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40 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin Kick Off Their 1975 North American Tour

By January 1975, Led Zeppelin had firmly established themselves as the biggest rock band on the planet. Though they hadn’t garnered as much critical acclaim as their contemporaries in the Rolling Stones , their commercial success could not be denied. With the release of their sprawling double-LP ‘ Physical Graffiti ’ just around the corner, the time was ripe for Zeppelin to take things up a notch with a truly massive tour of North America.

In something of a break from the past, the group was determined this time around to turn their concerts into a grand spectacle. Whereas before the music demanded all of the attention, Zeppelin commissioned an elaborate light show replete with lasers to add a stunning visual component. In an even more jarring turn, they'd also invited a cadre of national media reporters to follow their movements and lob a few questions their way in the down hours, the goal being to rehabilitate their image as debauched marauding barbarians.

The 38-date tour formally kicked off on Jan. 18 at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, MN. Things didn’t exactly get off to the best start. Just before the leaving for the States, Jimmy Page  broke his left ring finger when it got caught in a train door, leaving him without the use of the crucial digit. The first show, while much shorter than many anticipated, was well-received, but shortly thereafter disaster struck when Robert Plant came down with a savage flu. As soon as the singer began to shake off the effects of his illness, John Bonham was hit with a stomach problem.

The band soldiered on and managed to get through that first month or so of the tour, albeit with a string of less-than-stellar performances to their name. By the time March came around however, things clicked in. Plant and Bonham were healthy once again, and Page was finally able to utilize the full force of his left hand. Many consider the band’s collection of shows on the West Coast of this tour, especially up north in Vancouver and Seattle, to be amongst the best they ever played.

They wrapped up the North American leg on March 27 at the Forum in Inglewood, CA, at which time Plant wistfully discussed the tumultuous two-and-a-half months to Cameron Crowe in Rolling Stone . “Looking back on it, this tour’s been a flash," he said. “Really fast. Very poetic, too. Lots of battles and conquests, backdropped by the din of the hordes. Aside from that fact that it’s been our most successful tour on every level. I just found myself having a great time all the way through.”

Afterwards, the band had their entire tour set-up shipped to London for an iconic five-night stand at Earl’s Court. Once those gigs had finished, the plan was to head back to America for a second leg. Unfortunately, Plant was seriously injured in a car accident on the Greek island of Rhodes which put to bed any thoughts of more touring. It would be another two years in fact until the band took the stage together for a full show.

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Stephen Davis’ LZ-’75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 American Tour is that same kind of tale. Sure, the young Davis was invited by Zep’s Swan Song label to join the band on the road for a portion of their swing through the States, but he was still held at arm’s length from getting too close to the band. His attempts to bumble his way into some face-to-face time provide an air of intrigue as the tour rolls across the U.S. The concerts played by Led Zeppelin from January through March of that year are well documented, but LZ-’75 will still have you rooting for the band to pull out of their ill-health-riddled slump and for Davis to get his story.

Forget about the well-worn tales of excess and decadence from long ago; LZ-’75 reads like a disheveled pulp thriller (with occasional bits of hobbits, dope, and a suspected-but-not-verified ominous cameo by Squeaky Fromme thrown in). You find yourself rooting for Robert Plant’s voice to return full-glory. Who will reign supreme: drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham’s alcohol-tortured digestive system or his rumpled white jumpsuit? Will John Paul Jones’ ventures into the lounge lizard world on the keys alienate him completely from the rest of the band? Find out how William Burroughs holds the key to a potential one-on-one with Jimmy Page. And how a thermos of chai led to a summit among author Davis, Plant, and photographer Peter Simon one morning. And who was the mysterious prairie princess, anyway?

Rather than an “I was there and you weren’t” account of hanging out with ’70s rock gods, LZ-’75 manages to make all concerned seem rather mortal in their own way. The impetus for Davis to write the book after all these years was the recent discovery of a box of long-lost treasures from the tour. Call it a time capsule if you will; a happy accident seems more apropos.

