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===2010s=== In January 2010, Page announced an autobiography published by [[Genesis Publications]], in a hand-crafted, limited edition of 2,150 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genesis-publications.com/book/jimmy-page/collector|title=Jimmy Page: The Photographic Autobiography|publisher=Genesis Publications|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> Page was honoured with a first-ever Global Peace Award by the United Nations' Pathways to Peace organisation after confirming reports that he would be among the headliners at a planned [[Show of Peace Concert]] in Beijing, on 10 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100115/388/ten-guitarist-jimmy-page-receives-un-awa.html|title=Guitarist Jimmy Page receives UN award|publisher=Yahoo! India|date=15 January 2010|access-date=15 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119013654/http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100115/388/ten-guitarist-jimmy-page-receives-un-awa.html|archive-date=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/page-lands-peace-prize_1128740|title=Page lands Peace Prize|work=[[Contact Music]]|date=15 January 2010|access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> On 3 June 2011, Page played with Donovan at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. The concert was filmed. Page made an unannounced appearance with [[The Black Crowes]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] in London on 13 July 2011. He also played alongside [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] at Harper's 70th-birthday celebratory concert, in London's [[Royal Festival Hall]] on 5 November 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8873976/Roy-Harper-Festival-Hall-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8873976/Roy-Harper-Festival-Hall-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Roy Harper at the Festival Hall, 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5 December 2017|location=London|first=Bernadette|last=McNulty|date=7 November 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[File:Barack Obama speaks to Led Zeppelin.jpg|thumb|left|Page (right) with the other surviving members of Led Zeppelin, with U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] at the 2012 [[Kennedy Center Honors]]]] In November 2011, British Conservative MP [[Louise Mensch]] launched a campaign to have Page [[knighted]] for his contributions to the music industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/british-mp-lobbying-for-knighthood-for-led-zeppelin-guitarist-jimmy-page/story-e6frexl9-1226197192247|title=British MP lobbying for Knighthood for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page|publisher=DailyTelegraph|date=16 November 2011|access-date=16 November 2011|author=Craig Dunning}}</ref> In December 2012, Page, along with Plant and Jones, received the annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/226640440|title=Stairway to Heaven (Live at The Kennedy Center Honors)|website=Vimeo}}</ref> from President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. The honour is the U.S.'s highest award for those who have influenced American culture through the arts.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Serpick|first=Evan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/led-zeppelin-gets-all-star-tribute-at-kennedy-center-honors-20121203|title=Led Zeppelin Get All-Star Tribute At Kennedy Center Honors|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=3 December 2012|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref> In February 2013, Plant hinted that he was open to a Led Zeppelin reunion in 2014, stating that he is not the reason for the band's dormancy, saying "Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are quite contained in their own worlds and leave it to [him]", adding that he is "not the bad guy" and that he has "got nothing to do in 2014."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17019003-robert-plant-hints-hed-be-open-to-a-led-zeppelin-reunion|title=Robert Plant hints he'd be open to a Led Zeppelin reunion|work=NBC News Entertainment|date=19 February 2013|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055941/http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17019003-robert-plant-hints-hed-be-open-to-a-led-zeppelin-reunion|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Page (with Led Zeppelin) was awarded a Grammy Award "Best Rock Album" for ''[[Celebration Day (film)|Celebration Day]]''.<ref name="GRAMMY.com 2020" /> In May 2014, Page was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-page-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-berklee-college-of-music-233892/|title=Jimmy Page receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music|last=Coleman|first=Miriam|date=11 May 2014|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> In a spring 2014 interview with the [[BBC]] about the then forthcoming reissue of Led Zeppelin's first three albums, Page said he was confident fans would be keen on another reunion show, but Plant later replied that "the chances of it happening [were] zero." Page then told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he was "fed up" with Plant's refusal to play, stating "I was told last year that Robert Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding, "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I've still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play. So, yeah, I'll just get myself into musical shape, just concentrating on the guitar."<ref>{{cite news|title=Remastering, Reflecting: Everything Still Turns to Gold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/arts/music/jimmy-page-talks-about-his-old-band-its-legacy-and-himself.html|website=The New York Times|date=15 May 2014 |access-date=15 October 2018|last1=Rohter |first1=Larry }}</ref> In July 2014, an ''[[NME]]'' article revealed that Plant was "slightly disappointed and baffled" by Page in ongoing Led Zeppelin dispute during which Page declared he was "fed up" with Plant delaying Led Zeppelin reunion plans. Instead, Plant offered Led Zeppelin's guitarist to write acoustically with him as he is interested in working with Page again but only in an unplugged way.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/78865|title=Robert Plant says he is 'disappointed and baffled' by Jimmy Page in ongoing Led Zeppelin dispute|date=30 July 2014 <!-- 12:09 -->|website=[[NME]]|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> In September 2014, Page β who has not toured as a solo act since 1988 β announced that he would start a new band and perform material spanning his entire career. He spoke about his prospects for hitting the road, saying: "I haven't put [musicians] together yet but I'm going to do that next year [i.e. 2015]. If I went out to play, I would play material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with [[The Yardbirds]]. There would certainly be some new material in there as well ...".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/jimmy-page-says-he-will-start-new-band-perform-material-spanning-his-entire-career|title=JIMMY PAGE Says He Will Start New Band, Perform Material Spanning His Entire Career|date=30 September 2014|work=blabbermouth.net|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> In December 2015, Page was featured in the two-hour long [[BBC Radio 2]] programme ''Johnny Walker Meets'', in conversation with DJ [[Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnny Walker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s91g9|title=BBC Radio 2 β Johnnie Walker Meets..., Jimmy Page|website=BBC}}</ref> In October 2017, Page spoke at the [[Oxford Union]] about his career in music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Page|url=https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1568|website=www.oxford-union.org|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>
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