Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...

's 1970 United Kingdom Tour was a

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of the

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by that English

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. 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

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on 9 January. 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 Song Remains the Same'', reissued version, 2007. In 1970, Led Zeppelin commissioned the British director and producer of the BBC's '' In Concert'' at the time,

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, to film ''Led Zeppelin Live At The

'', during which Dorfman and the two cameramen he hired, Peter Whitehead and an assistant, used handheld Bolex cameras to capture the concert on 16mm film. Virtually all the footage from the Royal Albert Hall concert was featured as Disk One of '' Led Zeppelin DVD'' in 2003. The audio portions were digitally remixed for stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. 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 album '' Coda.'' In 2022, Led Zeppelin released portions of 1970 Royal Albert Hall footage as three official music videos, ''Dazed and Confused (Live at The Royal Albert Hall 1970), How Many More Times (Live at The Royal Albert Hall 1970), and What Is and What Should Never Be (Live at The Royal Albert Hall 1970).'' One concert from this tour, at

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on 7 February, was postponed for 10 days owing to vocalist

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suffering a minor car accident, in which he sustained some facial injuries.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. , pp. 41-4.Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
/ref> For all but one of these concerts, the band did not use any supporting act, although Barclay James Harvest did support them at the Edinburgh Usher Hall gig on 17 February. 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" (

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, Bethea) #" I Can't Quit You Baby" ( Dixon) #" Dazed and Confused" (Page) #" Heartbreaker" ( Bonham, Jones, Page,

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) #" White Summer"/" Black Mountain Side" (Page) #"

Since I've Been Loving You "Since I've Been Loving You" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1970 on the album '' Led Zeppelin III''. Overview "Since I've Been Loving You" was one of the first songs prepared for the ''Led Zeppelin III'' album. The ...

" (Page, Plant, Jones) #"

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" (Page, Plant) #" What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) (9 January only) #"

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" (Bonham) #" How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) Encores (variations of the following list): *" Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) *"

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" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) *" Bring It On Home" (Dixon, Page, Plant) (On 7 January, 9 January, and 17 February) *" Long Tall Sally" (

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) (On 9 January) *" C'mon Everybody"/" Something Else" ( Cochran, Capehart, Sheeley, Cochran) (On 7 January and 9 January) There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.

Tour dates

References

External links

Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)View in Google Earth

Sources

*Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. . {{Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin concert tours 1970 concert tours 1970 in British music January 1970 in the United Kingdom February 1970 in the United Kingdom Concert tours of the United Kingdom