DEF LEPPARD 2018 News Recap Part 11 (November)

Welcome to recap of all things Def Leppard in the year 2018 continuing with the month of November.

Another year for the band has ended and these updates look back at the major events that took place over the last 12 months.

Featuring links to past news stories.

2018 became one of the band's most successful touring years for decades with 83 shows played on the main world tour and 84 in total throughout the year.

The Hysteria & More tour continued with shows in Australia and New Zealand. The first shows there for three years and longer in some cities.

Sic shows were played ending with the first visit to Auckland, New Zealand since October 2011.

The greatest hits compilation album 'The Story So Far...The Best Of Def Leppard' was released. Including the new songs 'Personal Jesus (Remix)' and 'We All Need Christmas'. The promo video for the Depeche Mode cover was also released.

The 'Hysteria The Singles' box set featuring ten seven inch singles was released on the same day.

This month also marked 41 years since the band formed in 1977 and 40 years since Rick Allen joined the band in 1978.

Visit the Tour News section. For more news on future tour plans.

Visit the Album News section. For more news on new music (based on band member quotes).

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The 'Hysteria The Singles' seven inch vinyl box set was also released on this day.

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The new greatest hits release 'The Story So Far...The Best Of Def Leppard' was released worldwide featuring two new songs.

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A story of the band's formation 41 years ago in November 1977 in Sheffield, England.

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The promo video for the cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus was finally released.

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Joe Elliott talked about PSSOM in the first of a series of videos promoting the new best of.

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This day marked 40 years since Rick Allen joined the band in Sheffield, England.

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This day marked 40 years since the start of the two day recording session for The Def Leppard E.P. in Hull, England in 1978.

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The 2006 radio edit remix of Rock On was issued ahead of The Story So Far album release.

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The red vinyl edition of Pyromania was released outside of the UK where it had been an exclusive for HMV in October.

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This day marked 30 years since the Rocket promo video was filmed in Amsterdam, Holland.

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The band played the last Australia/New Zealand tour date in Auckland which was last played in October 2011.

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Another festival show was announced in Helsinki, Finland for June 2019 alongside KISS.

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Record stores listed a new red vinyl version of Pyromania which turned out not to be part of Record Store Day but was released on the same day.

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The band played a show in Sydney, Australia which was last played in November 2015.

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Joe Elliott took part in a Facebook Live video chat ahead of the show in Melbourne, Australia and talked about the year so far.

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The band played in Melbourne, Australia which was last played in November 2015.

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The band played a show in Brisbane, Australia which was last played in October 2011.

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The band played a show in Adelaide, Australia which was last played in October 2011.

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A new show was announced for 2019 in Berlin, Germany with support from Europe.

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The band played the first show of the Australian tour in Perth which was last played in November 2015.

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This day marked 30 years since Armageddon It was released in the USA. The band's third biggest hit there.

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This day marked 30 years since Joe Elliott performed for the first time on stage with Bon Jovi in Dublin, Ireland.

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Rick Allen celebrated his 55th birthday on this day while on tour in Australia.

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Visit the November 2018 News Section to view all the news stories in full.

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• Def Leppard - Def Leppard Tour 2018
• Def Leppard - The Story So Far Album Section
• Previous News - 2nd January 2019
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