Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977 - Tour Set List

Tour Set List

The set list played on this tour included an acoustic section, which had originally been revived by the band at their previous concerts at Earls Court Arena in 1975 and was retained for the 1977 concerts. Technically, only two songs from their most recent album, Presence (1976), were performed: "Nobody's Fault but Mine" and "Achilles Last Stand", although parts of the solo from "Tea for One" would be incorporated by Page during the solo of "Since I've Been Loving You".

The basic set list for the tour was:

1. "The Song Remains the Same" (Page, Plant)
2. "The Rover" (intro)/"Sick Again" (Page, Plant)
3. "Nobody's Fault but Mine (Page, Plant)
4. "In My Time of Dying" (Page, Plant, Bonham, Jones) or "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant)*
5. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)/ "Tea for One" (solo)
6. "No Quarter" (Page, Plant, Jones)
7. "Ten Years Gone" (Page, Plant)
8. "The Battle of Evermore" (Page, Plant) (With John Paul Jones on vocals, singing Sandy Denny's parts from the studio version.)
9. "Going to California" (Page, Plant)
10. "Dancing Days" (Page, Plant) (on 26th May and 27th June only)
11. "Black Country Woman" (Page, Plant) / "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
12. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
13. "Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
14. "Out on the Tiles" (intro)/"Over the Top"/"Moby Dick" (Page, Jones, Bonham)
15. "Guitar Solo" (Page) / "Star Spangled Banner"
16. "Achilles Last Stand" (Page, Plant)
17. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)

Encores typical of the first leg of the tour:

• "Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
• "Trampled Under Foot" (Page, Plant, Jones)

Encores typical of the second and third leg:

• "Whole Lotta Love" (Introduction) (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)
• "Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)

Other encores played occasionally:

• "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
• "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
• "It'll Be Me" (Clement)
• "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page)

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour: "Trampled Under Foot" and "Heartbreaker" were played as part of the main set on some occasions.

*The band performed "In My Time of Dying" during the 1st leg and the first half of the 2nd leg, while they switched to "Over the Hills and Far Away" for the second half of the 2nd leg and for the 3rd leg, alltough "In My Time of Dying" appeared a few times on the final shows of the 2nd leg.