On This Day In Def Leppard History

Friday, 16th October 2020

On This Day In Def Leppard History - 16th October 2020

Def Leppard History.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 16th October, the following concerts and events took place. Including the 'Retro-Active' album entering the UK album charts at Number 6 on this day in 1993.

The album spent 6 weeks on the chart.

Read more about this album chart anniversary.

On this day in 2015 'Dangerous' was premiered by the Billboard website and made available as a digital download ahead of the self-titled studio album release.

Read more about this single release anniversary.

Also on the same day in 2015, 13 new tour dates were announced for January/February 2016 with Styx and Tesla in support.

Due to Joe Elliott's vocal issues, which started in January 2016 on the Hysteria cruise, only 10 of the shows were played. 9 of the shows were rescheduled to May with only the Sunrise, FL show taking place on its intended date (with Joe struggling through the show).

On this day in 2011 the band played acoustically for the Perth Telethon live event. Watch video footage and view many photos from this show.

On this day in 1996 the band played its very first show in Czech Republic and video footage is available.

Earlier today the 'Hits Vegas Live At Planet Hollywood' DVD/Blu-ray/CD/Vinyl package was released.

Read more about this album/video release.

Also earlier today The Struts album 'Strange Days' was released featuring Joe Elliott/Phil Collen on one song.

Read more about this album release.

As of 2020, Def Leppard have played 5 times on this date plus 1 acoustic TV appearance.