On This Day In Def Leppard History - 27th August 2018

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 27th August, the following concerts and events took place. Including the first show of the Hysteria world tour in Dublin, Ireland 31 years ago on this day in 1987.

The first of 17 sold out UK shows to kick off a tour that would last until late October 1988.

The show took place at the SFX Hall supported by Tesla.

Read more about this live show/tour anniversary.

On this day in 1988 the 'Love Bites' single was released in the USA and Canada.

The fifth single taken from the 'Hysteria' album which reached Number 1 in the US Top 100 singles chart in October.

Read more about this single release anniversary.

The 2018 North American tour continues later tonight in New Orleans, LA with co-headliners Journey.

Follow the Live Updates later tonight.

As of 2018, Def Leppard (will) have played 13 times on this date.

Use the previous news links to go back through each day in history to June 2011.

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