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Def Leppard 2019 World Tour / Sin City Residency

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A guide to Def Leppard's 2019 tour and Sin City Residency with detailed show information.

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• Start Date - 6th June 2019.
• End Date - 2nd November 2019.
• Promoted Album - CD/Viynl Collection Volume 2
• Promoted Album - The Story So Far...The Best Of
• Total Shows Played - 42.
• Main Tour Shows - 41.
• One-Off Shows - 1.
• Countries Played - 14.
• Tour Legs - 4.
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Leg One - USA / Europe / UK

The first leg with 15 shows played in Europe and the UK from 6th June to 7th July plus one awards show in the USA.

Leg Two - CANADA

The second leg with 11 shows played in Canada from 12th July to 31st July.

Leg Three - USA / Sin City Residency

The third leg with 12 shows played in the USA from 14th August to 7th September.

Leg Four - USA

The fourth leg with 3 shows from 21st September to 2nd November.

tour information

Details of the 2019 UK/European and Canadian/USA tours with quotes from band members. A tour promoting 'Collection Volume 2' CD/Vinyl box set which is released in June 2019 and including a 12-date Sin City Residency in Las vegas, NV.

Joe Elliott (2018)

“We are delighted to be going back to headline Download in 2019. The festival has a very special place in our hearts and it’s such a great place to play." "We will be playing Hysteria in full - yes, in full - plus a load more of the hits, and we are going to put on a very special show for our UK fans. Can’t wait to see you all there."

band members

• Joe Elliott - Lead Vocals.
• Rick Savage - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals.
• Phil Collen - Guitars/Backing Vocals.
• Vivian Campbell - Guitars/Backing Vocals.
• Rick Allen - Drums.

main support acts/headliners *

• Bon Jovi - Denmark/Germany. *
• Tesla - Canada.
• Whitesnake - Czech Republic/Italy.
• Europe - Germany.
• Don Felder - USA.
• Last In Line - USA.

rock & roll hall of fame performers

• Stevie Nicks - New York
• The Cure - New York.
• Roxy Music - New York
• The Zombies - New York.
• Brian May - New York.
• Ian Hunter - New York.
• Susanna Hoffs - New York.

festival acts

• KISS - Europe.
• Whitesnake - UK/Europe.
• Slash ft. Myles Kennedy - UK.
• Last In Line (ft. Vivian Campbell) - UK.
• Tesla - UK/Europe.
• Blackberry Smoke - UK/Europe.
• Clutch - UK.
• Ugly Kid Joe - Finland.
• Lordi - Finland.
• Amon Amarth - Sweden.
• Krokus - Sweden.
• Deadland Ritual - Europe.
• Eisbrecher - France.
• Richie Kotzen - France.
• Koritni - France.
• FM - Europe.
• Inglorius - Switzerland.
• Gojira - Belgium/USA.
• Gluecifer - Norway.
• In Flames - Norway.
• Dream Theater - Norway.
• The Dogs - Norway.
• Dee Snider - Spain.
• Testament - Spain.
• Sebastian Bach - Spain.
• Therion - Spain.
• Big Mouthers - Spain.
• Halestorm - Norway.
• All Them Witches - Norway.
• Lut - Norway.
• Ghost - USA.
• Nothing More - USA.
• Fever 333 - USA.
• Alien Weaponary - USA.
• Marshmello w/ Kane Brown - USA.
• Chance The Rapper - USA.
• Mumford & Sons - USA.
• Alicia Keys - USA.
• H.E.R. - USA.
• Zac Brown Band - USA.
• Miley Cyrus - USA.

DEF LEPPARD End 2019 Tour In SACRAMENTO, CA (Show Report)

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Def Leppard played a 2019 tour show at the Exit 111 Festival last night in Manchester, TN with 16 songs performed.

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Def Leppard/Journey and Steve Miller Band

The summer stadium tour.

• Date Aug. 25 , 2024
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Show Starts: 6:00 PM (Steve Miller Band starts at 6:00 PM)

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ABOUT JOURNEY 

Since the group’s formation in 1973,  JOURNEY  has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million albums globally. Their  “Greatest Hits”  album is certified 15 times-platinum, making  JOURNEY  one of the few bands to ever have been diamond-certified, and their song  “Don’t Stop Believin'”  has been streamed over one billion times alone. 

