Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour 1972/1973

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = United Kingdom 1972/1973


artist = Led Zeppelin
type = Concert
locations = United Kingdom
start_date = 28 October 1972
end_date = 30 January 1973
number_of_legs = 2
number_of_shows = 27 (including two European warm-up shows)
last_tour = Japan 1972
this_tour = United Kingdom 1972/1973
next_tour = Europe 1973

Led Zeppelin's 1972/1973 United Kingdom Tour was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 28 October 1972 and concluded on 30 January 1973. It was preceded by two warm-up shows in Montreux, Switzerland, and rehearsals at the Rainbow Theatre in London, before formally kicking off at Newcastle upon Tyne.

This was Led Zeppelin's longest ever tour of the United Kingdom, and the original 110,000 tickets for the 24 dates sold out within four hours of box offices opening simultaneously on November 10. Tickets were charged £1 for all the concerts, except for the shows at Manchester which charged £1.25.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) "Led Zeppelin: The Concert File", London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 83.]

Two dates, in Bradford [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/january-18-1973 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] and Preston [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/january-30-1973 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] respectively, needed to be postponed as a result of singer Robert Plant contracting influenza after the car in which he and drummer John Bonham were traveling broke down on the way to a concert in Sheffield on January 2. An additional date was also added at Southampton University on January 22. [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/january-22-1973 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ]

Led Zeppelin experts Dave Lewis and Simon Pallet have characterised this concert tour as something of an end of an era for the band:

Tour set list

The set list pattern was virtually the same as that played during the previous Japanese tour. The fairly typical set list was:

#"Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
#"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant)
#"Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, Plant)
#"Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Dancing Days" (Page, Plant)
#"Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"The Song Remains the Same" (Page, Plant)
#"The Rain Song" (Page, Plant)
#"Dazed and Confused" (Page)
#"Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
#"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encores (variations of the following list):
*"Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
*"Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
*"Thank You" (Page, Plant)
*"The Ocean" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant)

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

Tour dates

European warm-up shows

*27/11/1972 flagicon|Switzerland The Casino - Montreux, Switzerland
*28/11/1972 flagicon|Switzerland The Casino - Montreux, Switzerland

United Kingdom

*30/11/1972 flagicon|England City Halls - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
*01/12/1972 flagicon|England City Halls - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
*03/12/1972 flagicon|Scotland Green’s Playhouse - Glasgow, Scotland
*04/12/1972 flagicon|Scotland Green’s Playhouse - Glasgow, Scotland
*07/12/1972 flagicon|England Hard Rock - Manchester, England
*08/12/1972 flagicon|England Hard Rock - Manchester, England
*11/12/1972 flagicon|Wales Capitol Theatre - Cardiff, Wales
*12/12/1972 flagicon|Wales Capitol Theatre - Cardiff, Wales
*16/12/1972 flagicon|England Odeon - Birmingham - England
*17/12/1972 flagicon|England Odeon - Birmingham - England
*20/12/1972 flagicon|England Brighton Dome - Brighton, England
*22/12/1972 flagicon|England Alexandra Palace - London, England
*23/12/1972 flagicon|England Alexandra Palace - London, England
*02/01/1973 flagicon|England City Hall - Sheffield, England
*03/01/1973 flagicon|England Guild Hall - Preston, England (cancelled, concert postponed until January 30)
*04/01/1973 flagicon|England St George's Hall - Bradford, England (cancelled, concert postponed until January 18)
*07/01/1973 flagicon|England New Theatre - Oxford, England
*14/01/1973 flagicon|England Liverpool Empire Theatre - Liverpool, England
*15/01/1973 flagicon|England Trentham Gardens - Stoke-on-Trent, England
*16/01/1973 flagicon|Wales King's Hall - Aberystwyth, Wales
*18/01/1973 flagicon|England St George's Hall - Bradford, England (rescheduled from January 4)
*21/01/1973 flagicon|England Gaumont Theatre - Southampton, England
*22/01/1973 flagicon|England Southampton University - Southampton, England
*25/01/1973 flagicon|Scotland Music Hall - Aberdeen, Scotland
*27/01/1973 flagicon|Scotland Caird Hall - Dundee, Scotland
*28/01/1973 flagicon|Scotland King's Theatre - Edinburgh, Scotland
*30/01/1973 flagicon|England Guild Hall - Preston, England (rescheduled from January 3)

References

ources

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

External links

* [http://www.ledzeppelin.com/timelinebrowse Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)]
* [http://www.bootledz.com/setlists.htm Led Zeppelin concert setlists]