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If loud and hard is what you like, then surely you were among the delirious who crammed the Coliseum to capacity Thursday night, where the supreme priests of heavy metal held high rock mass. Yes, it was those much maligned, often misunderstood, yet perennially popular boys from Britain. Led Zeppelin. Though they are blasting their way across America on what is expected to be the largest single grossing enterprise in the history of rock and roll. The high-flying blimp managed to swoop down long enough to sufficiently melt the eardrums of some 15,000 Houston rock fans.

If you were one of the thousands of Zeppelin fanatics who threatened to take the Galleria by storm last month, and were lucky enough to survive as a ticket holder, the premium price you paid for general admission entitled you to meet the same thousands Thursday night in the Coliseum. The stands of the hall were filled to over brimming with banks of eager faces. The floor was a slowly boiling sea of humanity which could be traversed only by tiptoeing through yards of stoned teenies or muscling your way through a forest of tightly – packed bodies.

Zeppelin’s legions gathered this time, considerable more well-mannered, to get-down and get it on, and that’s precisely what they proceeded to do.

By 8:20, a heavy veil of cannabis hung like a grey canopy over the Coliseum crowd that buzzed with anticipation. The house lights dimmed and a surge of electricity shot through the audience. Premonitory screams drowned out an unnecessary introduction as an instant replay of Mt. Vesuvius erupted on stage.

It’s been a long time since they’ve rocked and rolled in Space City (almost a year and a half), and perhaps that is why the Zeppelin launched into their three and a half hour set with Rock and Roll, a cut from their fourth album.

That night, lead singer Robert Plant would approach the microphone, dressed like a faded Celtic peacock in bells and billowing blouse to say: “Our intention is to cut right across like a piece of ice cream, or whip cream, across the spectrum of our music.”. And indeed, from their initial number to their second encore, Led Zeppelin gave us a generous sampling from their five platinum albums and their newest release, Physical Graffiti.

Older numbers like Over the Hills and Far Away and Dazed & Confused were punctuated with such new material as the oriental-flavored Kashmir, the unabashed rocker Trampled Underfoot and the synthesizer-assisted drum solo of percussionist John Bonham.

Being a veteran of every Led Zeppelin tour since the Texas Pop Festival in 1969, I have observed a steady change in the group’s approach to performing their music in concert. The Zeppelin’s performances have evolved from an accurate, albeit highly charged reproduction of their recordings into a showcase of improvisation – dominated by lead guitarist Jimmy Page. Granted, mimicking one’s albums night after night, tour after tour would inspirationally be the kiss of death for any performer, but there must be a middle ground of artistic compromise – especially in Led Zeppelin’s case.

The secret of the Zeppelin alchemy that turns “Led” into cashbox gold is its tight timing that shamelessly relies on raw rhythm – a rocking visceral pulse as old as tribal drums, the rocking cradle or the primal throb of the heard itself.  “This song can’t be retrospective… so it must be, honestly for you, “ cooed Robert Plant in to the mic, as the band floated into the ethereal strains of probably the most significant Zeppelin song, Stairway to Heaven. Page’s electric twelve-string soared like a homesick angel, with Plant’s vocal not far behind as the power quartet brought the concert to a crescendo. At barely 10:55, Messrs Plant, Page, Bonham and Jones left the stage only to be followed by a 10-minute ovation of cries for more and the now standard lit-matches salute.

All of this, of course, was carefully calculated to fire the crowd, for the might blimp returned on stage as hundreds of lights exploded to encircle the stage and illuminate the 10-foot letters spelling out “LED ZEPPELIN”, Broadway marquis-style – sheer showbiz.  The triumphant musicians then treated the crowd to two encores, a Theremin augmented version of the meaty hit Whole Lotta Love and an unfamiliar blues jam. After they thundered through an expanded Heartbreaker, the four boys from Britain bid the audience farewell amidst cries for more.

“Goodnight Houston”, we love you”, the lion-maned singer called out as the Zeppelin blasted off on a limousine assisted flight into the stratospheres of superstardom.