JOURNEY  was inducted into the  Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame  in 2017, and 2018’s co-headlining tour with  DEF LEPPARD  was the band’s most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious  Billboard “Legends Of Live”  touring award. March 2019 saw the release of  “Escape & Frontiers Live In Japan” , a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the band’s first-ever performances of the albums  “Escape”  and  “Frontiers”  in their entirety.  JOURNEY  has also received a star on the  Hollywood Walk Of Fame  and were inducted into the  Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame . Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning documentary  “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey”  about the band’s resurgence upon adding  Arnel Pineda  as lead singer after  JOURNEY  Founder,  Neal Schon  discovered the Philippines native on  YouTube . 

ABOUT DEF LEPPARD  

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be 

one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as the world’s greatest live rock band. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages”, Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download platforms.

As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again, which found their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK (36 years after the album had charted at No 1 in the Billboard charts). Def Leppard also had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart. The band have gone on to amass a staggering 5.5 billion streams since 2018, reaching a younger 18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of their fanbase. Additionally, the band have garnered an impressive 15 million followers across their social media platforms. In May 2022, Def Leppard released their twelfth studio album Diamond Star Halos. The album debuted at #1 on the Apple and Amazon Music charts. The album also scored a Top 10 debut on Billboard’s  Top 200 Albums  chart, marking the band’s eighth Top 10 album of their career, and garnered a #1 debut on Billboard’s  Hard Rock  chart. Diamond Star Halos had numerous Top 10 chart entries globally including a Top 5 debut in the UK. This has been followed by their 13 th  studio album “Drastic Symphonies” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023. The album charted at no 4 in the UK album charts – their highest UK chart entry in over 32 years. Following the close of their historic 2018 co-headline stadium and arena run in North America, Def Leppard sold more than 1,000,000 tickets, a massive feat in today’s touring world. Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe topped that number yet again with another sold out North American stadium run in 2022 selling over 1.3 million tickets. As always, the group continues pushing the boundaries with their electrifying live shows. 

ABOUT STEVE MILLER  

Steve Miller (Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals) has been a monumental presence on the American music scene for more than half a century. At the start of his career, Miller became a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late 1960s. Beginning in the 1970s, Miller crafted a brand of pure pop that was polished, exciting, and irresistible that dominated radio in a way few artists have ever managed. Miller’s Greatest Hits 1974-78 is among the 25 best-selling albums of all time. He was inducted into the Rock In Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and in 2022 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Whether he and his band, are riding the top of the charts or traveling the endless blue highways of American music, one can hear them playing and singing with conviction and precision, passion, and eloquence, and making music that looks to the future, respects the past and is thrillingly alive in the present, and more than able to stand the test of time. 

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DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY

• Date Aug 25 , 2018
• Event Starts 7:00 PM
• Ticket Prices $179.50, $99.50, $69.50, $49.50
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Promising to be the Tour of the Year, two of the world’s greatest rock bands - DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY - are teaming up for a massive co-headlining North American tour, half the shows being closed by Journey and  half by Def Leppard. The tour, promoted by Live Nation, stops in Nashville August 25 at Bridgestone Arena and will feature complete sets and all-new production from both bands, and an arsenal of their hits such as “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Lights,” “Photograph,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Rock of Ages” and “Faithfully.”

Tickets go on sale beginning Saturday, February 3, at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800.745.3000.  Stay tuned for presale and VIP ticketing information.

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Def Leppard and Journey Unite for Massive U.S. Stadium Tour

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Journey and Def Leppard are teaming up for a massive U.S. summer stadium tour, and they’re bringing Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, and Heart with them at various spots along the way. Expect a night of mega Eighties hits like “Don’t Stop Believin,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Faithfully,” “Photograph” and (depending on where you live) “The Flame,” “Abracadabra,” and “These Dreams.”

