Led Zeppelin Scandinavian Tour 1968
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Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Gladsaxe (billed as "The Yardbirds"), used to help promote its 1968 Scandinavian tour |
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| Concert tour by Led Zeppelin | ||
| Locations | Scandinavia | |
| Start date | September 7, 1968 | |
| End date | September 17, 1968 | |
| Legs | 1 | |
| Shows | 9 | |
| Led Zeppelin tour chronology | ||
| Scandinavia 1968 |
United Kingdom 1968 |
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Led Zeppelin's 1968 tour of Scandinavia was a concert tour of Denmark and Sweden by the English rock band. It was Led Zeppelin's first ever concert tour.
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[edit] Overview
The tour commenced on September 7 and concluded on September 17, 1968. For these early shows, the band were billed as the "Yardbirds" or "New Yardbirds".
Led Zeppelin's debut tour was an outstanding contracural commitment left over from The Yardbirds. The stage act for their debut tour was based loosely on the set list used by The Yardbirds in 1968 before their breakup, which was fleshed out with a variety of covers.[1]
According to singer Robert Plant:
| “ | We made no money on the first tour. Nothing at all. Jimmy [Page] put in every penny that he'd gotten from the Yardbirds and that wasn't much. Until Peter Grant took them over, they didn't make the money they should have made. So we made the album and took off on a tour with a road crew of one.[2] | ” |
Jimmy Page recalled of this tour:
| “ | We realised we were working under false pretences, the thing had gone quickly beyond where The Yardbirds had left off. We all agreed there was no point in retaining the New Yardbirds tag so when we got back from Scandinavia we decided to change the name [of the band]. It was a fresh beginning for us all.[1] | ” |
[edit] Tour set list
Exact set lists during this tour are still sketchy, due partly to the lack of early live Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings. Old Yardbirds' live staples such as "Train Kept A-Rollin'", "Dazed and Confused", "White Summer" and possibly "For Your Love" were performed. Material from the yet unfinished debut album was also included, such as: "Communication Breakdown", I Can't Quit You Baby, "You Shook Me", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times" and a Garnet Mimms cover, "As Long As I Have You".[3]
A likely set list for the tour was:
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
- "For Your Love" (Gouldman)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
- "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
- "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
- "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, John Paul Jones, Page)
- "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
- "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
- "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
- "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
[edit] Tour dates
- 07/09/1968
Gladsaxe Teen-Clubs [1], Box 45, Egegaard Skole - Gladsaxe, Denmark (first evening show) - 07/09/1968 Brøndby Pop-Club, Norregardsskolen - Brøndby, Denmark (second evening show)
- 08/09/1968 Reventlowparken - Lolland, Denmark (afternoon show)
- 08/09/1968 Fjordvilla Club - Roskilde, Denmark (evening show)
- 12/09/1968
Stora Scenen - Stockholm, Sweden - 13/09/1968 Inside Club - Stockholm, Sweden
- 14/09/1968 Angby Park - Knivsta, Sweden
- 15/09/1968 Liseberg Amusement Park - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 17/09/1968 Klub Bongo - Malmö, Sweden
[edit] External links
- Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)
- Led Zeppelin concert setlists
- Led Zeppelin's first concert ever - 7 September 1968 at Gladsaxe Teen Club
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 12.
- ^ Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, January 1975, http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/pp_75.rs
- ^ Led Zeppelin official website
[edit] Sources
- Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
