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[[Led Zeppelin]]'s '''1971 European Tour''' was a [[concert tour]] of [[Europe]] by the [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[rock band|band]]. The tour commenced on [[May 3]] and concluded on [[July 5]], [[1971]]. It included one concert at [[Liverpool, England]], which was a rescheduled date from their preceding [[Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour Spring 1971|tour of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/may-10-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary]</ref> It is possible that other unverified dates in Europe were also performed during this period.<ref>Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett, (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press, p. 63.</ref>
[[Led Zeppelin]]'s '''1971 European Tour''' was a [[concert tour]] of [[Europe]] by the [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[rock band|band]]. The tour commenced on [[May 3]] and concluded on [[July 5]], [[1971]]. It included one concert at [[Liverpool, England]], which was a rescheduled date from their preceding [[Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour Spring 1971|tour of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/may-10-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary]</ref> It is possible that other unverified dates in Europe were also performed during this period.<ref>Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett, (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press, p. 63.</ref>


Though being very short in duration, this concert tour was well known, primarily because of the extremely violent crowd disturbance which took place at the band's concert at the [[Velodromo Vigorelli|Vigorelli Velodrome]] in [[Milan]] on July 5.<ref>[http://www.rickmcgrath.com/ledzep.html Led Zeppelin Interview 1971<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/july-5-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary]</ref><ref name="Welch">Chris Welch (1994) ''Led Zeppelin'', London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-85797-930-3, p. 63.</ref> This festival appearance in front of an audience of 15,000 people was abandoned when hundreds of tear-gas wielding [[riot police]] charged into the crowd. The group were forced to leave the stage and many fans were injured. Some of the group's equipment was also damaged in the chaos. The concert has been described as one of the low points of Led Zeppelin's career, and the band never returned to [[Italy]] again.<ref name=lewispallett>Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 63.</ref>
Though being very short in duration, this concert tour was well known, primarily because of the extremely violent crowd disturbance which took place at the band's concert at the [[Velodromo Vigorelli|Vigorelli Velodrome]] in [[Milan]] on July 5.<ref>[http://www.rickmcgrath.com/ledzep.html Led Zeppelin Interview 1971<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/july-5-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary]</ref><ref name="Welch">Chris Welch (1994) ''Led Zeppelin'', London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-85797-930-3, p. 63.</ref> This festival appearance in front of an audience of 15,000 people was abandoned when hundreds of tear-gas wielding [[riot police]] charged into the crowd. The group were forced to leave the stage and many fans were injured. Some of the group's equipment was also damaged in the chaos. The band's singer [[Robert Plant]] later recalled:

{{cquote|We went to Milan and the riot troops moved in and tear-gassed the event. We escaped down an access route and the troops pumped canisters at us as we ran. We managed to get in a dressing room and I barricaded the door with the medicine cabinet and got everybody to put we towels around their heads. Then they broke the windows and popped a couple of canisters in from the street.<ref name=williamson>Nigel Williamson, "Good Times...Bad Times", ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', May 2005, p. 56.</ref>}}

The concert has been described as one of the low points of Led Zeppelin's career, and the band never returned to [[Italy]] again.<ref name=lewispallett>Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 63.</ref>


==Tour set list==
==Tour set list==

Revision as of 14:33, 27 March 2009

Europe 1971
Concert by Led Zeppelin
Poster for Led Zeppelin's infamous concert at Milan, Italy, used to help promote its 1971 European tour
Start dateMay 3, 1971
End dateJuly 5, 1971
Legs2
No. of shows5
Led Zeppelin concert chronology

Led Zeppelin's 1971 European Tour was a concert tour of Europe by the English rock band. The tour commenced on May 3 and concluded on July 5, 1971. It included one concert at Liverpool, England, which was a rescheduled date from their preceding tour of the United Kingdom.[1] It is possible that other unverified dates in Europe were also performed during this period.[2]

Though being very short in duration, this concert tour was well known, primarily because of the extremely violent crowd disturbance which took place at the band's concert at the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan on July 5.[3][4][5] This festival appearance in front of an audience of 15,000 people was abandoned when hundreds of tear-gas wielding riot police charged into the crowd. The group were forced to leave the stage and many fans were injured. Some of the group's equipment was also damaged in the chaos. The band's singer Robert Plant later recalled:

We went to Milan and the riot troops moved in and tear-gassed the event. We escaped down an access route and the troops pumped canisters at us as we ran. We managed to get in a dressing room and I barricaded the door with the medicine cabinet and got everybody to put we towels around their heads. Then they broke the windows and popped a couple of canisters in from the street.[6]

The concert has been described as one of the low points of Led Zeppelin's career, and the band never returned to Italy again.[7]

Tour 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. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  5. "Out on the Tiles" (intro) (Page, Plant, Bonham) / "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  6. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
  7. "Going to California" (Page, Plant)
  8. "That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
  9. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
  10. "Moby Dick" (Page, Jones, Bonham)
  11. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)
  12. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
  13. "Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. On May 3rd Led Zeppelin played "Four Sticks" (Page, Plant). This is the only known time it was performed by the original band.[8] Also played was "Gallows Pole," one of only two complete known live performances, the other played later that year on 1971-11-16.

Tour dates

References

  1. ^ Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
  2. ^ Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett, (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press, p. 63.
  3. ^ Led Zeppelin Interview 1971
  4. ^ Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
  5. ^ Chris Welch (1994) Led Zeppelin, London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-85797-930-3, p. 63.
  6. ^ Nigel Williamson, "Good Times...Bad Times", Uncut, May 2005, p. 56.
  7. ^ Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 63.
  8. ^ Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9.

Sources

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