On This Day In Def Leppard History

Monday, 23rd April 2018

On This Day In Def Leppard History - 23rd April 2018

Def Leppard History.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 23rd April, the following concerts and events took place. Including the birth of original guitarist Steve Clark in 1960 who would have celebrated his 58th birthday today.

Read more about Steve's birthday and view some photos/videos.

The band performed twice on Steve's birthday. In 1979 when he turned 19 and again in 1980 on his 20th. Steve sadly passed away in January 1991 during the recording of the 'Adrenalize' album.

The band went on to perform three more times on this date after his death in 1997, 2008 and 2015.

Vivian Campbell played a show on this day in 2016 in Milan, Italy at the Frontiers Rock Festival with his band Last In Line.

The 'And There Will Be A Next Time...Live From Detroit' concert was broadcast on US TV channel AXS TV on this day in 2017.

Earlier today a 1983 Pyromania tour show was released on YouTube. A remastered version of rare pro-shot footage from the 1983 Pyromania tour filmed in Dortmund, Germany.

Read more about this video release and watch the footage.

As of 2018, Def Leppard have played 5 times on this date.