Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour 1972/1973

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United Kingdom 1972/1973
Concert tour by Led Zeppelin
Locations United Kingdom
Start date October 28, 1972
End date January 30, 1973
Legs 2
Shows 27 (including two European warm-up shows)
Led Zeppelin tour chronology
Japan 1972
 United Kingdom 1972/1973
 Europe 1973

Led Zeppelin's 1972/1973 United Kingdom Tour was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on October 28, 1972 and concluded on January 30, 1973. It was preceded by two warm-up shows in Montreux, Switzerland, and rehearsals at the Rainbow Theatre in London, before formally kicking off at Newcastle upon Tyne.

This was Led Zeppelin's longest ever tour of the United Kingdom, and the original 110,000 tickets for the 24 dates sold out within four hours of box offices opening simultaneously on November 10. Tickets were charged £1 for all the concerts, except for the shows at Manchester which charged £1.25.[1]

Two dates, in Bradford and Preston respectively, needed to be postponed as a result of singer Robert Plant contracting influenza after the car in which he and drummer John Bonham were traveling broke down on the way to a concert in Sheffield on January 2.[1] An additional date was also added at Southampton University on January 22.

Led Zeppelin experts Dave Lewis and Simon Pallet have characterised this concert tour as something of an end of an era for the band:

“ Overall, this lengthy set of dates reaffirmed their status in the U.K. It would however prove to be the last opportunity for British audiences to see Led Zeppelin in their homeland at such close quarters. Venues such as the Aberystwyth Kings Hall with its capacity of under 800 would soon be a thing of the past. The stadium era beckoned.[1] ”

Contents

[edit] Tour set list

The set list pattern was virtually the same as that played during the previous Japanese tour. The fairly typical set list was:

  1. "Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
  2. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant)
  3. "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  4. "Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, Plant)
  5. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  6. "Dancing Days" (Page, Plant)
  7. "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  8. "The Song Remains the Same" (Page, Plant)
  9. "The Rain Song" (Page, Plant)
  10. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  11. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
  12. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encores (variations of the following list):

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

[edit] Tour dates

[edit] European warm-up shows

[edit] United Kingdom

[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, p. 83.

[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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