![]() ![]() Relieved by Plant's change of heart and mindful of the singer's conditions, Grant began planning a nineteen-date tour covering the American East Coast and Midwest, and envisioned Led Zeppelin undertaking additional West Coast and UK tours in early 1981. Grant had been concerned about the band's lengthy absence from one of its primary markets, and had correctly viewed the European tour as a way of rekindling Plant's interest in performing in America. Plant did, however, lay down some strict deal-breaker conditions: no tour should take him away from his family for longer than a month the band would play a maximum of two shows back-to-back followed by a day off and, as with the European tour, Superdomes were out, more modest venues in the aim to re-establish 'contact' with the audience (and, by definition, themselves). Following the conclusion of Led Zeppelin's successful Tour Over Europe 1980, however, Plant had a change of heart and informed Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant that he was willing to undertake an American tour with the band in the autumn of 1980. His reluctance to do so persisted despite the success of the In Through the Out Door album and the band's return to the stage at the 1979 Knebworth Festival after a two-year absence. In the wake of Led Zeppelin's turmoil-plagued 1977 American tour, which ended abruptly with the sudden death of his son Karac, singer Robert Plant had become averse to touring America with the band. The band cancelled the tour when drummer John Bonham died on 25 September, one day after the group's initial rehearsal for the tour. It was scheduled to take place from 17 October through 15 November of that year and cover much of the East Coast and Midwest. Led Zeppelin – The 1980s, Part One was a planned autumn 1980 concert tour of North America by the rock band Led Zeppelin. ![]()
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