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1970 concert tour by Led Zeppelin
Iceland, Bath and Germany, Summer 1970
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Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Berlin, used to help promote its Summer 1970 tour of Germany
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Location
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Associated album
| Led Zeppelin II
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Start date
| 22 June 1970
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End date
| 19 July 1970
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Legs
| 2
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No.
of shows
| 6
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Led Zeppelin
's
Summer 1970 tour of Iceland, Bath and Germany
was a
concert tour
by the
English
rock
band
. The tour commenced on 22 June and concluded on 19 July 1970.
Overview
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Led Zeppelin's sole performance in England during this tour was one of the most important of the band's career. They accepted an offer from promoter
Freddy Bannister
to headline the
Bath Festival
, in
Shepton Mallet
, at a fee of £20,000.
[1]
This was the second time Led Zeppelin performed at this festival, having also appeared at the
Bath Festival of Blues
during their
U.K. tour in summer 1969
.
The band's performance at Bath in 1970
[2]
in front of an audience of 150,000 people is widely considered by music critics, and members of Led Zeppelin itself, as representing a turning point in terms of the amount of recognition they received in
Britain
.
[1]
Until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous
United States
concert tours
. This concert helped foster an improved relationship with the U.K. press, which gave them consistently good reviews for their performance at the festival.
[1]
Tantalisingly, however, the only known audio documents of the festival exist in very poor quality as
Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings
.
This tour is also notable for the band's visit to
Iceland
for their opening show at
Laugardalsholl
.
[3]
It was this visit which inspired singer
Robert Plant
to write the lyrics to "
Immigrant Song
", which was subsequently featured on their forthcoming album
Led Zeppelin III
. This song premiered at the Bath Festival, just six days after their show in Iceland.
[1]
A short segment of footage of
Jimmy Page
playing
bowed guitar
during "
Dazed and Confused
" during Led Zeppelin's performance at Laugardalsholl was included on the menu clips of the
Led Zeppelin DVD
(2003).
[
citation needed
]
Tour set list
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The fairly typical
set list
for the tour was:
- "
Immigrant Song
" (
Page
,
Plant
) (beginning with the Bath Festival)
- "
Heartbreaker
" (
Bonham
, Page, Plant)
- "
Dazed and Confused
" (Page)
- "
Bring It On Home
" (Page, Plant,
Dixon
)
- "
Since I've Been Loving You
" (Page, Plant,
Jones
)
- "Organ Solo"/"
Thank You
" (Page, Plant)
- "
That's the Way
" (Page, Plant)
- "
What Is and What Should Never Be
" (Page, Plant)
- "
Moby Dick
" (Page, Jones, Bonham)
- "
How Many More Times
" (Plant, Jones, Bonham, Plant) (Dropped after Bath Festival)
Encore:
- "
Whole Lotta Love
" (
Dixon
, Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
- "
Communication Breakdown
" (Page, Jones, Bonham)
- "
Long Tall Sally
" (Johnson,
Blackwell
,
Penniman
) (On 28 June only)
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.
Tour dates
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References
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Sources
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- Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997)
Led Zeppelin: The Concert File
, London: Omnibus Press.
ISBN
0-7119-5307-4
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- Grugahalle account is first hand observation by author - I was there.
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