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An account of their Hampton 12/9/71 gig:
41 Years Ago Tonight - "The Zeppelin" Lands in Hampton
September 9th, 1971, Led Zeppelin cruised into Hampton Roads. Some 8,000 fans rocked to the supergroup at Hampton Coliseum in a concert sponsored by WNOR radio.
Our reporter wrote that the group performed 10 songs including a 25-minute rendition of “Dazed and Confused”. Zepp started off the concert with “Immigrant Song” and finished off with “Whole Lotta Love” – the latter lasting about 20 minutes. It was said Jimmy Page’s guitar performance that evening stole the show.
“Page seemed best on “What is”, although the last song, “Whole Lotta Love,” proved him one of the outstanding guitarists in the world today, perhaps the best since the death of Jimi Hendrix.”
As you can see in a few of the photos, it appears that an excited fan rushed the stage to hug Robert Plant. There was no mention of this in the reporting that accompanied these shots. Also, there are some shots from backstage where it looks like Plant mingles with some fans.
The group granted no interviews that evening.
Concerning the setlist for the evening, it was reported that the group played 10 songs.
They were:
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
Since I've Been Loving You
Black Dog
Dazed and Confused
Stairway To Heaven
Going to California
What Is and What Should Never Be
Moby Dick
Whole Lotta Love
There is a CD, Inspired, which is supposedly a recording of the concert from that evening. Contained on that CD are all the songs listed above minus “Whole Lotta Love” and with the addition of “Celebration Day” and “That's The Way”, which our reporter makes no mention of being played that evening.
And of course, there are some setlists on various Led Zeppelin fan forum boards that give a similar set of songs, plus or minus a few.
Perhaps one of the extended versions of the songs our reporter heard was a combination of two songs.
We are happy to share some never before published photos from the concert. We hope you enjoy them.
Additional photos here:
41 Years Ago Tonight - "The Zeppelin" Lands in Hampton | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
41 Years Ago Tonight - "The Zeppelin" Lands in Hampton
September 9th, 1971, Led Zeppelin cruised into Hampton Roads. Some 8,000 fans rocked to the supergroup at Hampton Coliseum in a concert sponsored by WNOR radio.
Our reporter wrote that the group performed 10 songs including a 25-minute rendition of “Dazed and Confused”. Zepp started off the concert with “Immigrant Song” and finished off with “Whole Lotta Love” – the latter lasting about 20 minutes. It was said Jimmy Page’s guitar performance that evening stole the show.
“Page seemed best on “What is”, although the last song, “Whole Lotta Love,” proved him one of the outstanding guitarists in the world today, perhaps the best since the death of Jimi Hendrix.”
As you can see in a few of the photos, it appears that an excited fan rushed the stage to hug Robert Plant. There was no mention of this in the reporting that accompanied these shots. Also, there are some shots from backstage where it looks like Plant mingles with some fans.
The group granted no interviews that evening.
Concerning the setlist for the evening, it was reported that the group played 10 songs.
They were:
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
Since I've Been Loving You
Black Dog
Dazed and Confused
Stairway To Heaven
Going to California
What Is and What Should Never Be
Moby Dick
Whole Lotta Love
There is a CD, Inspired, which is supposedly a recording of the concert from that evening. Contained on that CD are all the songs listed above minus “Whole Lotta Love” and with the addition of “Celebration Day” and “That's The Way”, which our reporter makes no mention of being played that evening.
And of course, there are some setlists on various Led Zeppelin fan forum boards that give a similar set of songs, plus or minus a few.
Perhaps one of the extended versions of the songs our reporter heard was a combination of two songs.
We are happy to share some never before published photos from the concert. We hope you enjoy them.
Additional photos here:
41 Years Ago Tonight - "The Zeppelin" Lands in Hampton | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com