employee stole a sample of her urine.
The 45-year-old was shocked when her doctor asked her to provide a second urine sample - because the specimen she had previously provided was taken by a member of hospital staff.
She recalls, "Well, this is gross, but I was once at the gynaecologist and my doctor said, ‘We asked you to do a urine sample, so where is it?’ "I told him that I’d left it out in reception, and when he came back he said, ‘This is really embarrassing but a man who works here is your biggest fan and he stole it.’ Needless to say he got fired. In hindsight it’s a funny story."

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HILARY SWANK swapped drama for comedy to star in funny film P.S. I LOVE YOU, because her mother was sick of watching her die on screen.
Swank has enjoyed an exceptionally successful career starring in serious movies - picking up Best Actress Oscars for her roles in Boy’s Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby.
But she reveals the heavy storylines have taken their toll on her family.
Swank says, "I usually do drama. But my mom said to be ‘can you please live to see the credits’. So it’s giving my mum her new year’s resolution early."

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Pop superstar MADONNA is to be inducted into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year (08).
The Like A Virgin hitmaker will be honoured in a ceremony in New York in January (08) along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five.
Nominees are chosen by a committee and whittled down to a final list of five by a panel of music industry experts.
Acts only become eligible to join the iconic list 25 years after their first recording. Madonna, 49, found fame with her first single Holiday which entered the charts in 1984.

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Hollywood actor WILL SMITH is saving the environment - by using "paperless" toilets.
The self-confessed gadget geek has invested in several of the state-of-the-art contraptions from Japan, which cleverly eliminate the need for toilet paper by spraying the user’s bottom with blasts of air and water.
He explains, "It’s a gift from heaven, believe me
. People think it’s all about suction and that they’re going to have their insides removed by this marvel of modern engineering - but it doesn’t suck, it blows
. "Not everyone can handle this thing emotionally, so I’ve made sure I also have a few normal toilets in my house." (PAW/WNSMAS/CG) THE THINGS THEY SAY: "(He was) by my side the whole time
. I couldn’t have asked for a more supportive human being
. He had the room ready, candles everywhere, pictures in frames
. It was very homely and beautiful." KATIE HOLMES insists her husband TOM CRUISE was the perfect birthing partner
.

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LATEST: SPICE GIRLS star EMMA BUNTON is being treated by DAVID BECKHAM’s physiotherapist in a bid to get fit for the band’s comeback U.K. concert.
The singer took a tumble onstage at the Mandalay Arena in Las Vegas on Tuesday (11Dec07), twisting her ankle, and has been on crutches ever since.
But Bunton, 31, is determined to perform when the group play their first date at London’s O2 Arena this weekend (15Dec07) and has resorted to therapy from the medic favoured by bandmate Victoria Beckham’s soccer star husband.
She says, "It was very embarrassing. I’m seeing David Beckham’s doctor and praying it will be fine for Saturday. I’m keeping my fingers crossed." The Spice Girls’ world tour will see the group play 17 shows in the British capital in January (08) - and conclude with a second leg in North America.

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Hollywood actors GEORGE CLOONEY and DON CHEADLE have been awarded for their work raising awareness about the genocide in Darfur.
The pair was honoured with the Peace Summit Award at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome, Italy on Thursday (13Dec07).
Clooney and Cheadle teamed up to stage Darfur benefits around the premieres for their movie Ocean’s 13 earlier this year (07). Clooney and his father also travelled to Darfur in 2006 to shoot a short film about the plight of refugees in. And Clooney insists more should be done to help the Western Sudanese region.
He says, "We have an American election coming so this is the time to put pressure on American candidates, because believe me none of these people want to talk about this issue.
"None of them want to deal with this issue, so right now is the time to place pressure on the people who can actually affect change because we can’t." The former ER star also took time to mention the case of British school teacher Gillian Gibbons, from Liverpool, England, who was arrested in Sudan last month (Nov07) for allowing her class to name a teddy bear after the Islamic prophet Mohammed.
He adds, "A young woman was threatened with forty lashes and six months in jail and it was on the front page of every newspaper for a week in England and America.
"I would suggest that every single human being living in Darfur right now would happily take forty lashes and six months in jail over the treatment that they’re getting. You hope that that kind of coverage would be handed out to everyone, not just one woman who happens to be white and from a Western country."

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s close friend SAMANTHA RONSON facing a court battle with her former lawyers for $165,000 (£82,500) in unpaid legal fees.
Law firm Davis & Gilbert allege they were never paid for helping her fight and lose a lawsuit against celebrity blogger Perez Hilton - after he accused her of being the owner of cocaine found in Lohan’s car following the actress’ car accident in Los Angeles in May (07).
The case was thrown out of court and the DJ - who is the sister of British music producer Mark Ronson - was ordered to pay Hilton’s legal fees.
Company partner Martin Garbus says Ronson, 30, "failed to return calls, missed appointments, and otherwise acted in an unprofessional manner, making the presentation of the case exceedingly difficult." Ronson has yet to answer to the lawsuit, but her attorney is seeking for the case to be transferred to federal court.

