Saturday, 5th October 2019
Prev  |  Next

On This Day In Def Leppard History - 5th October 2019

Def Leppard History.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 5th October, the following concerts and events took place. Including the Def Leppard Day events in Sheffield, England 24 years ago on this day in 1995.

Events included the opening of the National Centre For Popular Music, plaques being unveiled at Crooke's Workingmen's Club and Don Valley Stadium and an acoustic concert at The Wapentake club.

Read more about this event/live show anniversary.

Also on this day in 1993 the 'Retro-Active' compilation/rarities album was released in US/CAN a day after the UK/World release. It went on to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Top 200 chart.

Read more about this album release anniversary.

As of 2019, Def Leppard have played 10 times on this date.

Slang 1996.
1996 - Live Concert

Sentrum Scene, Oslo, NORWAY

Vault 1995.
1995 - Live Concert / Def Leppard Day Events

Wapentake Club, Sheffield, ENGLAND

Retro-Active 1993.
1993 - Album Release

Retro-Active, USA / CAN

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

share this story:





get def leppard news

Stay in touch with the latest updates.


explore def leppard tour history
All News
Tour News
Album News
All Tours