They had been accustomed to filling the enormodomes of the US, but when Led Zeppelin undertook their first tour of 1971 – a 14 date trek across the UK – they played to venues with a capacity of less than 1,000 in what was dubbed the Back To The Clubs tour.
“The audiences are becoming bigger and bigger,’’ explained Jimmy Page at the time. “By going back to places like he Marquee we aim to re-establish our contact with the people who got us off the ground in the beginning.”
