Led Zeppelin United Kingdom and Scandinavian Tour 1969
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 Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Stockholm, used to help promote its 1969 tour of the U.K. and Scandinavia |
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| Concert tour by Led Zeppelin | ||||
| Start date | 1 March 1969 | |||
| End date | 17 April 1969 | |||
| Legs | 1 | |||
| Shows | 28 | |||
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Led Zeppelin's 1969 tour of the United Kingdom and Scandinavia was a concert tour of the United Kingdom and Scandinavia by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 1 March and concluded on 17 April 1969.
During this tour, Led Zeppelin made a number of live television appearances, including one date in Denmark on 17 March,[1] a session at BBC TV studios on March 21[2] and a session at Staines on March 25,[3] the last for the filming of the Supershow. Some of these early filmed sessions were later released on the Led Zeppelin DVD (2003). They were part of manager Peter Grant's early strategy to build public awareness of the group. However, his dissatisfaction with the medium (particularly its inferior audio quality), would soon lead him to make the band unavailable for television again.[4]
Led Zeppelin's debut album was belatedly released in the United Kingdom part-way through this tour, in late March 1969.[4]
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[edit] Tour set list
The fairly typical set list for the tour was:
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
- "I Gotta Move" (on 14 March only)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
- "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
- "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
- "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
- "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
- "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
- "Pat's Delight" (Bonham)
- "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
- "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.
[edit] Tour dates
- 01/03/1969 Fishmonger's Hall - London, England
- 02/03/1969 Van Dyke Club - Plymouth, England
- 03/03/1969 Playhouse Theatre - London, England (BBC)
- 05/03/1969 The Locarno - Cardiff, Wales
- 07/03/1969 Hornsey Wood Tavern - London, England
- 10/03/1969 Cooks Ferry Inn - Edmonton, England
- 12/03/1969 Leicester University, Leicester, England
- 14/03/1969 Stockholm Konserthuset - Stockholm, Sweden (afternoon show)
- 14/03/1969 Uppsala University - Stockholm, Sweden (evening show)
- 15/03/1969 Teen Clubs Box 45, Egegaard, Skole - Gladsaxe, Denmark (afternoon show)
- 15/03/1969 Brondby Pop-Club, Norregard Hallen - Brondby, Denmark (evening show)
- 16/03/1969 Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (2 shows)
- 17/03/1969 TV-Byen, Gladsaxe, Denmark (Danish TV)
- 21/03/1969 "How Late It Is" - London, England (BBC TV)
- 22/03/1969 Mother's Club - Birmingham, England
- 24/03/1969 Cooks Ferry Inn - Edmonton, England
- 25/03/1969 British Supershow - Staines, England
- 28/03/1969 Marquee Club - London, England
- 29/03/1969 Bromley College of Technology - Bromley, England
- 30/03/1969 Potter's Bar - Southall, England
- 01/04/1969 Klooks Kleek - Hampstead, England
- 05/04/1969 Roundhouse - London, England
- 08/04/1969 The Cherry Tree - Welwyn Garden City, England
- 12/04/1969 Toby Jug - Tolworth, England
- 14/04/1969 Stoke-On-Trent, England
- 17/04/1969 Sunderland, England
[edit] References
- ^ Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
- ^ Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
- ^ Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
- ^ a b Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 20.
[edit] External links
- Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)
- Led Zeppelin concert setlists
[edit] Sources
- Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
