Wednesday, 30th April 2014
Rolling Stone Issue 629
On This Day in Def Leppard History - 30th April, the following concerts and events took place. Including an appearance on the front cover of iconic US magazine Rolling Stone 22 years ago on this day in 1992.
The band were interviewed by Animal Instinct writer David Fricke as they conducted rehearsals for a new guitar player in Los Angeles. The five page article titled 'To Hell And Back' also told the story of the making of 'Adrenalize' and how the band dealt with the death of Steve Clark. Plus an exclusive photo shoot by Mark Seliger featuring one of the first pictures of Rick Allen without a shirt on after his accident.
Also on this day in 1993 the band started the European leg of the Adrenalize 'Seven Day Weekend' world tour in Stockholm, Sweden. They paid tribute to Mick Ronson (who had died the day before) by playing a short acoustic version of 'Ziggy Stardust'.
'Foolin'' was played live for the first time on this day in 1983 at the second US headline show of the Pyromania tour in Amarillo, TX.
As of 2014, Def Leppard have played 3 times on this date.
- Def Leppard History - Concerts/Events On This Day
- 30th April 2003 | Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, FL, USA - Show Page
- 30th April 1993 | Globen Arena, Stockholm, SWEDEN - Show Page | News Story
- 30th April 1992 | Rolling Stone Magazine - Front Cover + Interview, USA
- 30th April 1983 | Civic Center Arena. Amarillo, TX, USA - Show Page
Use the previous news links to go back through each day in history to June 2011.
- Def Leppard - 2014 Tour News
- Def Leppard - 2014 Album News
- Previous News - 29th April 2014