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On This Day In Def Leppard History - 8th October 2020

Def Leppard History.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 8th October, the following concerts and events took place. Including the 'Love Bites' single reaching Number One on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the USA 32 years ago on this day in 1988.

The only US Number One single for the band taken from the 'Hysteria' album. It spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart.

Read more about this single chart anniversary.

On the same day in 1988 the band played second of three nights at the Omni Arena in Atlanta, GA where they filmed extra scenes for the 'In The Round-In Your Face' concert film.

The Struts 'I Hate How Much I Want You' single featuring Joe Elliott and Phil Collen was released digitally earlier today.

Read more about this new release.

As of 2020, Def Leppard have played 6 times on this date.

Slang 1996.
1996 - Live Concert

KB Hallen, Copenhagen, DENMARK

Love Bites 1988.
1988 - Single Chart Peak

#1 - Love Bites, USA

Hysteria 1987.
1988 - Live Concert / Extra ITR-IYF Filming Night 2

Omni Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA | Night 2

High 'n' Dry 1981.
1981 - Live Concert

Towson Center, Towson, MD, USA

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

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