Led Zeppelin United Kingdom and Scandinavian Tour 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.

United Kingdom and Scandinavia 1969
Tour by Led Zeppelin
Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Stockholm, used to help promote its 1969 tour of the U.K. and Scandinavia
Associated albumLed Zeppelin
Start date1 March 1969
End date17 April 1969
Legs1
No. of shows33 (35 scheduled)
Led Zeppelin concert chronology

During this tour, Led Zeppelin made a number of live television appearances, including one date in Denmark on 17 March,[1] a session at BBC TV studios on March 21[2] and a session at Staines on March 25,[3] the last for the filming of the Supershow. Some of these early filmed sessions were later released on the Led Zeppelin DVD (2003). They were part of manager Peter Grant's early 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.[4]

Led Zeppelin's debut album was belatedly released in the United Kingdom part-way through this tour, in late March 1969.[4]

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. "I Gotta Move" (on 14 March and 16 March only)
  4. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  5. "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
  6. "Killing Floor" (Wolf)
  7. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
  8. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
  9. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
  10. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
  11. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
  12. "Pat's Delight" (Bonham)

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. "Sunshine Woman" was played at the Maida Vale BBC Session,

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
1 March 1969LondonEnglandFishmonger's Hall
2 March 1969PlymouthVan Dyke Club
3 March 1969LondonPlayhouse Theatre (BBC)
5 March 1969CardiffWalesThe Locarno
7 March 1969LondonEnglandHornsey Wood Tavern
8 March 1969ManchesterCollege of Technology
10 March 1969EdmontonCooks Ferry Inn
12 March 1969LeicesterLeicester University
13 March 1969De Montfort Hall
14 March 1969StockholmSwedenStockholm Konserthuset
afternoon show
Uppsala Uppsala University
evening show
15 March 1969GladsaxeDenmarkTeen Clubs Box 45, Egegaard, Skole
afternoon show
BrøndbyBrøndby Pop-Club, Norregard Hallen
evening show
16 March 1969CopenhagenTivolis Koncertsal
2 shows
17 March 1969GladsaxeTV-Byen (Danish TV)
19 March 1969 London England Maida Vale Studios (BBC)
21 March 1969"How Late It Is" (BBC TV)
22 March 1969BirminghamMother's Club
23 March 1969PeterleeArgos Butterfly Jazz and Blues Club
24 March 1969EdmontonCooks Ferry Inn
25 March 1969StainesBritish Supershow
27 March 1969BremenGermanyBeat Club
28 March 1969London EnglandMarquee Club
29 March 1969BromleyBromley College of Technology
30 March 1969SouthallPotter's Bar
1 April 1969HampsteadKlooks Kleek
2 April 1969CardiffTop Rank Ballroom
3 April 1969BoltonSwan Hotel
5 April 1969LondonRoundhouse
6 April 1969NottinghamNottingham Boat Club
8 April 1969Welwyn Garden CityThe Cherry Tree
13 April 1969SouthseaKimbells
15 April 1969Stoke-on-TrentThe Place
16 April 1969TolworthToby Jug
17 April 1969WolverhamptonThe Club Lafayette

References
  1. Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
  2. Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
  3. Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
  4. Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 20.

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