“Having just completed a sensational 18 month run promoting our Diamond Star Halos album,” Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott said in a statement, “we shall hit the boards running with a brand-new stage show and set of songs that will celebrate specific parts of our history. We may even have a surprise or two up our sleeves … so, wanna join us !??! … See you in the summer !”

Journey guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain have spent the past year battling each other in the court system and the press, but it somehow hasn’t slowed down the band’s touring machine. They crisscrossed the country with Toto last year, and they’re playing arenas together again in the early months of 2024.

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My Review of Def Leppard and Journey Concert at Fenway Park in Massachusetts

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Journey is my favorite band of all time, and last Christmas, my girlfriend Michele surprised me with tickets to see them (along with Def Leppard) at Fenway Park. My favorite band at my favorite ballpark? What more could you ask for?

It was a long eight-month wait, but the big night finally came on August 5. It was great, but not as great as I had hoped. Here's my review of Def Leppard, Journey, and the Steve Miller Band live at Fenway Park.

Steve Miller Band

The Steve Miller Band was the opening act to kick off at 5:30 as many people were still filling in for the show. The band was a last-minute replacement for Heart, when Ann Wilson announced they would be postponing their show after her diagnosis of breast cancer.

Steve Miller is 80 years old, and still has it. Their show was short compared to Journey and Def Leppard's set, but the crowd started to get into it when they got to their biggest hits like "Jungle Love" and "Jet Airliner". It was a nice little appetizer before the main course. Here's the 10-song set list:

• "Space Intro"
• "Serenade"
• "Swingtown"
• "Fly Like an Eagle"
• "Abracadabra"
• "Take the Money and Run"
• "Jungle Love"
• "Rock’n Me"
• "Jet Airliner"
• "The Joker"

Journey was not the headliner as I expected, but it didn't matter. Neil Schonn is still amazing on guitar, and he has been with the band ever since he formed it in 1973. As much as I love Steve Perry and his amazing vocal range, current lead singer Arnel Pineda has nearly the same range, and is an amazing performer on stage.

The band essentially stuck to what was on their huge-selling  Greatest Hits  album, but when you go to a Journey concert, those are the songs you want to hear live. Here's the set list:

• "Only the Young"
• "Be Good to Yourself"
• "Stone in Love"
• "Ask the Lonely"
• "Escape"
• "Faithfully"
• "Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’"
• "Open Arms"
• "Line of Fire"
• "Dead or Alive"
• "Wheel in the Sky"
• "Lights"
• "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
• "Don’t Stop Believin’"
• "Any Way You Want It"

Def Leppard

I was surprised that Def Leppard stole the show. It was by far the most visually stunning of the three bands. The screen behind the band had animations that went with every song, there were cameras everywhere switching to each of the band members (including drummer Rick Allen), and a camera was mounted on the neck of a guitar played by Phil Collen. At one point, everyone was standing and singing along, and the atmosphere at Fenway was electric.

Lead singer Joe Elliot gave a shout-out to the recently retired band Aerosmith, since they were in their hometown of Boston.

Here's the setlist:

• "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)"
• "Rocket"
• "Foolin’"
• "Armageddon It"
• "Animal"
• "Love Bites"
• "Just Like ’73"
• "Comin’ Under Fire"
• "Too Late For Love"
• "Die Hard the Hunter"
• "Two Steps Behind"
• "This Guitar"
• "Bringin’ on the Heartbreak"
• "Switch 625"
• "Rock of Ages"
• "Photograph"
• "Hysteria"
• "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

My biggest complaint about the show is the sound. I have never been to a concert as loud as this one. It was so loud and over-modulated that it was nearly impossible for me to recognize some of the songs or to understand what the band was saying to the crowd between songs. I had problems with all three bands, but Journey's set was the worst of them. It may just be my hearing going bad. I don't know, but it was rough.

Overall, it was still a great show in a great venue that I wouldn't have missed for the world.

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Review: Def Leppard and Journey deliver hits at high volume in Seattle

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“I don’t care if it takes all night,” Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott warned during his band’s headlining set at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday night. “We’re gonna [expletive] Seattle up!” The massive crowd roared with approval as the English rockers ripped into their 1983 “Pyromania” classic “Rock of Ages.”

