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Robert Plant stunned fans by performing at a village church at the weekend.
The Led Zeppelin frontman played a set at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Northleach, Gloucestershire to help raise money for The Children's Society, Christian Aid and Open Doors.
The 65-year-old singer joined Steve Winwood from Traffic, Bill Hunt from Wizzard and Tony Kelsey from The Move at the event, which was organised by musician Gordon Jackson, who went out of his way to get Robert to play.
Gordon, 71, told the Gloucestershire Echo newspaper: "I had his contact details, so I sent him an email asking him if he fancied playing, and got one back within an hour saying yes.
"Robert performed 'Nobody's Fault But Mine', and he asked Steve if he wanted to sing a verse or two. So they duetted, I don't think they've ever done that before."
More than 400 villagers piled into the small venue after news spread of the performance.
Gordon explained: "We had about 220 people last year, 240 the year before and the church can only seat 250.
"This year, at 410 people we decided we couldn't let any more in, though a few did sneak in so it was well over 400 people in there. It was packed."
The retired gardener is determined to make next year's event even bigger and joked he'll be arranging for the late Elvis Presley, who died in 1977, to play a set.
The concert raised a £5,000 which will see £1,100 given to the church and the three charities.

Muse will begin working on their seventh album next month.
The rock band - made up of Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme - are planning their next release and hope to complete it by the end of 2014.
Drummer Dominic told radio station KROQ: "We're going to go back in May and start working on some new stuff, so I think we'll start recording it this year.
"If we can get something out this year, that would be great, but definitely next year."
The 'Madness' hitmakers, who performed at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the weekend in Indio, California, previously said they want the follow-up to 2012's 'The 2nd Law' to be more "stripped back".
Matt said: "I have a strong feeling that the next album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we've experimented with on the last two albums, which is electronics, symphonics and orchestral work and all that kind of stuff."
Meanwhile, Muse have spoken out about the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death and how Nirvana inspired the band during their early years.
Howard said: "They were massively influential to us when we were growing up.
"They're one of the reasons we picked up instruments and decided to start a band in the first place."

The Rolling Stones have rescheduled their Australian and New Zealand tour. The band - featuring Sir Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards - postponed their '14 ON FIRE' tour last month after frontman Mick's long-term girlfriend, ...

Olly Murs has collaborated with former Kaiser Chiefs star Nick Hodgson.
The 'Trouble' hitmaker paired up with the the former drummer, backing vocalist and lyricist for the 'I Predict A Riot' rockers - who now works as a producer and song writer at his Chewido studios in London - after being introduced by The Ordinary Boys frontman and former 'Celebrity Big Brother' star Preston, who has been writing for Olly since he was runner up on 'The X Factor' in 2009.
Nick told the Daily Star newspaper: "I've known Preston since the Kaisers supported The Ordinary boys when we started out.
"He phoned to see if I fancied writing with them, and it was an interesting idea.
"We got a great song out of it."
The 36-year-old musician - who parted ways with the Kaiser Chiefs in 2012 - confessed that although Olly, 29, has a very different style, he enjoyed working on the song for the pop heartthrob's new album.
He added: "I hadn't met him before, but I liked Olly a lot."
Olly has previously stated that his new album is to be released this summer.

Indie band Dexters will support The Enemy next month at KOKO in London.
The London band, who have just wrapped up their UK tour, will join the 'Gimme The Sign' hitmakers in May and are thrilled with the reception to their debut album 'Shimmer Gold'.
Frontman Tom Rowlett told BANG Showbiz: "I'm really happy with the reaction, a lot of the online stuff and fans. I try not to look at reviews, though. But I did have an argument with one guy who told me it was better than 'Definitely Maybe' [Oasis debut]. I was like, 'Wow, thank you very much, I'll take that as a compliment, but it ain't'. Maybe our next album, will be but he was like, 'No, this one'. I just said, 'Alright, bruv'."
The band - also made up of Chris Heggie, Ben Debo and Vincent Dignan - finished their headline tour at The Garage in Islington with an incredible live set, which included new song 'Nature Of The Beast' along with fan favourites.
Tom continued: "It's building, you can see it everywhere we go, playing bigger venues, a lot of the shows are sold out, it's great. We're looking forward to supporting The Enemy and we also have a gig with the Kaiser Chiefs coming up."
He quipped: "I'm now hoping to making some money. We're still skint. It's not why I do it. But I just want to go bowling in between gigs ... get a few strikes."
Dexters will support The Enemy at the Camden venue on Wednesday, May 28.

