Led Zeppelin, Earls Court Arena, London

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page performing onstage at Led Zeppelin's legendary Earl's Court Arena concerts in May 1975.

Mick Gold recalls, "Manager Peter Grant cultivated their mystique by employing no PR, releasing no singles and avoiding TV appearances. There are different ways to calculate who was 'the biggest band in the world'. Record sales, audience figures, touring profits - and according to any of these methods, Led Zeppelin was the winner. By 1975, propelled by the triumph of double album 'Physical Graffiti', they sold out five nights at Earl's Court and blasted 85,000 fans." Rock journalist Lisa Robinson summed it perfectly when she wrote, "The Beatles fought the Stones in a parking lot and Led Zeppelin won."

May 18th, 1975: Earls Court Arena, London

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