25 Years Ago Def Leppard's SLANG Tour In SOUTH KOREA (Video Footage)

Tuesday, 8th June 2021

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Def Leppard played a show on the Slang tour in Seoul, South Korea on 8th June 1996 and an archive tour diary/video footage are available.

The show which took place at the Olympic Park Gymnasium.

A local TV station filmed the show and broadcast 11 songs in a 60 minute special.

You can view the full programme via the links below to YouTube.

The setlist included 'Slang' and 'Work It Out' from the new album.

This was the band's first ever visit to the country for a show with some band members having previously been here in 1992 for a promo visit.

Joe also commented on the crowd during an interview later in the tour.

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Slang Tour 1996

Seoul, South Korea Tour Story/Media Quote - By Joe Elliott

Metal Edge - Is it a totally different environment over there in Asia as opposed to America?

Joe Elliott

"Every country is different. When you start the tour off, you lump it as Southeast Asia, but some countries are five hours apart by plane, which is as far as New York is from L.A. The cultures are all slightly different, they're just all of an oriental nature."

"You have semi-language barrier problems to negotiate, which is not that much of a problem, I'm sure politicians have a much harder job than we do. Generally it's been very, very good. Singapore was a bit more reserved than Bangkok, and in Seoul, where you'd think they were more reserved, they were completely nuts."

View all the available footage from the show on this YouTube playlist.