Sunday
Feb082015
Is Def Leppard Touring America This Summer?
Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 05:15AM
Def Leppard is touring Canada and Europe this spring and summer, but what about U.S. dates?
Later on in the summer, the Leps will be joined by Styx and Tesla for a show at the Minnesota State Fair. That date is August 27. They will also play the Great Allentown Fair on September 1. While no more US dates have officially been announced, I expect more soon. After all, Def Leppard loves the summer shed tours - and I love to go see them play live!
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Reader Comments (10)
I got to thinking wouldn't it be cool if Def Leppard put a new or newish band or two on their tour much like Priest did with Steel Panther.
Even if it was The Darkness. Granted, they're not that new but would totally make sense since Def Leppard, particularly Joe Elliot, are such fervant 70's Glam Rock freaks and that is The Darkness' stock and trade.
Others they should bring along are Hardcore Superstar, Crash Diet or Reckless Love, the latter in some ways a Def Leppard, Jr. in their style and delivery, which would certainly go over well with the Def Leppard audience.
Even though I assume AIG is calling the shots (as they do with everything these days, Def Leppard is probably one of the few legacy acts still around with enough clout to get those bands on the bill.
And yes, I agree with Metalboy! that AEG calls all the shots now (with all the bigger bands we love) so whomever they dictate as the package will hit the road I suppose, fan wishes be damned. - Allyson
I was grinning from ear to ear!! The usual a stats love them. Dave Grohl, Lady Gaga. Also Blake Shelton and Katy Perry.
Great moment for hard rock/metal.
Gotta hand it to The Academy for opening the show with epic REAL Rock & Roll of the highest order. Too bad it all went downhill from there especially when Kanine Pest (aka Kanye West) showed zero class (surprise, surprise), "jokingly" revisiting his Taylor Swift moment from a couple years back by disrupting Beck's acceptance speech for "Album of the Year", something he obviously thought Beyoncé should have run away with. Regardless, this proves West is an A*SS with NO CLASS beyond compare!
Whether Vivian is back or not, they should really throw Trixter a bone and take them out, as I know Steve Brown could pull double duty if he had to.
I also said, if not Poison, get The Darkness. They've toured with Def Leppard and are all personal friends. I dunno who the h*ll you get but please, NO TESlUGH!
p.s. GNR! It's good to know you will at least be swillin' brewskies during the LAME-O part of the show, which will be most of it including parts of Def Leppard's, quite honestly. I mean, let's face it, though Elliot's voice is sounding better than during recent previous tours, they're not exactly what they used to be, either!