English rock band Deep Purple hired '' The Starship '' for their 1974 U.S. tours . They can be seen arriving in the jet with the band 's name emblazoned on the jet in the DVD for the infamous California Jam rock festival , entitled '' Live in California 74 '' . In an interview with '' Circus '' magazine in 1974 , Deep Purple 's Jon Lord explained : " It 's a 707 put together by a firm in L.A. that Sinatra , Dylan and The Band just used and Elton John uses . It has a lounge , a bedroom , a shower and a study . It 's supposed to look as little as a plane as possible . " The Rolling Stones , The Allman Brothers Band and Alice Cooper were '' Starship '' clients . Peter Frampton was the last to charter '' The Starship '' , in 1976 . As early as Alice Cooper 's 1974 tour the aircraft was beginning to show signs of engine difficulties and by the time of Led Zeppelin 's 1977 US Tour it was permanently grounded at Long Beach Airport . The band was forced to find a comparable alternative , and tour manager Richard Cole eventually chartered '' Caesar 's Chariot '' , a 45-seat Boeing 707 owned by the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas . When the Allman Brothers chartered the plane , they found " Welcome Allman Brothers " written on the plane 's bar in lines of cocaine once they boarded
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Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977
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