May

May-1

• 1969-Led Zeppelin concert at the Crawford Hall U.C. Irvine

• 1990-Plant starts his Manic Nirvana tour at the Hauge

• 1993-Plant plays at the Piazza San Giovanni in Rome

• 1995-Page/Plant play the Bradley Center in Milwaukee

May-2

• 1969-First of two nights for Zeppelin at the Rose Palace in Passadena

• 1990-Plant plays Brussels

• 1995-Page/Plant concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis

May-3

• 1969-Led Zeppelin's second night in Passadena at the Rose Palace

• 1993-Plant plays on the radio RETE 105FM in Milan

May-4

• 1969-Zeppelins first of two nights at the Santa Monica Civic Center

• 1973-Led Zeppelin begins their ninth U.S. tour with a show at Braves Stadium in Atlanta

• 1981-Plant plays with the Honeydrippers at the Retford Porterhouse in Nottingham

• 1990-Plant concert in Dusseldorf

May-5

• 1969-Zeppelin's second night at the Santa Monica Civic Center

• 1972-First of three dates in Wigan, U.K. as Zeppelin begins warming up for the eighth U.S. tour

• 1973-Zeppelin concert in Tampa Stadium breaks the Beatles attendance record crowd of 56,800 people

• 1988-Plant starts his "Non Stop Go Tour" with a show in Quebec, his performs Zeppelin material along with his solo material

• 1995-Page/Plant plays at Kemper Arena in Kansas City

May-6

• 1972-Zeppelin's second night in Wigan, U.K.

• 1973-Zeppelin concert in St. Petersburg, Florida

• 1993-Plant plays the Copenhagen Forum in Denmark

• 1995-Page/Plant play the Kiel Center in St. Louis

May-7

• 1972-Third and final night at Wigan, U.K. Zeppelin would have two more warm up dates in June before their next tour starts

• 1973-Zeppelin concert in Jacksonville

• 1988-Plant concert in Montreal

• 1990-Plant plays Stuttugart

May-8

• 1988-Plant plays Ottawa

• 1990-Plant concert in Mannheim, Germany

• 1995-Page/Plant play at the McNichols Arena in Denver

May-9

• 1969-Zeppelin concert in Portland, Oregon

• 1985-The Firm ends their U.S. tour in New Jersey

• 1990-Plant concert in Frankfurt

• 2005-Plant performs Shine It All Around on the Late Show with David Letterman... and then after the commercial Plant is seen performing with Paul Schaffer and the Late Show band singing Treat Her Right.

May-10

• 1969-Zeppelin play at PNE Vancouver

• 1971-Led Zeppelin concert for a make up date that was cancelled in March, the show is at Liverpool University

• 1973-Zeppelin concert at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa

• 1974-Swan Sond Records is started, and Zeppelin attends Elvis Presley's show at the LA Forum

• 1988-Plant plays the Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens

• 1995-Page/Plant concert at the America West Arena in Phoenix

• 2005-Plant solo CD Mighty Rearranger is released in the US.

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May-11

• 1969-Zeppelin plays the Greenlake Aquatheater in Seattle

• 1973-Zeppelin concert at the Keil Auditorium in St. Louis

• 1988-Plant concert in Rochester

May-12

• 1993-Plant concert at the BBC Studios in Elstree

• 1995-Page/Plant play the MGM Grand in Las Vegas

May-13

• 1973-Zeppelin concert at the Auditorium in Mobile

• 1995-Page/Plant concert at the San Diego Sports Arena

• 2005-Plant performs Shine It All Around on Conan O'Brien.

May-14

• 1973-Zeppelin concert in New Orleans Auditorium

• 1988-John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant are joined by Jason Bonham as they play at Atlantic's 40th birthday. Songs performed include "Misty Mountain Hop," "Heartbreaker," and "Kashmir." The keyboard never makes it onto the television mix

• 1990-Plant plays at Teatr Orfeo in Milan

• 1993-Plant concert at Kings Head, Fulham

May-15

• 1988-Plant concert at the Hartford Civic Center

May-16

• 1969-Zeppelin concert at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit

• 1973-Zeppelin plays in Houston

• 1995-Page/Plant play the first of two nights at the LA Forum

May-17

• 1969-Zeppelin play Ohio University in Athens

• 1975-Led Zeppelin starts their U.K. return with the first of five shows at the Earl's Court Arena in London

• 1988-Plant plays the first of two nights at the Brendon Byrne Arena in New Jersey

• 1995-Second night for Page/Plant at the LA Forum

May-18

• 1969-Zeppelin concert at the Guthrie Memorial Theater in Minneapolis

• 1973-Zeppelin plays at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, John Paul Jones plays this concert with Fractured Ribs

• 1975-Zeppelin's second show at the Earl's Court Arena in London

• 1977-Led Zeppelin start their second part of their eleventh U.S. tour with a show at the Jefferson Memorial Coliseum in Birmingham, Alabama

