Having arrived back in the UK from Scandinavia (last gig 24 Sep) in time to lay down some tracks for radio broadcast on 11th Oct, the band went on to play the Marquee on the 18th Oct and Liverpool University on 19th Oct, all as The New Yardbirds , the band played their first gig as Led Zeppelin in the Great Hall* at the University of Surrey on 25th Oct 1968. Another later date is sometimes quoted as the first Led Zep gig, 9 Nov 1968 at the London Roundhouse in Chalk Farm.



The Who played University Hall at the University of Surrey on 9 October 1971.

Typically it holds fewer than 300 people. Sounds like a good gig.

You could ask either Jeff Tostevin or Dave Munro - both of them were at the show!











The Who played many other student union shows, of course, including Leeds as heard on Live at Leeds , which was on 14 February 1970, some 20 months before Surrey. John Sebastian guested on harmonica with The Who at Surrey (see below).