Seattle was treated to one of the final shows of Def Leppard’s summer stadium tour with Journey and Cheap Trick. The nationwide run has two shows left, including a Friday show at the Spokane Arena, before the tour wraps up in Utah next week. The new wave of British heavy metal legends seemed determined to make the most of the occasion delivering a set that was packed with their biggest hits performed at true ear-splitting volume. Even for an outdoor rock gig, Def Leppard was capital-L Loud.

Much of the night was dedicated to rolling back the clock, with Journey marking more than five decades together as a band and Def Leppard celebrating 40 years of their diamond-certified masterpiece “Pyromania.” Cheap Trick, who came on at 6 p.m. sharp and played for an hour, didn’t appear to be celebrating anything, besides their own, well-earned reputation as one of the best and most fun to watch bands in America. “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me” and “The Flame” never fail to inspire a singalong.

The fans got in on the spirit of time travel. The concourses around T-Mobile Park were filled with people wearing teased-up wigs in every conceivable color, along with old metal T-shirts and plenty of ripped denim. If you squinted hard enough, it almost felt like 1983. Almost.

Journey hit the stage around 7:30 p.m. and played just about every song you would hope to hear during their hour-and-a-half set. It’s hard to believe — but don’t stop — that frontman Arnel Pineda has now been holding down vocal duties in Journey for several years longer than his predecessor, Steve Perry. Pineda’s ability to reach those iconic highs on songs like “Who’s Crying Now,” “Wheel in the Sky” and “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” remains staggering. (At his bandmates’ request, the crowd celebrated Pineda with a rousing “Happy Birthday.”)

Lately, Journey has been shaken by legal tumult between the band’s two principal members, lead guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist-rhythm guitarist Jonathan Cain. Back in July, Cain filed a lawsuit accusing Schon of “exorbitant” spending that threatened the band’s touring operations. The matter was settled a week ago , with a Delaware court appointing an independent director to operate as a third-party tiebreaker between them.

If there remains any lingering tension between Schon and Cain it wasn’t visible onstage, though they largely avoided one another’s space. Cain dedicated “Faithfully,” a song he wrote in 1982, to the sacrifice of armed-services members and spent much of the second half of the gig wearing a Mariners jersey. Schon demonstrated over and over why he’s considered one of the great guitarists of his generation, ripping incredible licks on his smoke-burst Gibson Les Paul and grinning behind a pair of dark black shades.

Def Leppard came out over an hour later, guitars blazing under a panoply of stars. While this tour is billed as a co-headlining event — their second with Journey after a similar run in 2018 — it was evident who the main attraction was from the moment you entered the park. Def Leppard T-shirts seemingly outnumbered Journey threads 3-to-1, and the British metal legends have closed out every gig on the tour.

“Thank you and good evening, Seattle,” frontman Elliott said at the top. “What do we have in store for you tonight among these festivities?”

Then he teased an extended celebration of the band’s breakthrough third album.

Def Leppard ultimately performed seven of Pyromania’s 10 tracks to the immense delight of the exuberant audience. The despair-fueled chugger “Foolin’” was an early crowd-pleaser, while “Photograph” brought the house down near the end of the show. Elliott’s voice continues to defy both time and reason as he soared over a melodic cacophony of chain-saw-like guitars and kick drum fills across an hour and a half.

And yet, it was almost impossible to tear your eyes off Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell as they traded guitar solos and wove around one another in total musical harmony. Collen sauntered around the stage shirtless except a leopard print vest, a long scarf trailing from his back pocket. Campbell seemingly color-coordinated with his gold top Gibson Les Paul, wearing a gold-colored trench coat and sunglasses.

Midway through the show, Def Leppard buffered the volume a bit with a short acoustic set near the front of the stage. Elliott performed a solo rendition of “Two Steps Behind,” before the band joined him for “This Guitar” and “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.” Soon, it was back to the fully cranked sound, with the group’s drummer Rick Allen stomping out Godzilla-sized kick patterns barefoot.

