Photos: Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin in Tucson, 1972
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The legendary band performed at the Tucson Community Center in June 1972.
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Lead singer Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page collaborated on most of the band's most famous songs.
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Lead signer and heart throb Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin performs at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Plant's son Karac died at age 5, which prompted Plant to write "All My Love," one of the band's notable songs, in tribute.
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Jimmy Page, right, lead guitar and the rock band Led Zeppelin perform at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Page appeared on a BBC talent show in 1957 and said he wanted to do biological research and cure cancer. His interests later turned to art and music.
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Bassist John Paul Jones of the rock band Led Zeppelin performs at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Jones bought his first bass guitar at age 14 and was playing in a band by age 15. He was an accomplished studio musician, working with the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Cat Stevens and Rod Stewart, before joining Led Zeppelin.
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Lead singer Robert Plant of the rock band Led Zeppelin performs at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Jimmy Page recruited Plant for the "New Yardbirds" to finish tour dates for Page's original band, the Yardbirds.
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A reported 9,000 fans watched Led Zeppelin perform at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. By 1979, the band was performing for crowds of 100,000 at major cities around the world.
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Jimmy Page plays lead guitrar for Led Zeppelin during a concert at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Page switched from bass to lead guitar while with The Yardbirds in the late 60s.
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Lead singer Robert Plant of the rock band Led Zeppelin performs at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. Plant formed the Honeydrippers after the band broke-up in 1980, following the death of drummer John Bonham.
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Lead singer Robert Plant faces Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin at the Tucson Community Center on June 28, 1972. The band had just released Led Zeppelin IV, which featured "Stairway to Heaven." The album sold nearly 37 million copes worldwide.
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