 Collins first performed with Sting at Wembley , and together they performed " In the Air Tonight " , " Against All Odds " , " Long Long Way to Go " and " Every Breath You Take " , accompanied by saxophonist Branford Marsalis . After Collins finished performing , he flew on Concorde to the Live Aid show in Philadelphia . On the plane , he met Cher , and convinced her to be a part of the event . Once there he met Robert Plant , who had asked him if he would perform with him , Jimmy Page and Tony Thompson in a Led Zeppelin " reunion " of sorts . He first played drums on " Layla " , " White Room " and " She 's Waiting " for friend Eric Clapton . Then , Collins performed " Against All Odds " and " In the Air Tonight " , and finished the night playing drums for Led Zeppelin 's aforementioned act . The band has claimed that the performance was unspectacular , and critics place the blame on Collins . However , Collins says that " I would pledge to my dying day that it wasn 't me , " and that Thompson was racing through some of the performance . Collins later remarked , " ... I remember in the middle of the thing , I actually thought , How do I get out of here ? " Stephen Williams of Newsday commented that Collins ' performance of " In the Air Tonight " in Philadelphia " was one of the more moving moments of the day " . Live Aid raised $ 69 million in its effort . Collins later recalled the event as " extraordinary " . 