Judging by the vacant look of stoned bliss on the faces of departing concert goers Thursday night, the four sonic sorcerers had indeed effectively cast their spell over some fifteen thousand who filled out to their cars, their heads still smoking from a sub-lethal dose of Zeppelin magic. [R.Bruce, March 1975]

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Remembering Led Zeppelin's Legendary 1975 Earls Court Live Shows

Posted on 25th May 2017 by Kevin Holmes

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City in June 1977. Photographer © Bob Gruen

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City in June 1977. Photographer © Bob Gruen

As live experiences go, Led Zeppelin are renowned for putting on a rock and roll performance for the ages. And no more so were they on the top of their live game then at their legendary five night residency which took place at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in May 1975. At the time the band were undoubtedly the biggest band on the planet. In 1973 on a US tour they beat attendance records set by the Beatles a decade previously. And a more recent 1975 tour of the US, which took place two months before the Earls Court dates, became one of the most profitable tours ever. 1975 also saw Led Zeppelin release their sixth studio album Physical Graffiti which debuted at No.1 in the UK (and US) charts. It also saw all six of their earlier albums re-enter the Top 200 UK charts.

Jimmy Page in action at a concert in Copenhagen in February 1970. Photographer © Jorgen Angel

Jimmy Page in action at a concert in Copenhagen in February 1970. Photographer © Jorgen Angel

So, yeah, they were riding high at this point in their career, so how can you top that? Well you play a sellout set of dates that go on to be remembered as the best live shows you ever did.

Initially the band were only going to play the 23 to 25 May, but two further dates had to be added, 17 and 18 May, due to popular demand. In fact Mel Bush who was the promoter behind the Earls Court gigs said that they added these dates because there was a “demand unprecedented in the history of rock music.”  

The band shipped over their 40-ton stage that had toured the US earlier in the year for the shows, along with putting up a huge projection screen so people could watch the performance. Something that’s pretty standard these days but back then it was one of the first times it had been done. It also had a cutting edge sound equipment by Showco.

Jimmy Page rocking on at the legendary Earls Court Arena gigs in London, May 1975. Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

Jimmy Page rocking on at the legendary Earls Court Arena gigs in London, May 1975. Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

Each night the band were introduced by DJs, including Bob Harris, Johnnie Walker, Kid Jensen, Nicky Horne, and Alan Freeman. The performances themselves saw Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham all on fine form.

Bonham’s nightly performance of “Moby Dick” went on for as long as 30 minutes sometimes. In his memoir 31 Songs writer Nick Hornby recalls being at one of the Earls Court shows. And during one of these epic Bonham solos he dashed off to a local pub, had a pint, came back and Bonham was still going. Other songs on the set list included opener "Rock and Roll", “The Song Remains the Same", "Tangerine", "Dazed and Confused", "Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love", "Black Dog” and more.

A posing Robert Plant captured during the second night of Led Zeppelin's classic five night stint at the Earls Court Arena in 1975.  Photographer © Mick Gold

A posing Robert Plant captured during the second night of Led Zeppelin's classic five night stint at the Earls Court Arena in 1975. Photographer © Mick Gold

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on stage at Earls Court in May 1975. Photographer © Mick Gold

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on stage at Earls Court in May 1975. Photographer © Mick Gold

And the last gig, on 25 May, is considered to be the best of the bunch. While each night was around three hours, this swansong show went on for nearly four. “I thought they were the best shows that we ever put on in England.” Bonham has said about them.

While music journalist Chris Welch wrote about the shows. “The band played with tremendous fire, possessed by an almost demonic power, amidst clouds of smoke pierced by green laser beams. Jimmy Page flailed his violin bow against the guitar strings, producing eerie, echoing gothic howls. At the time, I wrote in a review that ‘Robert Plant maintains an essentially human, chatty approach to audiences, almost like a guide taking us through the story of the band, a jester at the wheel of some fearsome juggernaut, offering sly asides and poetic ruminations between moments of terrible power.’ The band enjoyed the Physical Graffiti material far more than the old war horses, and the best moments from the previous albums came in the shape of ballads and acoustic songs.”