Professor Green has postponed his 12-date headline tour due to a "mental" 18 months.
The 'Just Be Good To Green' rapper, who was banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to drink-driving last month, was set to play venues across Britain in May but has pushed the gigs back for the second time until November and December.
In a statement posted on his website today (14.04.14), he said: "Dear all, the last 18 months have been mental, turbulent, up and down, round and round, amazing, horrible, happy, sad, frustrating, testing, trying and above all incredibly f***ing stressful."
The 30-year-old rapper, who is married to former reality TV star Millie Mackintosh, claims he wanted to release his new album 'Growing Up In Public' last year but it was delayed back along with the tour, which was moved to May and has now been postponed again.
He continued: "As most of you are aware a lot has happened in my wonderfully colourful day to day life.
"I got hit by a car, got married and then had my life turned upside down [after being arrested]."
He insists the album is now complete and is in fact better because of the "chaos", although he won't apologise for it being late.
Professor Green explained: "I'd be sorry if it was sh*t, there's no coming back from that. No one ever released a great album late - albums are done when they're done, there is in fact no such thing as a late album - so there.
"You lot have been there the whole way and I can't wait to get this album out for you all to hear and to get back on stage without a gammy knee or a looming bail date."
He added: "Back before you know it, I can't wait to see you in November when we can sing our little hearts out together."
The star signed off, "Greeners xx P.S. You just bloody wait for what happens at the drop!!!"
Professor Green also teased new track 'I'm Not Your Man' on his website, taken from the upcoming record.

Blondie's Debbie Harry joined Arcade Fire on stage at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last night (13.04.14).
The veteran rocker performed with the six-piece band on the closing night of week one of the event in Indio, California.
Debbie, 68, sang with the band's Régine Chassagne on her 1978 hit 'Heart Of Glass', before staying to perform their song 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)', after which frontman Win Butler shouted, "Debbie f****ng Harry" to the crowd.
The band were introduced by a man wearing a suit made of broken mirrors and opened up their set with 'Reflektor'.
Win said: "Alright guys, we're gonna give you every ounce of what we've got if you give it back to us (sic)."
The singer, who is married to Régine, also slammed Coachella's "fake VIP room b******t," telling the audience the exclusive area in the festival grounds "super sucks" and not to worry about not getting access.
Fans sat in the non-VIP beer garden next to the area cheered and Win also quipped: "Shout-out to all the bands still playing actual instruments at this festival."
The band - also made up of Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury - also handled a power cut well, telling fans to "keep singing" before marching into the crowd with a megaphone.

James Blunt has accused Damon Albarn of hiding his posh background.
The 'Bonfire Heart' hitmaker, who was privately educated at the exclusive Harrow School in north west London, thinks the Blur frontman shouldn't cover up his upper class roots like others in the music industry.
James told ES Magazine: "I was just the only one who didn't hide my accent. I mean, come on, Damon Albarn, he's right up there. He's got an orchard full of plums in his mouth and a silver spoon stuck up his a**e."
Damon is a state-educated son of an academic and both artists have been criticised in the past for being "too posh for pop."
James added: "Britain is so obsessed with class. It really needs to let go, because no one else gives a sh*t."
Meanwhile, Damon is set to release his first solo album 'Everyday Robots' on April 28, and waited 25 years to put out his own record, which he thought might never be recorded.
He previously said: "You could say that I'm embarking on a new stage in my life, but really I could turn around next time and do something else. So it's not a given that I've become a solo artist."

Lana Del Rey has debuted her new track 'West Coast'.
The 'Video Games' singer has been working on her new album 'Ultraviolence', the follow-up to 2012's 'Born To Die', and posted a video of the lead single on YouTube today (14.04.14).
The song aired on BBC Radio 1 and the video shows her strolling down a beach with a man, before the pair embrace and she walks towards the sea.
The hunk in the promo appears to be tattooed model Bradley Soileau, who also featured in Lana's 'Born To Die' and 'Blue Jeans' videos.
Fans were quick to praise the singer's new music, with one posting: "I'm so happy right now. Thank you wow. (sic)"
Another gushed: "I love it with all my heart. I can't wait for Ultraviolence."
Lana, who has been working with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on her new record, launched a promotional campaign for the album last week and teased lyrics from the new track, "Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin'..."
The 27-year-old singer also performed the new song at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California this weekend.
The set comes ahead of her headline tour of North America, which starts in Texas on April 24.