Led Zeppelin United Kingdom and Scandinavian Tour 1969

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = North America Spring 1969

Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Stockholm, used to help promote its 1969 tour of the U.K. and Scandinavia
artist = Led Zeppelin
type = Concert
locations = United Kingdom, Scandinavia
start_date = 1 March 1969
end_date = 17 April 1969
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 28
last_tour = North America 1968/1969
this_tour = United Kingdom & Scandinavia 1969
next_tour = North America Spring 1969

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, [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-17-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] a session at BBC TV studios on March 21 [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-21-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] and a session at Staines on March 25, [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-25-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] the last for the filming of the "Supershow". These early filmed sessions were part of manager Peter Grant's 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.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) "Led Zeppelin: The Concert File", London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 20.]

Led Zeppelin's debut album was belatedly released in the United Kingdom part-way through this tour, in late March 1969.

Tour set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

#"Train Kept A-Rollin' " (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
#"I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
#"As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
#"Dazed and Confused" (Page)
#"You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
#"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.

Tour dates

*01/03/1969 flagicon|England Fishmonger's Hall - London, England
*02/03/1969 flagicon|England Van Dyke Club - Plymouth, England.
*03/03/1969 flagicon|England Playhouse Theatre - London, England (BBC)
*05/03/1969 flagicon|Wales The Locarno - Cardiff, Wales
*07/03/1969 flagicon|England Hornsey Wood Tavern - London, England
*10/03/1969 flagicon|England Cooks Ferry Inn - Edmonton, England
*12/03/1969 flagicon|England Leicester University, Leicester, England.
*14/03/1969 flagicon|Sweden Stockholm Konserthuset - Stockholm, Sweden (afternoon show)
*14/03/1969 flagicon|Sweden Uppsala University - Stockholm, Sweden (evening show)
*15/03/1969 flagicon|Denmark Teen Clubs Box 45, Egegaard, Skole - Gladsaxe, Denmark (afternoon show)
*15/03/1969 flagicon|Denmark Brondby Pop-Club, Norregard Hallen - Brondby, Denmark (evening show)
*16/03/1969 flagicon|Denmark Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (2 shows)
*17/03/1969 flagicon|Denmark TV-Byen, Gladsaxe, Denmark (Danish TV)
*21/03/1969 flagicon|England "How Late It Is" - London, England (BBC TV)
*22/03/1969 flagicon|England Mother's Club - Birmingham, England
*24/03/1969 flagicon|England Cooks Ferry Inn - Edmonton, England.
*25/03/1969 flagicon|England British "Supershow" - Staines, England
*28/03/1969 flagicon|England Marquee Club - London, England
*29/03/1969 flagicon|England Bromley College of Technology - Bromley, England
*30/03/1969 flagicon|England Potter's Bar - Southall, England
*01/04/1969 flagicon|England Klook's Kleek - Hampstead, England.
*05/04/1969 flagicon|England Roundhouse - London, England
*08/04/1969 flagicon|England The Cherry Tree - Welwyn Garden City, England
*12/04/1969 flagicon|England Toby Jug - Tolworth, England
*14/04/1969 flagicon|England Stoke-On-Trent, England
*17/04/1969 flagicon|England Sunderland, England

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]

References

ources

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