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Setlist History: Led Zeppelin's Legendary 1971 "Thank You" Tour
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- Last updated: 5 Mar 2018, 23:57:05
- Published: 5 Mar 2018, 23:45:31
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Legendary classic rock heroes Led Zeppelin kicked off their famous “Thank You” tour this day in 1971 at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Ireland. This show was the beginning of the UK and Ireland Spring tour where they performed one of the most influential rock songs in the world for the first time ever, “Stairway to Heaven.”
The string of dates in the UK was also known as the “Back to the Clubs” tour, where they played several new tracks from their next album “IV” that turned them into the legends they are today. Aside from “Stairway,” these tracks included “BlackDog,” “Going to California” and “Rock and Roll.”
This was a special tour compared to the shows they were playing at the time because it was a way for the band to say “thank you” to the UK clubs, fans, and promoters that lifted them up and rose them to fame. They played smaller clubs to show their appreciation to those who has been loyal to them from the very beginning.
Before the tour, Jimmy Page told Record Mag "The audiences were becoming bigger and bigger but moving further and further away. They became specks on the horizon and we were losing contact with people - those people who were responsible for lifting us off the ground in the early days. We are playing those clubs like the London Marquee for exactly the same amount as we did in the old days, as a 'thank you' to those promoters and the audiences alike. By doing this we will be able to tour the entire of Britain and not just those cities who are fortunate enough to contain large venues. We will establish contact with tour audience and re-energise on their reaction while they have a chance to see a group which the accepted tradition would be appearing only at high prices in large auditoriums."
Aside from playing career-changing songs, Led Zeppelin also found their staple look on this tour as they experimented with growing their hair and beards, and testing out different psychedelic outfits.
Listen to Led Zeppelin performing "Stairway to Heaven" for the very first time at this show below:
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- Hampton Roads Coliseum - September 9, 1971
includes: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Celebration Day, That's the Way, Going to California, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (medley).
Press: "41 Years Ago Tonight - "The Zeppelin" Lands in Hampton"
September 9th, 1971, Led Zeppelin cruised into Hampton Roads. Some 8,000 fans rocked to the supergroup at Hampton Coliseum in a concert sponsored by WNOR radio.
Our reporter wrote that the group performed songs including a 25-minute rendition of “Dazed and Confused”. Zepp started off the concert with “Immigrant Song” and finished off with “Whole Lotta Love” – the latter lasting about 20 minutes. It was said Jimmy Page’s guitar performance that evening stole the show.
“Page seemed best on “What is”, although the last song, “Whole Lotta Love,” proved him one of the outstanding guitarists in the world today, perhaps the best since the death of Jimi Hendrix.”
As you can see in a few of the photos, it appears that an excited fan rushed the stage to hug Robert Plant. There was no mention of this in the reporting that accompanied these shots. Also, there are some shots from backstage where it looks like Plant mingles with some fans. The group granted no interviews that evening. (-Virginian-Pilot / hamptonroads.com. Sept. 2012)
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