Led Zeppelin Rocker Recalls 'Incident' That Got a 1975 Concert Canceled
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Carly SilvaJanuary 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page is looking back at some trouble the band got into back in the 70s.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the legendary guitarist marked exactly 51 years to the day since a 1975 concert in Boston, Mass., was unexpectedly canceled due to an "incident" involving ticket sales.
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Sharing photos of masses of fans storming the outside of the former Boston Garden venue, Page recalled, "On this day in 1975, I planned to play Boston Garden with @ledzeppelin. I discovered that there had been an incident at the Box Office at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts that had involved a sale / non-sale of tickets to thousands of fans."
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As a result of the chaos, Page said, "Police were called and it all ended with the scheduled Led Zeppelin show being cancelled by Mayor Kevin H White (who saw red) and, even more, there was apparently a five-year ban put on the band playing the venue."
Page, however, wasn't clued in on the entirety of the situation until later on.
"I was blissfully unaware of any of these shenanigans, but the Mayor was, by all accounts, a Rolling Stones fan!" Page quipped, playfully referring to his band's rivalry with the Mick Jagger-led group.
"I can't imagine how much it would have sucked to have been this close to seeing Zeppelin and having the gig cancelled. 😢" one Instagram user wrote in the comments.
Another person echoed, "Hard to fathom banning a band because of scalpers."
Page never did get to play at the Boston Garden after that, as the historic venue was torn down in 1995, and replaced with the Fleet Center (now called the TD Garden).
Page eventually returned to Boston several years later, as he noted in the post, "I played in Boston again in 1995 at The Fleet Center with Page & Plant."
The '95 show seemed to be worth the wait for a number of Page's fans, including one commenter on Instagram who wrote, "I was at The Fleet Center. It was amazing."
"Glad you went back and Rocked their faces off in 95 👏👏" someone else chimed in.
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