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==History==
==History==
This was the first tour by the band after their enforced layoff caused by singer [[Robert Plant]]'s car accident in [[Greece]] in 1975. Rehearsals for the tour took place at [[Manticore Studios]], [[Fulham]] in early 1977, where the band worked on a new set list, including a revived acoustic section which had been discarded since 1972. Only two songs from their most recent album, ''[[Presence]]'' (1976), were used: "[[Nobody's Fault But Mine]]" and "[[Achilles Last Stand]]"


The tour was originally scheduled to begin on February 27 at [[Fort Worth, Texas]], but Plant contracted [[laryngitis]] and the schedule was postponed for a month. Forty nine concerts were originally scheduled over a three-leg period. The tour eventually kicked off on April 1, at [[Dallas, Texas]].


Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was a massive fiscal success, as the band sold out all arenas and stadiums in which they played. On April 30 the band performed to 76,229 people at the [[Pontiac Silverdome]], a new world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction, beating the 75,962 that [[The Who]] attracted there in December 1975. Lengthy stints were spent in [[New York]] and [[Los Angeles]], where the band performed six shows respectively at [[Madison Square Garden]] and the [[Los Angeles Forum]]

Though profitable financially, the tour was beset with off-stage problems. On June 3, after a concert at [[Tampa Stadium]] was cut short because of a severe [[thunderstorm]], a [[riot]] broke out amongst the audience, resulting in several arrests and injuries. Police ultimately resorted to [[tear gas]] to break up the crowd.<ref>[http://www.robertplanthomepage.com/2006planthomepage/History/june.htm Robert Plant's Home Page]</ref>

The tour also experienced several unsavory off-stage problems, exacerbated by the the hiring of London gangster [[John Bindon]] as security coordinator. After a July 23 show at the "[[Days on the Green]]" festival at [[Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum]] in [[Oakland, California]], Bindon, band manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] and band member [[John Bonham]] were arrested after a member of promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]'s staff was badly beaten during the performance. A member of the staff had allegedly slapped Grant's son when he was taking down a dressing room sign; when Grant heard about this, he went into the trailer, along with Bindon and John Bonham, and savagely assaulted the man.<ref name="Hammer of the Gods"> {{cite book | title=Hammer of the Gods (LPC) | year=1995 | author=Stephen Davis | pages= 277}}</ref>

The following day's second Oakland concert would prove be the band's final live appearance in the United States. After the performance, news came that Plant's five year old son, Karac, had died from a stomach virus. The rest of the tour was immediately cancelled.<ref name="Hammer of the Gods"> {{cite book | title=Hammer of the Gods (LPC) | year=1995 | author=Stephen Davis | pages= 277}}</ref>


==Tour dates==
==Tour dates==

Revision as of 06:34, 27 October 2007

North America 1977
Concert by Led Zeppelin
Start dateApril 1, 1977
End dateJuly 24, 1977
Legs2
No. of shows45
Led Zeppelin concert chronology
  • Earl's Court 1975

    (1975)
  • North America 1977
    (1977)
  • Knebworth 1979

    (1979)

band
. The tour and ended on . The tour was divided into two legs, with the first beginning on April 1st and finishing on June 27, and the second leg commencing on July 17 and finishing on July 24th.

History

This was the first tour by the band after their enforced layoff caused by singer

Nobody's Fault But Mine" and "Achilles Last Stand
"

The tour was originally scheduled to begin on February 27 at

Dallas, Texas
.

Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was a massive fiscal success, as the band sold out all arenas and stadiums in which they played. On April 30 the band performed to 76,229 people at the

Los Angeles Forum

Though profitable financially, the tour was beset with off-stage problems. On June 3, after a concert at Tampa Stadium was cut short because of a severe thunderstorm, a riot broke out amongst the audience, resulting in several arrests and injuries. Police ultimately resorted to tear gas to break up the crowd.[1]

The tour also experienced several unsavory off-stage problems, exacerbated by the the hiring of London gangster

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, Bindon, band manager Peter Grant and band member John Bonham were arrested after a member of promoter Bill Graham's staff was badly beaten during the performance. A member of the staff had allegedly slapped Grant's son when he was taking down a dressing room sign; when Grant heard about this, he went into the trailer, along with Bindon and John Bonham, and savagely assaulted the man.[2]

The following day's second Oakland concert would prove be the band's final live appearance in the United States. After the performance, news came that Plant's five year old son, Karac, had died from a stomach virus. The rest of the tour was immediately cancelled.[2]

Tour dates

  • April 1: Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas
  • April 3: The Myriad, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • April 6-7, 9-10: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
  • April 12: Metropolitan Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • April 13: Civic Center, St Paul, Minnesota
  • April 15: St Louis Blues Arena, St Louis, Missouri
  • April 17: Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • April 19-20: Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • April 23: The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
  • April 25: Kentucky Fairgrounds And Exposition Center, Louisville,KY.
  • April 27-28: Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio
  • April 30: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
  • May 18: Jefferson Memorial Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama
  • May 19: L.S.U. Assembly Centre, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • May 21: The Summit, Houston, Texas
  • May 22: Tarrant Country Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas
  • May 25-26, 28, 30: Capitol Centre, Landover, MD
  • May 31: Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • June 3: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
  • June 7-8, 10-11, 13-14: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
  • June 19: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California
  • June 21-23, 25-27: The Forum, Inglewood California
  • July 17: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
  • July 20: A.S.U. Activities Center, Tempe, Arizona
  • July 23-24: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

  1. "The Song Remains the Same"
  2. "Sick Again"
  3. "
    Nobody's Fault but Mine (Page, Plant
    )
  4. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
  5. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones, Page, Plant)
  6. "No Quarter"
  7. "Ten Years Gone"
  8. "The Battle of Evermore"
  9. "Going to California"
  10. "
    Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
    "
  11. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
  12. "Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
  13. "Trampled Under Foot" (Jones, Page, Plant)
  14. "
    Moby Dick
    "
  15. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
  16. "Page Solo"/"
    Star Spangled Banner
    "
  17. "Achilles Last Stand" (Page, Plant)
  18. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)

Encores:

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

Sources

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

External links

  1. ^ Robert Plant's Home Page
  2. ^ a b Stephen Davis (1995). Hammer of the Gods (LPC). p. 277.
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