Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour 1970
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| United Kingdom 1970 | ||
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Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Edinburgh, used to help promote its 1970 U.K. tour |
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| Concert tour by Led Zeppelin | ||
| Locations | United Kingdom | |
| Start date | January 7, 1970 | |
| End date | February 17, 1970 | |
| Legs | 1 | |
| Shows | 8 | |
| Led Zeppelin tour chronology | ||
| North America Autumn 1969 |
United Kingdom 1970 |
Europe 1970 |
Led Zeppelin's 1970 United Kingdom Tour was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on January 7 and concluded on February 17, 1970.
This tour is arguably best known for the band's performance at the Royal Albert Hall on January 9. Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant, arranged for this performance to be professionally filmed by Peter Whitehead and Stanley Dorfman for a proposed documentary project. However, it was not officially released at the time because the footage was allegedly filmed at the wrong speed. A 40-minute cut was prepared but was deemed by the band to be of unsatisfactory quality. This cut was released years later as a bootleg.[1] However, in 2003 the original footage was officially remastered and virtually the entire concert was released on the Led Zeppelin DVD. Audio recordings of two songs from the concert, "We're Gonna Groove" and "I Can't Quit You Baby", had earlier been released on the 1982 Led Zeppelin album, Coda
One concert from this tour, at Edinburgh on February 7, was postponed for 10 days owing to guitarist Jimmy Page suffering a minor car accident, in which he sustained some facial injuries.[1]
For all but one of these concerts the band did not use any supporting act. This would be a trend to continue on subsequent Led Zeppelin concert tours.[1]
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[edit] Tour set list
The fairly typical set list for the tour was:
- "We're Gonna Groove" (Page)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
- "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
- "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
- "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
- "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
- "Thank You" (Page, Plant)
- "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
- "Moby Dick" (Bonham)
- "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
Encores (variations of the following list):
- "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
- "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)
- "Bring It on Home" (Dixon, Page, Plant)
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.
[edit] Tour dates
- 07/01/1970
Birmingham Town Hall - Birmingham, England - 08/01/1970 Colston Hall, Bristol - England
- 09/01/1970 Royal Albert Hall - London, England
- 13/01/1970 Guild Hall - Portsmouth - England
- 15/01/1970 City Halls - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- 16/01/1970 Sheffield City Hall - Sheffield, England
- 24/01/1970 Leeds University Refectory - Leeds, England
- 17/02/1970
Usher Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland (rescheduled date; originally scheduled for February 7)
[edit] External links
- Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)
- Led Zeppelin concert setlists
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 41-4.
[edit] Sources
- Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
