50 Influential Moments in Rock N' Roll History: Led Zeppelin's 1973 tour

1973 was the break out year for Led Zeppelin. It was the year that marked the beginning of the modern arena-rock concert, and marked the year that Led Zeppelin had become one of the greatest bands of all time. It started with their North American tour, where they visited 36 different places within the U.S.A. and Canada. Their concerts would sell out in around 4 hours and would fill up giant arenas with people. For Example, in their Atlanta Georgia concert, they played for an audience with more then 49,000 people in the sold-out Fulton County Stadium. And the number of fans didn’t stop there; it started to grow by the thousands. Zeppelin even surpassed the Beatles record for most fans at a concert with 56,000 people at Tampa Stadium in Florida!

Led Zeppelin’s concerts were much different from many of the others before them. They involved lights, lasers and smoke bombs. Their concerts were loud, they were crazy, and they were meant to make you fell like there was an assault. Led Zeppelin was also notorious for never playing a song note for note. They stretched out their songs and made them long, they put in solos and instrumental sessions in places that most people wouldn’t recognize. Led Zeppelin was practically the father of the modern concert and with their music and showmanship earned a place in the rock and roll hall of fame and ultimately shaped the way we all view concerts and improv musicians.