bluesunday Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I've been listening to Zep's blistering performance at Texas Pop International festival and in between songs Plant mentions that the time they played there prior to this festival it was a near "disaster" in his words. What was the date and festival that Zep played in TX prior to their appearance at the TX International Pop festival? And are there reviews of their concert and why it was a near disaster? If this has been talked about before, I appreciate a link posted. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesunday Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 AUGUST 4 - STATE FAIR COLISEUM, DALLAS, TEXAS (MONDAY 8pm) Is this the first? Anyone confirm? And are their reviews as this being a near disaster performance? I've been listening to Zep's blistering performance at Texas Pop International festival and in between songs Plant mentions that the time they played there prior to this festival it was a near "disaster" in his words. What was the date and festival that Zep played in TX prior to their appearance at the TX International Pop festival? And are there reviews of their concert and why it was a near disaster? If this has been talked about before, I appreciate a link posted. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesunday Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 I keep answering my own questions. Local Texas band F.O.B. appears as the opening act, who receive rave reviews for this performance in the local press. A poor sound system plagues the gig, more so for Zeppelin. “No one has ever made any claims as to the acoustical perfection of the State Fair Park Coliseum”, said a local review. “Nor did the more than capacity crowd help the sound situation. Something had to go, and in the trade the vocals lost out to volume.” During the set, Plant mistakenly announced the group would not be appearing at the Texas Pop Festival at the end of the month. “Their earlier statement that they would not be part of the Texas Pop-In was completely in error, “ a reporter wrote: “They admitted this later in the evening, but thanks to the sound system, the word might not have gotten out. Another faulty sound system, this time between group and manager was responsible for the abortive bomb-shell.” “As with the F.O.B., the Zeppelin was faced with having to play much too loud in order to reach the multitude present. So, their quality dropped accordingly. The situation was compounded with vocalist Robert Plant’s microphone threatened to drop completely dead. But he handled it with much humor and finesse. Plant did an outstanding job of emceeing their segment, even when microphone buzz totally devastated the force of the silent break in the middle of You Shook Me, an otherwise effective effort.” AUGUST 4 - STATE FAIR COLISEUM, DALLAS, TEXAS (MONDAY 8pm) Is this the first? Anyone confirm? And are their reviews as this being a near disaster performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silver Rider Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Who were the supporting acts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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