if so please share. My Brother In Law had tickets for JFK (I believe that's the venue) and Bonham died a few months before.
Any poster here lucky enough to see Led Zepplin?....
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I saw the reunion at Live Aid. Sad ending. I’ll never forget seeing Phil Collins fly from London to Philly then introducing Led Zeppelin before playing drums for their set. Too bad it sucked.
I saw them at MSG in June 1977 and it was a great show. Robert Plant's son died in late July 1977 and the balance of the tour was cancelled.
One of the hard rock bands I would loved to have seen. I wish I'd seen Robert Plant and Allison Krauss when they've come to Finger Lakes region these past few years. An unusual pairing but they make it work. Some pretty cool rockabilly tunes.
Spectrum in Philly, I think 1974 maybe 75? Very loud. Some good moments, some long winded, self indulgent, bloated frankly boring moments as well
Sounded good to me. Of course I had been there 10 hours already before they played. I was also about 100 yards away. So I just watched. Plant had a difficult time reaching those high notes like he did in the 70’s. Probably why songs of his in the 1980’s like “big log” were sung much lower,
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I remember afterwards there was a big issue with some blaming Phil Collins. Can’t recall all of the details. Still though, it was my generation’s Woodstock and overall, it was AWESOME.
I remember that. I was 19. There were two drummers though on that set. Phil and someone else. He sang stairway to heaven the best.
I remember them showing videos of a guy leaving Wembley in a helicopter. Hours later they showed the Concorde landing. And the guy got into a another helicopter. Then Phil shows up to introduce LZ.
Led Zeppelin was as bit before my time but I did see Page and Plant at the Spectrum in ‘95. The crowd was so loud cheering and singing along to all the hits.
A friend of mine met Robert Plant at a hammock store in CO. Said he was a down to earth regular guy.
No idea. I thought he played with them first since we were all surprised to see him in Philly. The day is a bit foggy for a lot of reasons.
My cousin got 4 tickets to that show. When one of his friends backed out he asked me if I would go. Unfortunately my parents said no way. I was 14.
In 1977 they played MSG for 6 straight days. I went on Saturday, June 11th which was the same day Lynyrd Skynyrd played at JFK in Philadelphia. I was torn between which concert to attend and decided to picked Zeppelin because I thought getting to see Skynyrd in the future would be the easier of the two bands. Turns out both bands had tragedies shortly after that June.
Pittsburgh Civic Arena 1971. Incredibly loud. Ears rang for 3 days afterwards. If you know what a Leslie Speaker for an organ is-Jimmy Paige had a wall of Leslie speakers (twin trumpets in each cube) that housed about 60 cubes. I was near the stage as they were doing final equipment checks. When they turned on that wall of speakers you could hear them whirl and feel a breeze. Coolest thing I’ve ever seen or heard.
To follow up on this, they did a version of “ when you go to California wear Ribbons in your hair “ and Page played it on his guitar with a bow. Self indulgent nonsense. ( At least Tgar believes this was the same show. The encore on the other hand, Black Dog ( also believe they did one other song ) where the foot lights at the front of the stage all exploded was incredible. The song was Roof Shaking.
We ( this includes @Steve JG ) took the Old Man’s van down from Reading. We were so high ( well, at least Tgar the driver was so high ) we ended up heading into NJ on the turnpike on our way home having botchd the turnpike entrance. Several miles of giggling, screaming, etc etc. we were headed back in the right direction and stopped at the Howard Johnson’s on the turnpike for blueberry pancakes, milkshakes, burgers, apple pie, as was our tradition, to get our **** together for the rest of the ride and sneak in the house without waking everyone.
Pretty sure it was 74. It was a wild night.
Was at the same show. Tgar was Going through a divorce, custody battle, and just got fired from his job. Tgar really needed that night to be magical and it delivered. The little percussion orchestra they had for Kashmir was a fun addition and really heightened the music. That was a great show.
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I had tickets to see them at the Richfield Coliseum and then Bonham died a couple of months before the scheduled concert. I was very disappointed, but there was nothing I could do.
The wife and I caught them this summer in Hershey, they were with Bob Dylan and Willy Nelson. Plant and Krauss EASILY stole the entire show. They were excellent.
one of the guys in the van offering TGar $20 to pull over on Schuylkill Expressway to take a leak, pleading with him in the final section where there is like 2 foot shoulder, crumbling cement walls and stopping would be death; "no man please Tgar you gotta pull over I'll give you $20......"
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Totally Remember. On the way down, 6ish pm, mad traffic, and he was freaking out.
sadly no, but have seen Get the Led Out, 3x, does that count for anything.... 
I saw them in Pittsburgh Feb 1975 and Cleveland May 1977. Terrific seats for the Cleveland show, 11 rows back center stage. I believe there is a bootleg of the show called Destroyer. Plants voice was better in Cleveland. Bonzo was terrific both times. The engine of the band. Awesome shows.
They played two shows in Cleveland in '77. The first resulted in the Destroyer bootleg, which sounds great but features a tepid performance. The second night, 4/28/77, is one of the most devastating performances ever.
Got Hendrix. Not LZ. Always dreaded the annual countdowns of the supposed greatest rock songs of all time, and having to hear Stairway to Heaven was #1.......Again.
Page was upset with Phil because Phil couldn't get the drumming right on "Rock and Roll".
Never saw Zeppelin......but did see Pink Floyd in '76 in Atlanta.....also saw Heart, ELO, Kansas, Skynyrd, and more
Since we are going down a rabbit hole, my first concert was in 1975. Saw Ike and Tina Turner at Univ of Scranton. Ticket cost was $5.00. Second concert was David Bowie at the Spectrum.
That's because Stairway to Heaven IS one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Zeppelin was also one of, if not the best, bands of all time. Never ceases to amaze me how many young kids today are really into Zeppelin. Perhaps that tells you all you need to know.
How many tribute bands could play Red Rocks 10 straight years and sell the place out with 9500 fans? The music of Led Zeppelin is alive and very well!
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