Led Zeppelin North American Tour Summer 1970

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North America Summer 1970

Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Seattle, used to help promote its Summer 1970 North American tour
Concert tour by Led Zeppelin
Locations North America
Start date August 15, 1970
End date September 19, 1970
Legs 1
Shows 19
Led Zeppelin tour chronology
Iceland, Bath & Germany 1970
 North America Summer 1970
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Led Zeppelin's Summer 1970 North American Tour was the sixth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour commenced on August 15 and concluded on September 19, 1970.

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[edit] Overview

This concert tour was a massive success for Led Zeppelin, as they played to wildly enthusiastic audiences. It was their highest grossing tour to date (for the two New York concerts alone, the band grossed $100,000).[1] With the Rolling Stones off the road at the time, only The Who could now compete with Led Zeppelin for the title of the world's top concert attraction.[1] The band were widely hailed as bigger than The Beatles, dethroning them in the polls for the first time in rock history.[2]

This concert tour was originally scheduled to commence on August 5 at Cincinnati. However, the first week was cancelled due to the ill health of the father of bass player John Paul Jones. The itinerary was amended several times, leading to much confusion, with the band erroneously being billed to appear at the Strawberry Fields Festival on the weekend of August 8-9.[1] The tour eventually kicked off on August 15 at New Haven.

During this tour the band mixed their third album at Ardent Studios, Memphis, in August 1970. The album was released in October 1970, shortly following the conclusion of this tour.

[edit] Tour set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

  1. "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
  2. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
  3. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  4. "Bring It on Home" (Page, Plant, Dixon)
  5. "That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
  6. "Bron-Yr-Aur" (Page)
  7. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  8. "Organ Solo"/"Thank You" (Page, Plant)
  9. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
  10. "Moby Dick" (Page, Jones, Bonham)
  11. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encore:

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.

[edit] Tour dates

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 52-53.
  2. ^ Luis Rey (1997) Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes, Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press, p. 126.

[edit] Sources

  • Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
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