Page came onstage to end the event by playing Led Zeppelin's hit "Rock and Roll" with Paul Rodgers, former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Alice in Chains singer William Duvell.

At the ceremony, Page was honored with the EMP Founders Award. Elsewhere in the night, Nirvana's Kris Novoselic, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen and ex-Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin performed Led Zeppelin covers.