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Former supermodel JANICE DICKINSON has confirmed she is addicted to cosmetic surgery.
The 53-year-old has spent $100,000 (£50,000) preserving her youthful looks but she has always denied being hooked on visits to the surgeon’s office.
But the former America’s Next Top Model judge now admits it’s an addiction.
She says, "Believe me, I’m a 900-year-old dinosaur and without 14 inches of make-up and 32 pounds of fake weave I wouldn’t look the way I do. I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.
"I’m honest about it, I haven’t got a problem with it. I borrow bits from everyone. Every six months I fly to Dallas to get Botox and I also get collagen injections. I’m addicted to cosmetic surgery."

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Scottish actor GERARD BUTLER is convinced his acting career has been hindered by his good looks.
The 300 star found success in Hollywood starring alongside Angelina Jolie in 2003’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and Hilary Swank in new movie P.S. I Love You, but remains less well known in his native Britain.
And he insists being attractive disadvantaged him in the U.K. film industry.
He says, "It holds you back in Britain more than the U.S. In Britain if you look like a cross between a pig and a packet of biscuits you’re more likely to get a job. "But most of the f**ked up women I know are the beautiful ones. Often being good-looking causes you to think about being good-looking a little too much."

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Art director ROBERT BOYLE is to receive an honorary Academy Award after more than fifty years in show business.
The 98-year-old, born in Los Angeles, trained as an architect until 1929’s Great Depression cost him his job and he found work as an extra on a film.
He went on to art direct more than 100 movies including North by Northwest, Fiddler on the Roof, The Birds and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Academy President Sid Ganis says, "Robert Boyle’s career is truly worthy of this honour. from his multiple collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock to his top-quality work on so many other films, this is a master film artist."

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DANIEL DAY LEWIS turned down the chance to star in SCHINDLER’S LIST after MARTIN SCORSESE lost the job of directing it to STEVEN SPIELBERG.
Although he had signed up to star in the 1993 film, Day Lewis was so enamoured with Scorsese, he walked away with him to make The Age of Innocence instead.
Spielberg’s movie went on to win seven Academy Awards and Neeson gained a nomination for his portrayal of Oskar Schindler - but Day Lewis has no regrets.
He says, "I thought that would be something very interesting to do. But then the project went to Spielberg. "When I met Martin I wanted to pick him up and cuddle him. He is a mighty man, and when he asks you to do something, you want to do it. I was struggling to escape from English drawing-rooms, but because of Martin, I accepted the role in The Age of Innocence."

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MARY-LOUISE PARKER was so shocked by her Golden Globes nomination for hit TV show WEEDS she nearly set her kitchen on fire.
The actress was cooking when she heard she had been shortlisted in the Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical category.
She says, "I was in the kitchen making breakfast for my kids. I was making waffles, which almost caught fire I was on the phone for a long time and then I noticed it was really smoky.
"It was kind of fun. My kids like it when the smoke alarm goes off. It’s loud, and exciting, and my son gets to pick up the broom and hit the ceiling with it."

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British girl group SUGABABES were left fuming after their former bandmate MUTYA BUENA changed her phone number - and failed to inform them.
Childhood friends and founding members Buena and Keisha Buchanan previously denied rumours of a rift after the 22-year-old quit the pop trio in December 2005 to launch a solo career.
But now Buchanan, 23, says the pair fell out when the Real Girl singer didn’t pass on her new phone number.
She says, "We were (on speaking terms), but then she changed her number. I saw her at the MOBOs (Music Of Black Origin Awards) and she was like, ‘No, I have no problem with you and (fellow Sugababe member) Heidi.’ "I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but obviously things have been said.
I’m sure someone’s not sitting there making it up."

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Former N SYNC singer LANCE BASS has told of the difficulties he went through trying to hide his sexuality while in the band - insisting it was a "crazy" time.
The star kept quiet about being gay throughout his career with the group as he was too scared to ‘come out’.
Bass says, "I was always watching what I said, what I did. You would learn so many things throughout the years, like, gay people do this and gay people say this. "I remember one time someone told me that if you say the word ’so’ a lot, that’s a tell that you’re gay. I was so afraid to say the word ’so’ in anything I did! That’s how crazy things got for me." (LR/WNWCHP/IG) * LEWIS TO STAR IN BROADWAY SHOW? British pop star LEONA LEWIS is in talks to take on the lead role of MARIA in Broadway hit WEST SIDE STORY, when it returns to the New York stage for its 50th Anniversary next year (08). Lewis, who is currently riding high in the U.K. pop charts with her debut single BLEEDING LOVE, has been approached by singer/actor DAVID WINTERS - who played A-Rab in the original 1961 stage and movie productions - about starring in the musical.
Winter is hopeful the singer will agree to join his upcoming Broadway Spectacular reprisal of West Side Story, scheduled to open towards the end of 2008. A source tells WENN, "This is a really exciting opportunity for Leona. She’s got the voice and she can act." Lewis will reunite with her childhood vocal coach Janet Edwards to train for the part if negotiations are successful.

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AMERICAN IDOL star JENNIFER HUDSON has revived her relationship with childhood sweetheart JAMES PEYTON, a month after she traded him in for an American football player.
According to the National Enquirer, Hudson, 26, has ended her fling with New York Jets player Kerry Rhodes, 25 - and is back dating maintenance engineer James Peyton.
A close friend tells the tabloid, "Jennifer was so caught up in her own success - rising from American Idol finalist to winning an Academy Award for Dreamgirls - that she had to leave James behind.
"Her family and friends thought she was making a mistake. James had been wonderful to her - and it was not right to put him on the backburner after she had made it big.
"They discovered the spark was still there and soon they were back together."

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