Associated album Led Zeppelin End date 20 December 1968 No. of shows 13 | Start date 4 October 1968 Legs 1 | |
Led Zeppelin's 1968 tour of the United Kingdom was the first concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 4 October and concluded on 20 December 1968.
For some of these early shows, the band were billed as the "New Yardbirds". Press releases eventually announced that they would make their debut under the name 'Led Zeppelin' on October 25 at the University of Surrey (although posters advertising this concert erroneously continued to bill them as the 'New Yardbirds').
During this tour the band went to Olympic Studios in London to record their debut album, which took a mere 36 studio hours.
There was very little press reaction to this tour.
The band's debut London concert at the Roundhouse on November 9 doubled as singer Robert Plant's wedding reception.
Tour set list
Exact set lists during this tour are still sketchy, due partly to the lack of early live Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings. Old Yardbirds' live staples such as "Train Kept A-Rollin'", "Dazed and Confused", "White Summer" and possibly "For Your Love" were performed, in addition to material from the as yet unfinished debut album, such as: "Communication Breakdown", I Can't Quit You Baby, "You Shook Me", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", and "How Many More Times". The band also likely performed a Garnet Mimms cover, "As Long As I Have You".
A likely set list for the tour was:
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
- "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
- "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
- "White Summer" (Page)
- "For Your Love" (Gouldman)
- "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, John Paul Jones, Page)
- "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
- "Pat's Delight" (Bonham)
- "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
- "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)