Jill Furmanovsky recalls about the 1975 Earls Court gigs where this photo is from, "In his velvet embroidered suits, striking guitar poses, Jimmy Page and the equally dynamic Robert Plant were a photographers dream."  Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

Jill Furmanovsky recalls about the 1975 Earls Court gigs where this photo is from, "In his velvet embroidered suits, striking guitar poses, Jimmy Page and the equally dynamic Robert Plant were a photographers dream." Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

It was four years until the band played a live show again in the UK, which was at Knebworth in August 1979. For the many people who weren’t there, fans finally got to experience a little bit of what it was like when the Earls Court shows were eventually released—although not in their entirety—on DVD in 2003.

Led Zeppelin, backstage with manager Peter Grant at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England, in August 1979. Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

Led Zeppelin, backstage with manager Peter Grant at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England, in August 1979. Photographer © Jill Furmanovsky

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The two warm up shows were held in Rotterdam 1-11-75 and Brussels 1-12-75 and previewed material from the forthcoming new 'Physical Graffiti.' They also would have to insert some last minute songs to replace 'Dazed and Confused', because Jimmy had hurt his finger and couldn't play the demanding number at the time- so they substituted the rarely played 'When the Levee Breaks' and the new 'The Wanton Song.' For the U.S. shows early on they would also add the early jam favorite 'How Many more Times.'

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  1. Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1975

    Led Zeppelin 's 1975 North American Tour was the tenth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into two legs, with performances commencing on 18 January and concluding on 27 March 1975. It was preceded with two European warm-up shows, performed at Rotterdam and Brussels respectively.

  2. Led Zeppelin's 1975 Concert & Tour History

    Led Zeppelin's 1975 Concert History. 48 Concerts. Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are cited as one of the progenitors of hard rock and heavy ...

  3. January 18, 1975

    Led Zeppelin began their 1975 North American tour on January 18th in Minneapolis, and rehearsed there the previous night. Their new stage show now utilized lasers for Jimmy's violin bow segment as well as a massively lit "Led Zeppelin" sign behind them. A concert originally scheduled on February 4th in Boston was cancelled by the Mayor, when fans who waited outside for tickets rioted and ...

  4. 40 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin Kick Off Their 1975 North American Tour

    Led Zeppelin began a 10-week North American tour in Bloomington, MN, on Jan. 18, 1975.

  5. Met Center

    Newspaper review: Led Zeppelin descended upon Minneapolis this past weekend and proved to a jam-packed crowd of more than 20,000 devotees that it is still the world's premiere heavy-metal rock and roll band. The concert, which kicked off the band's 1975 North American tour in fine fashion, marked Led Zeppelin's first appearance on this side of the Atlantic Ocean in almost 18 months.

  6. Olympia Stadium

    Click here to view the North American '75 Tour Programme (flipbook) Press: "Olympia Stadium sold out 16,500 tickets in four hours without any advertisements, following announcement of the concert by a disc jockey on a local FM station." [Jan. 1975, A.B] Press Review: Zeppelin Are Sexy - Rock and roll is powered by sex, just like the moms and dads feared two decades ago — and no band is ...

  7. Seattle Center Coliseum

    Click here to view the North American '75 Tour Programme (flipbook) Press Review: Squeeze all the air out of a three-hour Led Zeppelin concert at the Coliseum and you might have an hour of music and visual effects worth your attention. Nevertheless, a sellout crowd that broke four plate-glass doors and brought a two-feet-deep stack of counterfeit tickets gust to get into the place, sat ...

  8. Chicago Stadium

    Chicago 1975 Ticket ad. 1975 Tour Tickets On Sale. Chicago 1.20.75 ticket. Chicago 1-20-75 review (Times) Chicago 1975 review (Sounds) Chicago 1975 (Tribune 1.23.75) Led Zep To Blow Over Chicago (Nov. 1974) Chicago 1-20-75 review (Daily News) Despite Adversities, Zeppelin Soaring High (Feb. 1975)

  9. LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour: by

    The moments when he got to hang with the Bobster were all the more precious for being stolen moments, rather than choreographed. And his near-cartoon-character personality endeared him to (nearly) all. Stephen Davis' LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour is that same kind of tale. Sure, the young Davis was ...

