Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ci ...

's 1972 Australasian Tour was the only

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of Australia and

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by the

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. The tour commenced on 16 February and concluded on 29 February 1972. (Led Zeppelin's guitarist Jimmy Page had earlier toured Australia with

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in January 1967). The original plan for this tour was for the group to stop off en route at

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for a concert on 14 February, but the local authorities refused their entry due to local laws banning males from wearing long hair.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. , p. 74.Chris Welch (1994) ''Led Zeppelin'', London: Orion Books. , p. 65. Led Zeppelin received generally good press coverage for this tour and black-and-white footage of some of their concert at Sydney on 27 February,Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
/ref> along with a press party, were filmed by the

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and shown to a national audience. Some of this footage was later made available on the ''

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'', released in 2003. Part way through this tour, Jimmy Page shaved off his trademark beard, a look he adopted nearly two years before while recording ''

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''. He had the beard at Led Zeppelin's concert in

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20 February, but is clean shaven at the band's press party two days later. Page would remain clean shaven for the rest of the band's career. All of the concerts on this tour except for one (at

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on 29 February) were performed at open-air venues. The

performance at

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on 20 February was cut short due to inclement weather.Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary
/ref> All concerts from this tour are available on unofficial CDs except for the Perth concert, and show the band in fine form.

Tour set list

All track written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted. The fairly typical

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for the tour was: #"

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" (intro) (Page, Plant, Bonham) / " Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones) #"

Since I've Been Loving You "Since I've Been Loving You" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1970 on the album ''Led Zeppelin III''. Overview "Since I've Been Loving You" was one of the first songs prepared for the ''Led Zeppelin III'' album. The s ...

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" (Page, Plant, Jones) (on 25, 27 and 29 February only) #" Stairway to Heaven" #" Going to California" #" That's the Way" #"

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" (Page) #" Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones) #" Dazed and Confused" (Page) #"

What Is and What Should Never Be "What Is and What Should Never Be" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and was included as the second track on ''Led Zeppelin II'' (1969). Composition and recording "What is and What Should ...

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" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham) #"

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" (Bonham) #"

Whole Lotta Love "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, '' Led Zeppelin II'', and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was ...

" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) Encores: *"

Communication Breakdown "Communication Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1969 self-titled debut album. It was also used as the B-side of the group's first single in the US, " Good Times Bad Times". A promotional video was released ...

" (Bonham, Jones, Page) (On 25 and 27 February) *"Organ Solo"/"

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" (On 27 February) There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.

Tour dates

References

External links

Comprehensive archive of known concert appearances by Led Zeppelin (official website)

Sources

*Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. . {{Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin concert tours 1972 concert tours Led 1972 in New Zealand