Announce Extensive Summer 2016 Tour!
Tour to Kick off on May 1st With Tickets on sale Starting on March 4th at
LiveNation.com
REO Speedwagon & Tesla set to Join the Tour as
Special Guests
“Album of the week: ‘Def Leppard’ reveals a veteran band still ready to rock.”
-USA Today
“On its self-titled new album, the veteran British pop-metal act sounds as
vibrant as ever, delivering a characteristic collection of hooky, harmony-laden
rockers and ballads led by throwback single ‘Let’s Go’”
-Billboard
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 29, 2016)—Def Leppard have just announced they will return to the road
this summer for an extensive tour across North America due to overwhelming demand. The
Live Nation promoted outing will storm through 55 cities across all parts of the U.S. and
Canada. It is set to kick off on May 1st in Orlando, FL and wrap on October 10th in Cedar
Rapids, IA. Joining Def Leppard on their mighty summer outing are REO Speedwagon and
Tesla. Please see full tour routing below. Tickets will go on sale starting on March 4th at
Livenation.com.
Said Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott, “I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and
playing some great music with some great people for some of the most appreciative audiences
in the world. It really is always a
pleasure.”
Def Leppard--Joe Elliott (vocals), Vivian
Campbell (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar),
Rick "Sav" Savage (bass) and Rick Allen
(drums)—continues to be one of the
most important forces in rock music. With 100 million records sold worldwide and two
prestigious Diamond Awards to their credit, the group’s spectacular concerts, filled with
powerful melodic rock anthems, continue to sell out venues worldwide. For the past thirty
years the band’s epic live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name,
leading Def Leppard to be heralded as an institution in both the music and touring industry.
Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multiplatinum release’s—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and
Hysteria. The band’s 2015 US tour was one of the year’s highest grossing, hitting 70+ cities
nationwide. In addition to the tour, Def Leppard debuted their self titled new album in October
2015. The album secured the #1 slot on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart. It features the #1
Classic Rock chart single “Let’s Go” and their new single “Dangerous” out now.
2016 Tour Dates
May 1—Orlando, FL
Moonstone Festival
May 4—Lafayette, LA
Lafayette Cajundome*
May 5—Corpus Christi, TX
American Bank Center Arena*
May 7—Hidalgo, TX
State Farm Arena*
May 10—Bossier City, LA
CenturyLink Center
May 11—Little Rock, AR
Verizon Arena
May 13—Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
May 15—Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Arena
May 17—Allentown, PA
PPL Center
May 18—Huntington, WV
Big Sandy Superstore Arena
May 20—Orlando, FL
Amway Center (no REO Speedwagon)
June 22—Boston, MA
Xfinity Center
June 24—Bangor, ME
Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
June 25—Quebec City, QC
Centre Videotron
June 27—Syracuse, NY
Lakeview Amphtheatre
June 29—Hershey, PA
Hershey Park Stadium
July 1—Indianapolis, IN
Klipsch Music Center
July 2—Chicago, IL
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 5—Cincinnati, OH
Riverbend Music Center
July 6—Milwaukee, WI
Summerfest in Milwaukee
July 8—Pittsburgh, PA
First Niagara Pavilion
July 9—Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena
July 11—Wantagh, NY
Nikon at Jones Beach
July 13—Holmdel, NJ
PNC Bank Arts Center
July 15—Detroit, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 16—Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 6—Madison, WI
Alliant Energy Center
August 8—Evansille, IN
Ford Center
August 10—Bristow, VA
Jiffy Lube Live
August 12—Atlanta, GA
Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 13—Raleigh, NC
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
August 17—Birmingham, AL
Oak Mountain Amphitheater
August 19—Austin, TX
Austin 360 Amphitheatre
August 22—Houston, TX
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
August 24—Dallas, TX
Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 26—Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center
August 27—ST. Louis, MO
Hollywood Casino
August 29—Cleveland, OH
Blossom Music Center
August 31—Darien Center, NY Darien PAC
Sept 14—Billings, MT
Metrapark Arena
Sept 16—Salk Lake City, UT
USANA Ampitheatere
Sept 17—Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
Sept 19—Albuquerque, NM
Isleta Amphitheatre
Sept 20—Phoenix, AZ
Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sept 22—Irvine, CA
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Sept 24—Sacramento, CA
Toyota Amphitheatre (no Tesla)
Sept 25—Mountain View, CA
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept 28—Boise, ID
Taco Bell Arena
Sept 30—Eugene, OR
Matthew Knight Arena
Oct 1—Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Dome
Oct 4—Omaha,NE
CenturyLink Center Omaha
Oct 5—Minneapolis, MN
Xcel Center
Oct 7—La Crosse, WI
La Crosse Center Arena
Oct 8—Toledo, OH
Huntington Center
Oct 10—Cedar Rapids, IA
U.S. Cellular Center
*Styx to appear
For more information on Def Leppard’s US tour and tickets please visit the band’s web site at
Official Site- www.defleppard.com
Twitter- www.twitter.com/def_leppard
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/defleppard
Instagram- Instagram.com/DefLeppardOfficial
YouTube- Youtube.com/DefLeppardOfficial
Join the Def Leppard Rock Brigade for priority access to Def Leppard pre-sale tickets, VIP meet n' greet
packages and exclusive merchandise www.defleppardrockbrigade.com
For Def Leppard, contact:
Carleen Donavon
[email protected]
Elisa Kupelian
[email protected]