The English rock band

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staged a concert tour of Scandinavia in September1968. The shows marked the band's first concert tour, though they were billed under the name "

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Overview

Led Zeppelin's debut tour was an outstanding

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commitment left over from

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. The band's first concert at Teen Club, a school gymnasium in Gladsaxe, Denmark, was performed exactly two months to the day after The Yardbirds' final concert.

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(2008), ''When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography Of Led Zeppelin'', London: Orion, p. 47. The band's manager, Peter Grant, later said of this first concert: "Standing by the side of the stage, it was obvious that there was special chemistry."Ian Fortnam, "Dazed & confused", ''

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: Classic Rock Presents Led Zeppelin'', 2008, p. 41. Guitarist

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recalled that "the tour went fantastically for us, we left them stomping the floors after every show."Dave Schulps
Interview with Jimmy Page
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'', October 1977. According to singer

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: Plant also recalled the following: For these early shows, the band was billed as the "Yardbirds" or "New Yardbirds", despite the fact that Jimmy Page was now the only surviving link with the previous band. Page later said:

Tour dates

Setlist

The setlists of the earliest shows are sketchy, as no recordings of these shows exist. A likely setlist for this tour consisted of: # " Train Kept A-Rollin'" # " I Can't Quit You Baby" # " Dazed and Confused" # " How Many More Times" # " White Summer" # " For Your Love" # " You Shook Me" # " Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" # " As Long As I Have You" # "

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References

Sources

*Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. .

External links

Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)
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