“Thank you, Seattle,” Elliott said after emerging for the band’s well-deserved encore. “Thanks for being with us all these years. Thank you for sharing the 40th anniversary of ‘Pyromania’ with us tonight. There was another album, however …”

Then Def Leppard tore into the title track to 1987’s “Hysteria.” The night finally ended with their biggest hit of all, “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” If there was anyone left in their seats, I certainly didn’t see them.

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The blockbuster, double-header tour by Journey and Def Leppard played to more than one million people, as confirmed by figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The recently-completed fourth and final leg of the bands’ shared North American tour recorded ticket sales of $17.5 million, part of total takings for the entire itinerary of $97.1 million, from 1,003,198 tickets sold.

The single biggest show on the tour was the opening date of the fourth leg, which took place on 21 September at the 44,000 capacity AT&T Park in San Francisco and also starred Foreigner. According to deflepparduk.com , this was the band’s first performance in the city since 2002, during the X/Ten world tour. The September show grossed $3.9 million.

The tour as a whole ran to 58 dates, reports Billboard, including two Canadian shows in Toronto and Vancouver. Ten of these were stadium dates, which also featured guests Peter Frampton, the Pretenders and Cheap Trick. The biggest venue on the schedule was Rogers Centre in Toronto, which houses 45,083.

As the tour ended, Leppard’s Twitter account described the tour as “one crazy fun year rocking across North America! A huge thank you to each and every fan for supporting us, it’s been a great ride with @journeymusicofficial and our awesome crew. Until next time.”

As reported by uDiscover Music in August, Def Leppard worked on material for their next album while on the trek. The tour ended with a two-night stint at the Forum in Inglewood, California on 6-7 October. Leppard have subsequently played two nights in Honululu, Hawaii, concluding last night (20). “We have a very strong connection,” the band’s Phil Collen told the local Star Advertiser. “I’m very protective of my brothers. We’ve been through so much together.”

As we also noted recently , Leppard have been named among the nominees on the “long list” of artists for potential induction into the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Def Leppard 2019 Tour Schedule

The legendary old-school band Def Leppard recently announced their plans for 2019. The rockers are slated to embark on a grand tour across Europe, Canada and Vegas. In fact, Def Leppard will bring Tesla band with them on the trek.

Def Leppard refuse to rest on the peak of their glory and set up a new milestone for 2019 by going on 11-date tour across Canada. Fellow rock band Tesla were invited as a supporting act with the tour scheduled to kick off in Halifax on July 11. The rounding concert is to be played in Calgary on July 31.

After 15 years of eligibility, the British the quintet of heavy-metal pioneers will celebrate their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2019 Performer Category) this March. It been a much anticipated event since 2004 when the band got eligible for inclusion. Finally, Def Leppard earned their seat by winning the hearts of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame online community voting for the them. 

Last year’s co-headlining stadium tour in North America allowed Def Leppard to hit a historical mark of 1,000,000 tickets sold while the concert run made over $100 million. 

Def Leppard and Tesla continue their touring ways as the letter band has a successful history of opening the shows of the British icons.

Tickets go on general sale at 10AM on Jan. 18 with a fan club pre-sale starting at 10AM local time on Jan. 11. 

Def Leppard previously announced a European festival tour from June 6 to July 5. 

The Def Leppard European Tour 2019 will commence on June 6, 2019 in Sweden at the Sweden Rock Festival in Solvesborg.

It is expected that Bon Jovi will also be featuring on the Sonderborg, Düsseldorf and Munich concerts and Whitesnake will perform at Milan show.

Check out the full list of 2019 tour dates below.

