Thursday, 12th February 2015
US Tour 2015
The Def Leppard 2015 US tour with Styx and Tesla has been announced today starting on 23rd June.
The band will start the tour on 23rd June in Tampa, FL and end on 4th October in Bismarck, ND.
This tour follows the highly successful Summer Tour 2014/Heroes Tour with KISS that consisted of 42 dates.
View all 48 shows below. Joe has also spoken about the tour with Billboard.
As already revealed the band will be joined by Styx and Tesla who have both supported the band on previous tours.
The band will be visiting some cities for the very first time - Bethel, NY, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Youngstown, OH and Grand Forks, ND.The band will visit other cities not played for many years including - Bozeman, MT (2000), Bismarck, ND (2003), Spokane, WA/Birmingham, AL (2008) and Sedalia, MO (2000).
73 shows have now been announced for the 2015 world tour. Styx's website listed a Los Angeles show (at The Forum) for 20th September but has now removed the listing. Vivian Campbell has mentioned the date should be confirmed/announced soon in the last couple of days.
This is the first US Tour as the main headliners since the 2012 Rock Of Ages tour with Poison/Lita Ford.
A 14th show in Canada will take place in Toronto, ON in addition to the 13 dates announced for April/May in December 2014.
Def Leppard US Tour 2015 w/ Styx/Tesla - Tour Dates
- June 23th - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL, USA
- June 25th - Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
- June 27th - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Birmingham/Pelham, AL, USA
- June 28th - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA, USA
- June 30th - PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA
- July 2nd - Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA, USA
- July 3rd - Farm Bureau Live, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
- July 5th - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT, USA
- July 7th - Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford, NH, USA
- July 9th - Xfinity Center, Boston/Mansfield, MA, USA
- July 11th - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY, USA
- July 12th - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center/Buffalo, NY, USA
- July 14th - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, CANADA
- July 15th - Covelli Centre, Youngstown, OH, USA + Tesla Only
- July 17th - DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit/Clarkston, MI, USA
- July 21st - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA + Tesla Only
- July 23rd - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, USA
- July 24th - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
- July 25th - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
- August 7th - Buffalo Chip Campgrounds, Sturgis, SD, USA + Tesla Only
- August 8th - Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
- August 10th - Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK, USA + Tesla Only
- August 11th - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO, USA
- August 14th - Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO, USA
- August 15th - Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA, USA
- August 17th - Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- August 18th - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA
- August 21st - Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, TX, USA
- August 22nd - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston/Woodlands, TX, USA
- August 23rd - Austin360 Amphitheater, Austin, TX, USA
- August 27th - Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN, USA
- August 28th - Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND, USA
- August 30th - Klipsch Music Center, Indianapolis/Noblesville, IN, USA
- September 1st - The Great Allentown Fair, Allentown, PA, USA
- September 3rd - KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY, USA
- September 4th - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis/Maryland Heights, MO, USA
- September 5th - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago/Tinley Park, IL, USA
- September 16th - White River Amphitheater, Auburn, WA, USA
- September 17th - Amphitheater Northwest, Ridgefield, WA, USA
- September 19th - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA
- September 22nd - Sleep Train Amphitheatre, San Diego/Chula Vista, CA, USA
- September 23rd - Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- September 25th - Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- September 26th - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA
- September 28th - USANA Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City/West Valley City, UT, USA
- September 30th - Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA, USA
- October 2nd - Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Bozeman, MT, USA
- October 4th - Bismarck Civic Center, Bismarck, ND, USA
Billboard - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes
"We've toured with both of these bands before," Elliott says. "Styx is a great bunch of guys and as American as mom's apple pie all the way through. And we had Tesla on board when we did the Hysteria tour back in '87; they were out for at least six or seven months with us before they went off to do their own thing. So it'll be a great time on stage and backstage, I think."
"We've always been keen on taking out bands that people know. It's done us a world of good to go out with a name on the poster that doesn't just say, 'Plus special guest...' We've tried it; We had Tripping Daisy in the '90s, who were great people to work with but nobody knew who they were, and it didn't make for a great evening of anticipation, if you like. People would go, 'Who's this lot onstage?' Nobody's going to go see Tesla and Styx and not know who they are. They're going to say, 'I know all those guys and all those songs. That's a show I want to see.'"
- News Source/Read the full interview at - billboard.com
- News Source - finance.yahoo.com
- Def Leppard - World Tour 2015
- Def Leppard - 2015 Tour News
- Previous News - 11th February 2015