Tour Over Europe 1980
| Concert by Led Zeppelin | |
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| Associated album | In Through the Out Door |
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| Start date | 17 June 1980 |
| End date | 7 July 1980 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 14 (16 scheduled) |
| Led Zeppelin concert chronology | |
Tour Over Europe 1980 was the final concert tour by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The tour commenced on 17 June and concluded on 7 July 1980. Ten of the shows on the tour took place in cities throughout West Germany, as well as one show each in Brussels, Rotterdam, Vienna, Zürich and West Berlin.
This was the first series of concerts performed by the band since their shows at Knebworth almost a year before. Singer Robert Plant was reluctant to tour the United States, and the band wanted to avoid some of the negative press attention which had dogged them in the United Kingdom, so as a compromise Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant decided to schedule a short European tour. He hoped that being on the road again would rejuvenate Plant's enthusiasm for touring, which would eventually inspire Plant's desire to tour the U.S again.
The band performed rehearsals for the tour at the Rainbow Theatre and Victoria Theatre in London, and then at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex.
During this tour the band played small venues with a scaled-down PA and a modest stage and lighting setup. As such, it had a much more low-key feel than had been witnessed on recent tours. The set list was also shorter at approximately two hours in duration, with some of the band's lengthier songs such as "No Quarter" and "Moby Dick" being discarded. A limited amount of material from the band's most recent album In Through the Out Door, was also performed. The set for these concerts opened with "Train Kept A-Rollin'" which had not been a regular feature of their live sets since 1969. Press coverage of this concert tour was minimal.
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