Def Leppard European Festival Schedule 2019

Jun 06 – Sweden Rock Festival Jun 11 – Slagmarken: Sonderborg, Denmark (with Bon Jovi) Jun 27 – Trondheim Rock Festival Jun 29 – Tons of Rock Festival Jul 03 – Merkur Spiel Arena: Dusseldorf, Germany (with Bon Jovi) July 05 – Olympiastadion: Munich, Germany (with Bon Jovi)

Def Leppard and Tesla Canadian Tour Dates 2019

Jul 12 – Halifax at Scotiabank Centre Jul 13 – Monkton at Avenir Centre Jul 15 – Quebec City at Centre Videotron Jul 17 – Montreal at Bell Centre Jul 19 – Ottawa at Richcraft Live At Canadian Tire Centre Jul 20 – Hamilton at First Ontario Centre Jul 22 – London at Budweiser Gardens Jul 25 – Winnipeg at Bell MTS Place Jul 27 – Saskatoon at Sasktel Centre Jul 29 – Edmonton at Rogers Place

Def Leppard US Tour Dates 2019

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Def Leppard North American Stadium Tour with Journey (2018)

"Can you feel it? Do you believe it?", says the official video trailer.  The co-joint tour of Def Leppard and Journey promises to shake the rock scene once again as it did back in 2006 when the British were hitting the road in support of the Yeah! album.

Def Leppard and Journey will share the bill on the equal basis with the co-joint North American tour kicking off late in May and will last until October. 

There are a few interesting details. Ten live shows our of 58 will be held at stadiums. This is not typical for both bands. This is a justified decision as it hugely increases the overall ticket capacity of the itinerary. Especially, taking into consideration the success of recent Def Leppard tours. What is more, Def Leppard will perform a full concert at the iconic Madison Square Garden arena in New Your for the first time in the band's history (they did play there only during a charity show in 1992)

As for the schedule details, Def Leppard and Journey start their tour in Hartford on May 21 and play the last show in Los Angeles on October 6th. If you are interested in visiting one of the tour dates, check out the full schedule below. Chances are pretty high that Def Leppard and Journey will be playing near you in 2019 because 58 cities is a serious number of concerts!

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There was also a sweet topper for Def Leppard fans in the UK. It was a long wait but almost after three years, Def Leppard would be touring across the UK and Ireland. Def Leppard came back to their home country in December 2018 with the G3 tour. 

The British rockers unveiled the setlist saying they would play the whole Hysteria album that gained them a huge success and popularity. 

Preparations for the Tour

The band’s frontman and unchanging lead vocalist, Joe Elliott, said about the enormous efforts that the Def Leppard have set for the upcoming tour, and therefore promised the show to be one of their greatest tours ever since the release of the legendary ‘Hysteria’ album in 1987. By the way, in August 2017, the musicians had celebrated the 30th anniversary of the ‘Hysteria’ LP and had released a collectors edition box as well as remastered hits on vinyl.

Musicians are currently actively involved in the preparation of the tour’s venues, scenes, and so on. Joe Elliott jokes about preparation for the concert "We're gonna head off down to the Lego store and by some bricks and pieces. Try and lay everything out and make a model." During the tour, there will be at least 10 performances at the most famous and biggest stadiums in North America. In addition, all fan-favorites songs like 'Pour Some Sugar On Me', 'Dangerous', 'Let's Go', and 'Love Bites' will be on band’s setlist, but the main focus will be on the ‘Hysteria’ album.

The last time Journey and Def Leppard had performed together on one stage with a massive gig across North America was in 2006 and Joe Elliott said about it: ‘’We break the laws of physics. This is one and one makes three. We toured together in 2006 …it was a fantastic tour. And then we kind of, excuse the pun, went our separate ways and then it just came back that like those shows were huge but this one's gonna be even bigger.’’

The brand-new tour, which will take place from May clean to September 2018, will be closed by half of the Def Leppard’ performances, and with the other half of the Journey’, as the Joe noted himself ‘’We will take in turns to close the show out."

About Def Leppard

The English band Def Leppard, originally spelled as Deaf Leopard but later modified to deny direct analogy with Led Zeppelin, is one of the best-selling labels in the world while their two albums Pyromania and Hysteria were granted RIAA Diamond certification. Withholding the same line-up for 23 years so far, Def Leppard band comprises five members with the likes of Joe Elliott (frontman), Rick Allen (drums, percussion), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar, backing vocals) and Rick Savage (bass guitar, backing vocals).

Def Leppard has never tolerated any kind of interference into their creative work enjoying the privilege to do music and songs that reflect their nature.

