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April 24th, 1969: Led Zeppelin launch second US Tour at the Fillmore West in San Fransisco
"Led Zeppelin has become overblown. Amplifiers are too loud especially for stars Page and Plant." Phillip Elwood
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April 24th, 1969: Led Zeppelin launch second US Tour at the Fillmore West in San Fransisco
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April 24th, 1969: Led Zeppelin commenced their second US Tour at the Fillmore West in San Fransisco last night. They will perform tonight at the Winterland Arena where The Band (formerly The Hawks, Bob Dylan's backing band) played their first ever live show last week.
Journalist Phillip Elwood who attended the opening Led Zeppelin performance said of the show. "Led Zeppelin has become overblown. Amplifiers are too loud especially for stars Page and Plant." "Drummer John Bonham has become much more visually demonstrative and less rhythmically interesting, and vocalist Plant has apparently decided to the grunt-squirm-innuendo route which made The Doors' Jim Morrison an infamous, egocentric, theatrical bore."
Listen below to Led Zeppelin's cover of Anne Bredon's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" from their self titled debut album.
See Led Zeppelin's full US Tour dates below:
24 April 1969 - Fillmore West, San Francisco
25 April 1969 - Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco
26 April 1969 - Fillmore West, San Francisco
27 April 1969 - Fillmore West, San Francisco
29 April 1969 - Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles
30 April 1969 - Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles
1 May 1969 - Crawford Hall, Irvine
2 May 1969 - Rose Palace, Pasadena
3 May 1969 - Rose Palace, Pasadena
4 May 1969 - Civic Center, Santa Monica
5 May 1969 - Civic Center, Santa Monica
7 May 1969 - Memorial Coliseum, Portland
9 May 1969 - Edmonton Gardens, Edmonton
10 May 1969 - PNE Agrodome, Vancouver
11 May 1969 - Green Lake Aqua Theater, Seattle
13 May 1969 - Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
16 May 1969 - Grande Ballroom, Detroit
17 May 1969 - Convocation Center, Athens, OH
18 May 1969 - Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
21 May 1969 - Onondaga County Auditorium, Syracuse
23 May 1969 - Kinetic Playground, Chicago
24 May 1969 - Kinetic Playground, Chicago
25 May 1969 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
26 May 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston
27 May 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston
28 May 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston
29 May 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston
30 May 1969 - Fillmore East, New York City
In case you missed it, watch below Zeppelin performing "Dazed and Confused" from their debut LP back in March.
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