Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour Winter 1971

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = United Kingdom Winter 1971

Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at the Wembley Empire Pool, used to help promote its Winter 1971 U.K. tour
artist = Led Zeppelin
type = Concert
locations = United Kingdom
start_date = 11 November 1971
end_date = 15 December 1971
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 15
last_tour = Japan 1971
this_tour = United Kingdom Winter 1971
next_tour = Australasia 1972

Led Zeppelin's Winter 1971 United Kingdom Tour was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 11 November and concluded on 15 December 1971.

It has been suggested that this tour confirmed the status of Led Zeppelin's supremacy in the United Kingdom rock marketplace.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) "Led Zeppelin: The Concert File", London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 72.] Taking place immediately after the release of the band's fourth album, all tickets sold out despite going on sale less than a week before the commencement of the tour. Second shows at Wembley and at Manchester needed to be added after fans queued for up to eighteen hours in order to secure a ticket.

This tour is particularly notable for the two concerts performed by the band at the Wembley Empire Pool, dubbed the "Electric Magic" shows, [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/november-20-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: summary of first concert] ] [ [http://ledzeppelin.com/show/november-21-1971 Led Zeppelin official website: summary of second concert] ] which were the first concerts ever performed at the venue by a rock act in its own right. These five hour shows included bizarre vaudeville circus acts with plate spinners, trapeze artists and performing pigs which were dressed in policeman's uniforms. [ [http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=5367 MTV.ca | News - Afternoon Fix: Celebrity Birthdays, the 'Enchanted' Movie Minute, the latest news, and more ] ] The concerts also incorporated supporting acts such as Stone the Crows, which was a rare event for Led Zeppelin at this point in their career. A colour poster was sold to fans at the concerts for 30p, which is now a rare and highly sought-after collectible.

This was the first concert tour on which the band visually projected the "four symbols" which adorned (and is a variant title for) their fourth album onto their stage equipment. Jimmy Page's "Zoso" symbol was put onto one of his Marshall amplifiers, John Bonham's three interlinked circles adorned the outer face of his bass drum, John Paul Jones had his symbol stenciled onto material which was draped across his Fender Rhodes keyboard and Robert Plant's feather symbol was painted onto a side speaker PA cabinet. Only Page's and Bonham's symbols were retained for subsequent Led Zeppelin concert tours.

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)
#"Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
#"Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
#"Dancing Days" (Page, Plant)
#"Going to California" (Page, Plant)
#"That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
#"Tangerine" (Page)
#"Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
#"Celebration Day" (Jones, Page, Plant)
#"Dazed and Confused" (Page)
#"What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
#"Moby Dick" (Bonham)
#"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encores (variations of the following list):
*"Thank You" (Page, Plant)
*"Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)

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

Tour dates

*11/11/1971 flagicon|England City Halls - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
*12/11/1971 flagicon|England Locarno - Sunderland, England
*13/11/1971 flagicon|Scotland Caird Hall - Dundee, Scotland
*16/11/1971 flagicon|England St. Mathew's Baths - Ipswich, England
*17/11/1971 flagicon|England Kinetic Circus - Birmingham, England
*18/11/1971 flagicon|England Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
*20/11/1971 flagicon|England Empire Pool - London, England ('Electric Magic' show)
*21/11/1971 flagicon|England Empire Pool - London, England ('Electric Magic' show)
*23/11/1971 flagicon|England Preston Public Hall - Preston, England
*24/11/1971 flagicon|England Free Trade Hall - Manchester, England
*25/11/1971 flagicon|England Leicester University - Leicester, England
*29/11/1971 flagicon|England Liverpool Stadium - Liverpool, England
*30/11/1971 flagicon|England Kings Hall Belle Vue - Manchester, England
*02/12/1971 flagicon|England Royal Ballroom - Bournemouth, England
*15/12/1971 flagicon|England City Hall - Salisbury, England

External links

* [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

ources

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