Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1971

North America 1971

Concert by Led Zeppelin
Start date	August 7, 1971
End date	September 17, 1971
Legs	1
No. of shows	26 (including two European warm-up shows)
Led Zeppelin concert chronology

Led Zeppelin's 1971 North American Tour was the seventh concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour commenced on August 7 and concluded on September 17. It included two warm-up shows in Montreux, Switzerland.

Tour dates

• August 7-8: Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
• August 20: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington
• August 19: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• August 20: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington
• August 21-22: The Forum, Inglewood, California
• August 23: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• August 24: Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas
• August 26: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas
• August 27: Civic Auditorium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• August 28: St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
• August 29: Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana
• August 31: Civic Auditorium, Orlando, Florida
• September 1: Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida
• September 3: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
• September 4: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• September 5: Chicago Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois
• September 6: Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
• September 9: Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
• September 10: Onondaga Veterans Auditorium, Syracuse, New York
• September 11: War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York
• September 13-14: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
• September 16-17: Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

1. "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
2. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
3. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
4. "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
5. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
6. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
7. "Celebration Day" (Jones, Page, Plant)
8. "That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
9. "Going to California" (Page, Plant)
10. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
11. "Moby Dick" (Bonham)
12. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encores (variations of the following list):

• "Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
• "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
• "Thank You" (Page, Plant)

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

Sources

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