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The '''1968 tour of the United Kingdom''' was a [[concert tour]] of the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[rock band|band]], [[Led Zeppelin]]. The tour commenced on 4 October and completed on 20 December 1968, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band appeared in additional shows during this time. | The '''1968 tour of the United Kingdom''' was a [[concert tour]] of the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[rock band|band]], [[Led Zeppelin]]. The tour commenced on 4 October and completed on 20 December 1968, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band appeared in additional shows during this time. |
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The 1968 tour of the United Kingdom was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band, Led Zeppelin. The tour commenced on 4 October and completed on 20 December 1968, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band appeared in additional shows during this time. OverviewFor these early shows, the band were billed as 'The Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page' or 'New Yardbirds', despite the fact that Jimmy Page was now the only surviving link with the previous band. Page later said:
Press releases eventually advertised that they would make their debut under the name 'Led Zeppelin' on 25 October at the University of Surrey, however posters announcing this concert mistakenly persisted to list them as the New Yardbirds.[2] The Yardbirds at this stage had become neglected by the mainstream UK press, and only scant media acknowledgement existed during this tour which only exacerbated the problem, despite the revitalised line-up.[3] During the first half of the tour, the band decamped to Olympic Studios in London to record their eponymous debut album, within 30 hours on a budget of only £1750 (including artwork), with sessions initially starting on 27 September, assisted by engineer Glyn Johns.[4] According to singer Robert Plant, in a Rolling Stone interview:
The band's inaugural London concert at the Roundhouse at Chalk Farm, on 9 November, doubled as singer Robert Plant's wedding reception with Maureen Wilson.[6] Concert set listSongs typically played on this tour included many blues and Yardbirds standards such as 'Train Kept A-Rollin'', 'Smokestack Lightning', 'I Can't Quit You Baby', 'You Shook Me', 'White Summer', and 'For Your Love'. The concerts included soon to be released tracks from their debut album, including 'Dazed and Confused', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You', 'How Many More Times', and 'Communication Breakdown'. Other songs thrown in as extended medleys included Elmer Gantry's 'Flames' and Garnett Mimm's 'As Long As I Have You'.[7] A typical set list for the tour was:
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