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Def Leppard and Journey kicked off their co-headlining North American tour on Saturday at St. Louis' Busch Stadium, with support from Cheap Trick .

You can see all three set lists and video from the show below.

The lion's share of Def Leppard's set came from their two biggest albums,  Pyromania and Hysteria , which accounted for a combined 13 of their 18 songs. They've reintroduced Pyromania opener "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" into their set, which they hadn't played live since 2015 prior to an intimate June show at SiriusXM's the Garage. "Comin' Under Fire" also appeared in the set for just the second time in the band's history, following the Garage gig.

Journey, meanwhile, delivered well over a dozen of their requisite hits and set list staples, including "Only the Young, "Faithfully," "Wheel in the Sky" and the set-ending "Don't Stop Believin'." They opened their show with  Generations track "Faith in the Heartland," a relative rarity that they've recently begun to unearth at a handful of shows.

Cheap Trick opened the show with a tight, hourlong hits set including classics like "Dream Police," "If You Want My Love," "The Flame," "Surrender" and "I Want You to Want Me." They'll continue to provide support on select dates of the co-headlining tour along with Steve Miller Band . Both groups will sub for Heart on a handful of shows, as the rockers have postponed all of their 2024 North American shows for Ann Wilson to undergo preventative chemotherapy.

Def Leppard and Journey's co-headlining tour will run through early September.

Def Leppard Promises Brand-New Stage Show on 2024 Tour

Def Leppard logged more than 80 shows between 2022 and 2023, filling stadiums around the world with Motley Crue . The British rockers begin their latest tour armed with a new single, " Just Like '73 " (which they played on Saturday), and guitarist Phil Collen recently told UCR that fans could expect a totally revamped production on this trek.

"We changed the whole set," Collen said. "You know, there’s a whole screen [production] and we’ve been using pretty much the same stuff for like 12 years. So we’ve changed it completely. The stage show is drastically different. It’s going to take a lot of energy. There’s going to be a lot of running around. So I’m working out, trying to get the stamina up and all of that. Vocally, too. You know, I’m having to sing every single day."

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Journey, meanwhile, has already played more than three dozen shows this year as part of their ongoing Freedom tour, named after their 2022 album . It's been a tumultuous few years for the group, full of public feuding between  Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain . But the rock giants have held things together simply by putting the songs first.

"We just decided that the music is the music," Schon recently told Los Angeles-based music journalist  Lyndsey Parker . "We worked really hard and diligently on keeping this thing alive all these years, and just not let the other stuff get in the way and kind of keep it separate."

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Def Leppard, 7/6/24, Busch Stadium, St. Louis Set List 1. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" 2. "Rocket" 3. "Foolin'" 4. "Armageddon It" 5. "Animal" 6. "Love Bites" 7. "Just Like '73" 8. "Comin' Under Fire" 9. "Too Late for Love" 10. "Die Hard the Hunter" 11. "Two Steps Behind" 12. "This Guitar" 13. "Bringing' on the Heartbreak" 14. "Switch 625" 15. "Rock of Ages" 16. "Photograph" 17. "Hysteria" 18. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Journey, 7/6/24, Busch Stadium, St. Louis Set List 1. "Faith in the Heartland" 2. "Only the Young" 3. "Stone in Love" 4. "Keep on Runnin'" 5. "Faithfully" 6. "Escape" 7. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" 8. Piano solo (Jonathan Cain) 9. "Open Arms" 10. "Chain Reaction" 11. Guitar solo (Neal Schon) 12. "Wheel in the Sky" 13. "Lights" 14. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" 15. "Be Good to Yourself" 16. "Any Way You Want It" 17. "Don't Stop Believin'"

Cheap Trick, 7/6/24, Busch Stadium, St. Louis Set List 1. "Hello There" 2. "Dream Police" 3. "If You Want My Love" 4. "She's Tight" 5. "Ain't That a Shame" 6. "Boys & Girls & Rock N Roll" 7. "Downed" 8. Bass solo 9. "I Know What I Want" 10. "The Flame" 11. "I Want You to Want Me" 12. "Surrender" 13. "Clock Strikes Ten" 14. "Goodnight"

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Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller Band Rock Minute Maid Park

Natalie de la Garza August 15, 2024 6:44AM

Def Leppard and Journey with Steve Miller Band The Summer Stadium Tour 2024 Minute Maid Park August 14, 2024

“Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’ into the future…”

Doesn’t it, though? I couldn’t help but think these lyrics could have been relevant (in a negative way) to The Summer Stadium Tour – featuring Def Leppard and Journey with the Steve Miller Band – if the concert was simply pure nostalgic indulgence. But it wasn’t. It was far from it.

