Stairway to Heaven

50 Years Ago Today: “Stairway to Heaven” was Performed for the First Time (Audio)
50 Years Ago Today: “Stairway to Heaven” was Performed for the First Time (Audio)
50 Years Ago Today: “Stairway to Heaven” was Performed for the First Time (Audio)
On the evening of March 5, 1971, Led Zeppelin began their "Back to the Clubs" tour in front of 1,200 fans in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  They began the concert with "Immigrant Song" from 1969 and after the fifth song, "Dazed and Confused," the four-piece debuted a new song that had just been written and had not even been recorded, yet...