Def Leppard World Tour 2015

The Def Leppard World Tour was a tour by English rock band Def Leppard in support of their self-titled album. The tour started with 13 dates in Canada through April and May. The end of May and beginning of June was spent playing 12 dates in Europe before Def Leppard returned to the United States for 48 dates with Styx and Tesla from June to October.

Def Leppard World Tour
Tour by Def Leppard
Associated albumDef Leppard
Start date15 April 2015
End date19 December 2015
Legs5
No. of shows102
Def Leppard concert chronology

History

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Announcements of the first dates of the tour began in December 2014 when Def Leppard announced a 13 date tour of Canada in the April and May 2015. It will be the band's first tour of Canada since their 2008 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Tour.[1] The Canadian tour is to be followed by 12 dates and festivals in Europe from May to June. On February 12, 2015 Def Leppard announced 48 dates touring the US with Styx and Tesla. Joe Elliott and other members of the band have stated that the North American Tour would extend to a full world tour to follow through December 2015, with a cruise and second Las Vegas residency planned for early 2016.[2] On March 27, 2015, Def Leppard announced the "Let's Get Rocked in the Still of the Night II" tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland with Whitesnake in December 2015.

Setlist

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Canadian leg setlist. Most of the songs performed are standards that the band performs on most or all of their tours, however there were two less commonly performed songs from the Euphoria album that were pulled out for this tour. The song "Promises" was included along with "Paper Sun", which was played for the first time since its initial airings during the Euphoria Tour in 2000.

  1. "Let's Go" (after 7 October)
  2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" (dropped after 18 November)
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Dangerous" (added on 18 November)
  5. "Let It Go" (added on the 4th show, in Dawson Creek, BC)
  6. "Foolin'"
  7. "Promises"
  8. "Paper Sun"
  9. "Love Bites"
  10. "Armageddon It"
  11. "Rock On"
  12. "Two Steps Behind"
  13. "Rocket"
  14. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  15. "Switch 625"
  16. "Hysteria"
  17. "Let's Get Rocked"
  18. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Encore

  1. "Rock of Ages"
  2. "Photograph"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
Canada
15 April 2015 Penticton Canada South Okanagan Events Center
17 April 2015 Victoria Save on Foods Memorial Center
18 April 2015 Vancouver Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
20 April 2015 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
22 April 2015 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
23 April 2015 Edmonton Rexall Place
25 April 2015 Lethbridge Enmax Centre
26 April 2015 Regina Brandt Centre
28 April 2015 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre
29 April 2015 Winnipeg MTS Centre
2 May 2015 Montreal Bell Centre
4 May 2015 Ottawa TD Place Arena
5 May 2015 London Budweiser Gardens
Europe
15 May 2015 Minsk Belarus Minsk Sports Palace
17 May 2015 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
19 May 2015 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
22 May 2015 Ostrava Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna
23 May 2015 Prague O2 Arena
25 May 2015 Stuttgart Germany Porsche-Arena
27 May 2015 Frankfurt Stadthalle Offenbach
28 May 2015 Cologne Palladium
30 May 2015 Esbjerg Denmark Esjberg Rock Festival
2 June 2015 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
4 June 2015 Sölvesborg Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
6 June 2015 Tampere Finland Tampere South Park Festival
North America with Styx & Tesla
20 June 2015 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
23 June 2015 Tampa United States MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
25 June 2015 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheater
27 June 2015 Birmingham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
28 June 2015 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre
30 June 2015 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
2 July 2015 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
3 July 2015 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
5 July 2015 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
7 July 2015 Gilford Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
9 July 2015 Mansfield Xfinity Center
11 July 2015 Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
12 July 2015 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
14 July 2015 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
15 July 2015 Youngstown United States Covelli Centre
17 July 2015 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
18 July 2015 Oshkosh Rock USA
21 July 2015 Mt. Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
23 July 2015 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
24 July 2015 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
25 July 2015 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
27 July 2015 Paso Robles Midstate Fair
7 August 2015 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground
8 August 2015 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
10 August 2015 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
11 August 2015 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
14 August 2015 Sedalia Missouri State Fair
15 August 2015 Des Moines Iowa State Fair
17 August 2015 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
18 August 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
21 August 2015 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
22 August 2015 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
23 August 2015 Austin Austin360 Amphitheater
27 August 2015 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair
28 August 2015 Grand Forks Alerus Center
30 August 2015 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
1 September 2015 Allentown Great Allentown Fair
3 September 2015 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
4 September 2015 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
5 September 2015 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
16 September 2015 Auburn White River Amphitheatre
17 September 2015 Ridgefield Sleep Country Amphitheater
19 September 2015 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
20 September 2015 Inglewood The Forum
22 September 2015 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre
23 September 2015 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
25 September 2015 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
26 September 2015 Denver Pepsi Center
28 September 2015 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
30 September 2015 Spokane Spokane Arena
2 October 2015 Bozeman Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
4 October 2015 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center
North America with Foreigner & Night Ranger / Tesla
5 October 2015 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center
7 October 2015 Moline iWireless Center
9 October 2015 Tulsa BOK Center
10 October 2015 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
11 October 2015 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
14 October 2015 Columbus The Schottenstein Center
16 October 2015 Columbia Colonial Life Arena
17 October 2015 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Asia & Australia
9 November 2015 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
10 November 2015 Osaka Orix Theater
12 November 2015 Nagoya Zepp
13 November 2015 Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
17 November 2015 Sydney Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
18 November 2015 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
21 November 2015 Perth Red Hill Auditorium
24 November 2015 Singapore Singapore Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
U.K. & Ireland with Whitesnake
6 December 2015 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
7 December 2015 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
8 December 2015 Newcastle upon Tyne England Metro Radio Arena
10 December 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro
12 December 2015 Birmingham England Genting Arena
13 December 2015 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
15 December 2015 Manchester Manchester Arena
16 December 2015 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
18 December 2015 London England SSE Arena, Wembley
19 December 2015 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

Gross

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The tour grossed US$54 million, with 992,099 tickets sold at 96 concerts.[3]

Personnel

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Def Leppard
Touring members
  • Steve Brown – guitar, backing vocals (filled-in for Vivian Campbell on June 23, June 25 and June 27, 2015)

References

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  1. ^ Rheubottom, Robert. "Def Leppard announce 2015 spring tour of Canada". AXS.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ RTE Radio 1 http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A10379151%3A1523%3A28%2D02%2D2015%3A. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2016-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)