LedZepNews has published 29 photographs of Led Zeppelin performing at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 14, 1977, 14 of which are previously unseen.
The photographs were taken by Led Zeppelin fan Steve Abadie who was then aged just 17. Along with LedZepFilm and two other buyers, LedZepNews purchased Abadie’s slides through eBay earlier this month in order to scan them and release them online.
“I was 17 years old, just about to graduate high school,” Abadie said in an email, “by no means a professional photographer.”
“[I] took the train into NYC and scored a ticket out front of MSG on 7th Avenue,” he said in his eBay listing for the slides. “I brought my camera with me and sat in the 10th row left of center.”
“I believe I shot 400 ASA with no flash,” he added. “I’ll always remember the energy in the air that night!”
15 of Abadie’s Led Zeppelin photographs were published on Led Zeppelin’s official website in 2023, albeit in lower resolution and with a watermark added. The remaining 14 photographs were not published until today.
All of the photographs are now able to view on the LedZepNews Flickr page. You can view all of the concert photographs in the album here. Click the arrows below to move through the images.
The dark-haired woman smiling up at the band from the side of the stage in one photograph is Audrey Hamilton.
The publication of these photographs comes just three days after LedZepNews also published 22 previously unseen images of Led Zeppelin performing in Dallas, Texas on May 18, 1973.
THANKS for buying these & posting them for all of us !!
offern referred to as the ill fated u s tour despite some fine performances by the band it as always beem remenbered for all the wrong reasons
I remember my brother buying me a ticket for this concert and at the last minute he decided to take a girl instead. I also remember during the concert there was a bad snow storm and took a long time for him getting back to Queens. I still remind him this every time we here a zep song.
I was at this show with a friend/neighbor as we rode the subway from Kings Highway in Brooklyn to MSG because we were too young to drive. We grabbed Gyro’s from across the street and saw what was one of the best concerts I’ve been to (I’ve seen many). I quickly became a huge fan. These pics brought back memories. Thank you for posting them!
Was @ the 6/13/77 show MSG,Phenomenal, over 3 hrs,a great acoustic set also. My ticket cost $10.50,the ‘red’section facing the left side of the stage.RIP BONZO
THE GREATEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWN!!
Your right Scott.
I was at that concert!
I was at that concert – flag Day 1977. Led Zeppelin was better than more than 90% of every band that has ever existed on a bad night! Just a little past their prime and their pure magic!