Now, I know what you’re thinbillking: Bold claim considering only one act on the bill – Def Leppard – had tracks on their set list written after the Reagan administration. Nostalgia plays a role, yes, but the reason these groups keep having their songs appear and reappear in the media – Space Jam , Everybody Loves Raymond , The Sopranos , Glee , Cobra Kai , etc. – is because there is something timeless and good about them. It’s not indulgent to want to hear them, and as long as these guys can still play, it’s easy to see why people would flock to them. And they can still play, as those in a packed Minute Maid Park last night can attest to.

Up first was Steve Miller, who, based on his spectacles and business casual attire, looked like he went straight from an office to Minute Maid Park, which, to be fair, many concertgoers did to make the 6 p.m. start time. Seriously, you wouldn’t think him out of place if you saw this Space Cowboy refilling his Hydro Flask at your office water cooler. The outfit does, however, fit Miller’s “musician first, celebrity never” attitude, and a musician he is – for sure. In front of the colorfully winged horse from his Book of Dreams album cover, Miller showed off his bluesy rock bona fides with a set that boasted infectious tunes and jam session vibes. 

“Abracadabra” was one of only three songs on his set list that didn’t come from either Fly Like an Eagle or Book of Dreams , the other two being “Living in the U.S.A.” (from the 1968 album Sailor ) and “The Joker,” a song from Miller’s 1973 album of the same name and which served as the set’s penultimate tune. Miller brought out his “special guitar” for “The Joker,” its blue, bedazzled exterior a sight that couldn’t distract the audience from happily singing and swaying along to the 1973 hit. Finally, following an anecdote about his godfather, Les Paul, Miller launched into “Jet Airliner,” much to the crowd’s delight, to close his hour-long set.

Approximately 25 minutes later – just enough time to muse on the fact that the same man is responsible for “Take the Money and Run,” “Fly Like an Eagle” and “Abracadabra” – Journey took the stage.

Not only that, but decked out in all white, you couldn’t help but see Pineda as he traversed the stage – running all around it, back and forth, up and down, and fist bumping and high-fiving fans. He definitely brought the energy. Vocally, he came out of the gate strong, following “Only the Young” with “Be Good to Yourself” and “Stone in Love,” the first of six songs pulled from the band’s 1981 album Escape .

Now, that’s not to say that the rest of the band lacked enthusiasm. In fact, Schon was quite dazzling in multiple guitar solos and surprisingly smiley considering he’s currently being sued by a man he shares the stage with (that would be his near-original bandmate Cain).

Another 30 or so minutes later, and it was time for Def Leppard to close the show, and here’s where y’all need to explain yourself.

Def Leppard is still riding high on the 40th anniversary of their iconic 1983 album Pyromania , and “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)” turned out to be the first of a total of seven tracks from that slick and shiny Mutt Lange-produced album. We got the balladry (“Foolin’” and “Too Late for Love”), the synth-y and anthemic (“Rock of Ages”), the classic rock-ish (“Comin' Under Fire” and “Die Hard the Hunter”) and the very pinnacle of pop-rock (“Photograph”).

Speaking of exhausting, the concert was about five hours long. Starting a show at 6 p.m. is obscene, but it’s ultimately a necessary evil as the show proved to be totally worth braving rush hour traffic to see.

Other scraps from the notebook…

Someone told Steve Miller about the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Someone needs to give the man a Space Cowboys T-shirt, stat.

The award for pandering goes to Journey. Cain in particular for bringing up the Astros’ two championships and then emerging from behind the keys with a jersey on, and also Pineda for changing the “south Detroit” lyric to Houston.

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