Led Zeppelin North American Tour Summer 1969

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North America Summer 1969

Poster by artist Frank Bettencourt for Led Zeppelin's concert at Santa Barbara, used to help promote its Summer 1969 North American tour

Concert tour by Led Zeppelin
Locations North America
Start date July 5, 1969
End date August 31, 1969
Legs 1
Shows 36
Led Zeppelin tour chronology
United Kingdom Summer 1969
North America Summer 1969
Europe Autumn 1969

Led Zeppelin's Summer 1969 North American Tour was the third concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour commenced on July 5 and concluded on August 31, 1969.

On July 21 Led Zeppelin were the headliners of the Schaefer Music Festival in New York City's Central Park, along with The Byrds, Chuck Berry, Fleetwood Mac, Miles Davis, B.B. King, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa and Patti LaBelle.

It was during this tour that the infamous shark episode took place, when Led Zeppelin visited Seattle for their appearance at the Seattle Pop Festival on 27 July 1969.

Contents

[edit] Tour set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

  1. "Train Kept A-Rollin' " (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
  2. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
  3. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  4. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
  5. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
  6. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
  7. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)

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

[edit] Tour dates

[edit] External links

[edit] Sources

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