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Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, Led Zeppelin made numerous concert tours of the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe in particular. They performed over 600 concerts, [1] initially playing small clubs and ballrooms and then, as their popularity increased, larger venues and arenas as well.
Led Zeppelin III: Start date: 15 August 1970: End date: 19 September 1970: No. of shows: 20 (29 planned) Led Zeppelin concert chronology; Iceland, Bath & Germany 1970; North America Summer 1970; U.K. Spring 1971
Led Zeppelin's Spring 1970 North American Tour was the fifth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 21 March and concluded on 18 April 1970. The tour commenced on 21 March and concluded on 18 April 1970.
A review in Rolling Stone magazine referred to Physical Graffiti as Led Zeppelin's "bid for artistic respectability", adding that the only bands Led Zeppelin had to compete with for the title "The World's Best Rock Band" were the Rolling Stones and the Who. [68] The album was a massive commercial and critical success.
Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was a massive financial success, as the band sold out large arenas and stadiums. On 30 April they 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 on 6 December 1975 for Opening Night, and ...
Guitarist Jimmy Page considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak. [1] However, despite selling out their concerts, the tour had the lowest profile of all of the band's eleven North American concert tours, being vastly overshadowed by the Rolling Stones' tour of the same period, much to the annoyance of Led Zeppelin.
Even the hair bands of the ‘80s seem subtle by comparison. ... Led Zeppelin were one of the biggest live draws of the 1970s, ... Band Of Gypsys (1970) For nearly two years, Jimi Hendrix labored ...
Led Zeppelin's 1971 North American Tour was the seventh concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour commenced on August 7 and concluded on 17 September 1971. It included two warm-up shows in Montreux, Switzerland. This tour took place just prior to the release of the band's fourth album. The band had hoped to release this ...