Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour 1970

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = United Kingdom 1970

Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Edinburgh, used to help promote its 1970 U.K. tour
artist = Led Zeppelin
type = Concert
locations = United Kingdom
start_date = 7 January 1970
end_date = 17 February 1970
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 8
last_tour = North America Autumn 1969
this_tour = United Kingdom 1970
next_tour = 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 7 January and concluded on 17 February 1970.

This tour is arguably best known for the band's performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January. [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/january-9-1970 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] According to Led Zeppelin guitarist, Jimmy Page, the Royal Albert hall was "at the time the largest and most prestigious gig in London."Liner notes by Cameron Crowe for "The The Song Remains the Same", reissued version, 2007.] The band'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.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) "Led Zeppelin: The Concert File", London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 41-4.] 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 7 February, was postponed for 10 days owing to vocalist Robert Plant suffering a minor car accident, in which he sustained some facial injuries. [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/february-17-1970 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ]

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.

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)
*"Long Tall Sally" (Little Richard)

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

Tour dates

*07/01/1970 flagicon|England Birmingham Town Hall - Birmingham, England
*08/01/1970 flagicon|England Colston Hall, Bristol - England
*09/01/1970 flagicon|England Royal Albert Hall - London, England
*13/01/1970 flagicon|England Guild Hall - Portsmouth - England
*15/01/1970 flagicon|England City Hall - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
*16/01/1970 flagicon|England Sheffield City Hall - Sheffield, England
*24/01/1970 flagicon|England Leeds University Refectory - Leeds, England
*17/02/1970 flagicon|Scotland Usher Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland (rescheduled date; originally scheduled for February 7)

External links

* [http://www.ledzeppelin.com/timelinebrowse Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)]
* [http://www.bootledz.com/setlists.htm Led Zeppelin concert setlists]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117377988734231201134.0004566e8219bed40c5fa&ll=53.566414,-0.944824&spn=10.163362,19.775391&z=6 View in Google Earth]

References

ources

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