• 1985-The Firm play at the NEC Birmingham

• 1988-Second night at the Brendon Byrne Arena for Plant

• 1990-Plant concert in Barcelona

• 1993-Plant appears again in Elstree at the BBC studios

May-19

• 1969-Zeppelin's first of two nights at the Boston Tea Party

• 1973-Led Zeppelin play at the Fort Worth Convention Center

• 1977-Zeppelin plays in Baton Rouge

• 1995-Page/Plant play the Oakland Coliseum

• 1998Page/Plant open their US tour in Pensacola to promote Walking Into Clarksdale

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May-20

• 1969-Second night for Zeppelin at the Boston Tea Party

• 1985-Plant's third solo album, "Shaken And Stirred" is released, the Firm play the Edinbugh Playhouse

• 1988-Plant plays the Great Woods Center for Performing Arts in Mansfield

• 1993-Another show at Kings Head in Fulham

• 1995-Page/Plant concert at the San Jose Arena, this concert is later broadcast on many FM stations later in the year

• 1998-Page/Plant play at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay

May-21

• 1969-Zeppelin plays Syracuse

• 1977-Led Zeppelin play the Summit in Houston

• 1990-Plant concert in Le Transborden, Lyon

May-22

• 1973-Led Zeppelin concert in San Antonio

• 1977-Zeppelin concert in Fort Worth Convention Center includes a jam with Bad Company's Mick Ralphs as they play Jerry Lee Lewis's "It'll Be Me"

• 1985-The Firm have a concert at the Wembley Arena in London

• 1988-Plant plays Columbia

• 1990-Plant concert at the Palais des Sportes in Paris

• 1993-Plant plays at the BBC Broadcasting House

• 1998-Page/Plant play the Civic Center in Miami, FL

• 2002 Plant plays Aula Magna, Lisboa, Portugal. Concert includes material from Dreamland and also Plant plays solo material for the first time since the Fate of Nations tour (unless you count Calling To You in the No Quarter tour).

May-23

• 1969-First of two nights for Zeppelin at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago

• 1973-Zeppelin play in Albuquerque

• 1975-Third show for Zeppelin at the Earl's Court Arena in London

• 1977-Led Zeppelin play the LA Forum-is this correct?

• 1983-Page joins Eric Clapton for an encore at the Guildford Town Hall

• 1988-Plant plays at the Philadelphia Spectrum, this concert is later broadcast on Westwood One radio network

• 1995-Page/Plant concert at the Portland Coliseum, on the way to Portland Jimmy got caught smoking on an airplane

• 1998-Page/Plant play the Jacksonville, Fl Coliseum

May-24

• 1969-Zeppelin's second night at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago

• 1975-Fourth Zeppelin concert at London's Earl's Court Arena

• 1990-Plant concert at the Saga in Copenhagen

May-25

• 1969-Zeppelin concert in Columbia, Maryland

• 1973-Zeppelin plays Denver

• 1975-Zeppelin's final show at London's Earl's Court Arena, it is also the last time the group plays Dazed and Confused

• 1977-First of four nights for Zeppelin at the Landover Capitol Center in Maryland

• 1981-Plant plays with the Honeydrippers at the Club Lafayette in Wolverhampton

• 1988-Plant plays at Cuyahoga Fall, Ohio

• 1995-Page/Plant play at the Tacoma Dome

• 2002-Plant plays Oporto Coliseum in Portugal

May-26

• 1973-Zeppelin concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City

• 1977-Second night at Landover Capitol Center for Zeppelin

• 1988-Plant concert in Kalamazoo

• 1990-Plant plays Stockholm

• 1993-Plant plays at Slavia Hall in Prague

• 1995-Page/Plant play PNE in Vancouver

• 1998-Page/Plant concert at the Charlotte Coliseum

May-27

• 1969-Zeppelin concert in Cleveland

• 1976-John Paul Jones makes an appearance with the Pretty Things at the Marquee

• 1981-Plant plays with the Honeydrippers at the University of Bradford

• 1990-Plant concert in Oslo

• 1993-Plant plays in Petofi Hall in Budapest

• 1995-Page/Plant close out their first US tour with an outdoor concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington

• 2003-Long awaited Led Zeppelin DVD and How The West Was Won CD is released.

May-28

• 1973-Zeppelin concert at the San Diego Sports Arena

• 1977-Zeppelin's third night at the Capitol Center in Landover

• 1975-The Firms second US tour ends in Detroit, Phil Caron joins the band on bass

• 1988-Plant plays at Pine Knob in Clarkston, Michigan

May-29

• 1988-Plant at the Poplar Creek in Hoffman Estates, Illinois

• 1993-Plant concert at the Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium

• 1998-Page/Plant play at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta

May-30

• 1969-First of two nights for Zeppelin at the Fillmore East in New York

• 1977-Fourth and final night for Led Zeppelin at the Capitol Center in Landover

• 1993-Plant plays at Rock AM Ring in Nurburgring

• 2002-Plant plays Bangor University in Wales

May-31

• 1948-John Henry Bonham is born

• 1969-Zeppelin closes out their second U.S. Tour with a second show at the Fillmore East in New York

• 1973-Bonzo's birthday is celebrated with an excellent concert at the LA Forum

• 1977-Led Zeppelin plays the Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina

• 1988-Plant plays at Minneapolis

• 1990-Plant concert in City Hall, Newcastle

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