On this day 01 September

 I can't believe it...

1974 01 September On This Day Jimmy Page with Bad Company, encore at Austin Pop Festival

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Stockton,CA at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Seattle,WA at Seattle Center Coliseum
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Hollywood FL at Hollywood Sportatorium
• 1974 Jimmy Page with Bad Company - Austin,TX at University of Texas Memorial Stadium

1974

The band was on a sabbatical from performing, but they were busy wrapping up what Robert Plant had referred to as a "rather gargantuan film". That year they also set up Swan Song Records (with Bad Company as one of the initial bands), and recorded Physical Graffiti, but Jimmy Page missed performing on stage. In fact, the band members, individually and in various combinations, jammed with other bands during their so-called sabbatical.

Four bands played at the one-off show unofficially called "ZZ Top's First Annual Texas Size Rompin' Stompin' Barn Dance and Barbeque": Joe Cocker, Bad Company, ZZ Top, and Santana. Bad Company invited Jimmy Page to join them for their encore, Rock Me Baby. JP wasn't planning to play, so he borrowed a Gibson guitar. Afterwards he said "...it was so great to get up on stage again".

It was a hot day, the food and drink ran out early, and the fans basically destroyed the AstroTurf. That was the last time until 1995 that a rock band played the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium in Austin.