  10. Seattle Center Coliseum

    Pacific Coliseum - March 19, 1975. Click here to view the North American '75 Tour Programme (flipbook) Press Review: Led Zeppelin - Worth the Wait The event Seattle rock 'n' rollers have been waiting for, for at least two years - and have been holding tickets since before Christmas - finally happened last night at the Seattle Center Coliseum.

  11. Sam Houston Coliseum

    Click here to view the North American '75 Tour Programme (flipbook) Press Review excerpt: Zeppelin: "the Priests of Rock"? If loud and hard is what you like, then surely you were among the delirious who crammed the Coliseum to capacity Thursday night, where the supreme priests of heavy metal held high rock mass. Yes, it was those much maligned, often misunderstood, yet perennially popular ...

  12. Remembering Led Zeppelin's 1975 Earls Court Live Shows

    And a more recent 1975 tour of the US, which took place two months before the Earls Court dates, became one of the most profitable tours ever. 1975 also saw Led Zeppelin release their sixth studio album Physical Graffiti which debuted at No.1 in the UK (and US) charts. It also saw all six of their earlier albums re-enter the Top 200 UK charts.

  13. Led Zeppelin

    It's back! I was forced to make the original video private due to my copyright strike. Now that the strike has expired, here is the (mostly) complete video o...

  14. List of Led Zeppelin concert tours

    After touring almost incessantly during its early years, Led Zeppelin later limited its tour appearances to alternating years: 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979. [4] From the early 1970s, the commercial and popular drawing power of Led Zeppelin was such that the band began to embark on major stadium tours which attracted vast crowds, more than they had ...

  15. Led Zeppelin

    US — 1976. New Submission. The 1975 World Tour. 2 × LP, Reissue, Unofficial Release. The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label - TAKRL 2960, Worlds Records - No. 2960. US. 1976.

  16. Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin - Live at Earls Court - may 25th 19750:00 Audience Anticipation5:20 Intro by Alan "Fluff" Freeman7:16 Rock and Roll10:57 Sick Again17:12 Over th...

  17. Led Zeppelin Concert Setlist at Chicago Stadium, Chicago on January 21

    Get the Led Zeppelin Setlist of the concert at Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA on January 21, 1975 from the North American Tour 1975 Tour and other Led Zeppelin Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  18. Led Zeppelin

    In May 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at the Earls Court Arena in London, at the time the largest arena in Britain. Hiatus from touring and return: 1975-1977 Plant and Page performing in Chicago Stadium in Chicago on 10 April 1977, during Led Zeppelin's last North American tour

  19. Led Zeppelin Concert Setlist at The Forum, Inglewood on March 24, 1975

    Get the Led Zeppelin Setlist of the concert at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA on March 24, 1975 from the North American Tour 1975 Tour and other Led Zeppelin Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  20. Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin perform 'Stairway to Heaven' live at Earls Court in 1975. ♫ Listen to Led Zeppelin IV:CD/LP https://lnk.to/LedZeppelinIVAlbumsAYDownload https:/...

  21. Minneapolis 1975 Tour Rehearsal Photos

    DavidZoso. Led Zeppelin spent the day of January 17, 1975 at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota-rehearsing and doing a soundcheck for the start of the U.S. '75 tour there the next day. They had previously played two warm-up shows to shake off the rust after a nearly 18 month break from live shows-during which time they ...

  22. Led Zeppelin

    The 1975 World Tour ( 2 × LP, Reissue, Unofficial Release) The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label, Worlds Records. TAKRL 2960, No. 2960. US. 1976. New Submission. The 1975 World Tour ( 2 × LP, Reissue, Unofficial Release) The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label, Worlds Records. TAKRL 2960, No. 2960.

  23. Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973

    North America 1973. North America 1975. Led Zeppelin 's 1973 North American Tour was the ninth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into two legs, with performances commencing on 4 May and concluding on 29 July 1973. Rehearsals took place at Old Street Film Studios in London.