Ten Years Gone pt 2

April 9, 1977
Chicago, IL US
Chicago Stadium

The Song Remains The Same,
(The Rover intro) Sick Again,
Nobody's Fault But Mine,
Since I've Been Loving You,
No Quarter,
Ten Years Gone.

This is the show where Jimmy passes out due to food poisoning! The playing is very gutsy and inspired, although several times his timing is off and he confuses the rest of the band. This is most evident in the intro to Nobody's Fault But Mine and the fact that he plays the first minute of Since I've Been Loving You before the aforementioned song, making the set out of order and confusing the band, who do not enter. In My Time Of Dying was also dropped from tonight's set out. The show is cancelled after Jimmy passes out in Ten Years Gone due to food poisoning. Plant: "Jimmy has got a bout of gastro-enteritis, which isn't helped by firecrackers, so we've gonna take a neccessary five minute break." After a conversation backstage, Richard Cole announced to the quite a disappointed audience: "Jimmy does not want to a half-hearted show tonight. If you watch the press on Monday, this show will be rescheduled. The band feel very bad about this, but please hang onto your tickets. All tickets will be honoured." Too bad, as the show was very intense.

Like a similar poster, I too was dropped off at the show by parents (though from not as far away as Milwaukee). Good show until the "sickness" set in. I always assumed that, despite the food poisoning story, there might have been a little too much pre-stage partying on Jimmy's part. Oh well, I was there and although disappointed about the abbreviated show, was a happy youth having seen the top band ever.

To get tickets for this show I painted signs for my grandfather. In return he waited in line with me at the Sears ticket master location for several hours and bought 4 tickets.

My mom drove us down to Chicago from Milwaukee. We were four 8th grade girls. Me being the biggest Zeppelin fan of the group, possibly in all of Milwaukee. I remember it was unseasonably warm that day. When Zeppelin came on they did seem off. I remember them being super loud as well. When they announced the show was canceled we were so disappointed. Of course we had no way to reach my mom so we had to stand outside the stadium until the time the concert would have ended. It didn't seem unseasonably warm then!

I tried to get tickets this last year to the one-off in London to no avail. I think they should have let us people from the canceled Chicago show have first priority!

I was at this abbreivated show and while it was shortened due to Page's illness ( Montezuma's revenge as Robert termed it that night ), it was great nonetheless ( except for the part where Page was sitting on the right drum riser puking during Ten Years Gone ). The show was to be resheduled months down the road....unfortunately Plant's daughter died in August of that same year. The show was then due to be re-rescheduled in September of 1980 ( tickets from the original show would be honored and/or turned in for the current show )....but alas John Bonham died.

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[MickM621]

foos poisoning. right

[Vladymir1916]

@erinshink who says that Carmen died? oO

[erinshink]

Plant's daughter didn't die, his 5 yr old son Carac died of a stomach infection. His daughter Carmen is about 40 and was just married a few years back

[erinshink]

Plant's daughter didn't die, his 5 yr old son Carac died of a stomach infection. His daughter Carmen is about 40 and was just married a few years back

[erinshink]

Plant's daughter didn't die, his 5 yr old son Carac died of a stomach infection. His daughter Carmen is about 40 and was just married a few years back

[Vladymir1916]

poor Pagey ;(

[jpatrickgreen]

Despite Jimmy's "food poisoning" at this show, he still finishes out like the consumate professional that he is.  I think this is one of the best versions of this piece from this tour, even with Jimmy playing the last third of it sitting from the drum rostrum.

[PCEntertainment]

$9.00 wow...

today it goes for thousands if not tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds for a reunion.

[gez2007]

brilliant song, shame about Jimmy

cheers for posting