Led Zeppelin Australasian Tour 1972

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Australasia 1972


artist = Led Zeppelin
type = Concert
locations = Australia, New Zealand
start_date = February 16, 1972
end_date = February 29, 1972
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 6
last_tour = United Kingdom Winter 1971
this_tour = Australasia 1972
next_tour = North America 1972

Led Zeppelin's 1972 Australasian Tour was the first and only concert tour of Australia and New Zealand by the English rock band. The tour commenced on February 16 and concluded on February 29, 1972.

The original plan for this tour was for the group to stop off en route at Singapore for a concert on February 14, but the local authorities refused their entry due to local laws banning the wearing of long hair by men.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) "Led Zeppelin: The Concert File", London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 74.]

Led Zeppelin received generally good press coverage for this tour and black and white footage of some of their concert at Sydney on February 27, along with a press party, were filmed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and shown to a national audience. [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/february-27-1972 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] Some of this footage was later made available on the "Led Zeppelin DVD", released in 2003.

All of the concerts on this tour except for one (at Brisbane on February 29) [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/february-29-1972 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ] were performed at open-air venues. The Melbourne performance at Kooyong Stadium on February 20 was cut short due to inclement weather. [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/february-20-1972 Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary] ]

Tour set list

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

#"Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
#"Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
#"Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
#"Going to California" (Page, Plant)
#"That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
#"Tangerine" (Page)
#"Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Dazed and Confused" (Page)
#"What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
#"Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
#"Moby Dick" (Bonham)
#"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

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

Tour dates

*16/02/1972 flagicon|Australia Subiaco Oval - Perth, Australia
*19/02/1972 flagicon|Australia Memorial Drive - Adelaide, Australia
*20/02/1972 flagicon|Australia Kooyong Stadium - Melbourne, Australia
*24/02/1972 flagicon|New Zealand Western Springs Stadium - Auckland, New Zealand
*27/02/1972 flagicon|Australia Sydney Showground - Sydney, Australia
*29/02/1972 flagicon|Australia Festival Hall - Brisbane, Australia

External links

* [http://home.it.net.au/~jpage/ledtour.html Australian Led Zeppelin archives]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2144170.htm Profile of Sydney concert by ABC Australia (transcript and video)]
* [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wff5Cc2bcRw Led Zeppelin interview in Australia, 1972 (video)]
* [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NquyN0-7Uag Led Zeppelin live in Sydney, 1972 (video)]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s2137992.htm Photographic exhibition of Sydney concert by freelance photographer Ted Harvey]
* [http://www.ledzeppelin.com/timelinebrowse Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)]
* [http://www.bootledz.com/setlists.htm Led Zeppelin concert setlists]

References