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The High-Flying Led Zeppelin Tour

Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 13 May 1973

THE WAY I've been hearing it, it's already the biggest tour in rock and roll history — 33 concerts in 30 cities, a gross that will exceed $3 million and a seven-year Beatle record broken on the first night. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant was trying to sound off-hand about it all, but let's face it, he was overwhelmed.

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