DEF LEPPARD Live In Uncasville, CT 2025 (Show Report/Setlist)
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Def Leppard played a 2025 tour show last night in Uncasville, CT with 18 songs performed.
The show took place at the 10,000 capacity Mohegan Sun Arena.
Another arena show.
The first show in this city since 2017.
Return To Uncasville
After 8 long years the band travelled over from the last show in Maine to Connecticut.
Back in Uncasville which was one of the most played cities/venues in the USA from 2005 to 2017 outside of Las Vegas.
Quoted as a 10,000 capacity but previous shows have had capacities for Def Leppard's performances at 6,757 (2017), 7,075 (2015), 5,468 (2011).
So we'll just say there were around 7,000 fans packed into the Mohegan Sun Arena last night.
And as the photos and videos show it looked sold out.
The first show in Connecticut since May 2018 when they opened the Def Leppard/Journey tour in Hartford.
A Hot Night At Mohegan Sun
The band started at around 8:10pm.
After the usual 'Rock! Rock!', 'Rocket' opening Joe greeted the crowd before 'Let's Get Rocked'.
"Good evening Mohegan Sun!" preferring to use the casino/venue name rather than Uncasville.
He once again introduced a happy and healthy Vivian Campbell before 'Armageddon It'.
And seemed quite happy as he introduced the band before 'This Guitar' and praising their "f**king amazing" singing.
It may not have been as hot as the outdoor amphitheater shows temperature wise but this was a hot show and Joe summed up the band's feelings about this venue at the end.
"We f**king Love this place!." and thanked the crowd "From the bottom of our hearts".
And promising to do this again one day.
As for the "Live" updates (let's forget all about that shall we...).
Now after what could have been one of the best nights of the tour so far (see Fan Videos for at least 3 different versions of the entire show) they have two days to rest.
The head off now for a five show run in Canada.
With a potential crowd of over 80,000 fans (so hopefully more than one person might post something as it happens!).
18 Song Setlist
An 18 song setlist was played.
'Just Like '73', 'Die Hard The Hunter' and 'This Guitar' were all played here for the first time.
Uncasville History
The first visit to Uncasville was in June 2005 on the Rock Of Ages tour when they returned for a second show in October.
June 2006 on the YEAH! tour saw a third visit and again a second visit on the same tour in September.
They came back for more shows in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
And the last visit taking place in April 2017.
Last night's show was the 11th performance in Uncasville.
The next Def Leppard show takes place in Quebec City, QC, Canada on 6th July.
Uncasville, CT 2025 Photos
Screenshots by dltourhistory.
Watch some Fan Videos from the show here.
Def Leppard - Uncasville, CT 3rd July 2025 Setlist
- 01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
- 02 - Rocket (Single Version)
- 03 - Let's Get Rocked
- 04 - Foolin'
- 05 - Armageddon It
- 06 - Animal
- 07 - Love Bites
- 08 - Just Like '73
Played for the first time in Uncasville.
- 09 - Let It Go
- 10 - Die Hard The Hunter (Short Version)
Played for the first time in Uncasville.
- 11 - This Guitar (Semi-Acoustic)
Played for the first time in Uncasville.
- 12 - Two Steps Behind (Acoustic)
- 13 - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (Electric)
- 14 - Switch 625 (Instrumental)
- 15 - Rock Of Ages
- 16 - Photograph
- 17 - Hysteria (Extended Outro)
- 18 - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Joe Elliott - Let's Get Rocked Intro
"Thank you and good evening Mohegan Sun!."
"And all those who have travelled to be here tonight — how you doing?"
"It's good to be back here."
"It's been about nine years since we played here, so thanks for having us back."
"Look at this place, just look at it."
"Take a look at yourselves — feeling good in there?"
"Are you ready for this?"
"Are you ready for this?"
"I got one more question for ya — do you wanna get rocked?"
Joe Elliott - Foolin' Intro
"Thank you, thank you very much."
"Oh yeah, and here’s one for ya that goes back to 1983 in the Pyromania album."
Joe Elliott - Armageddon It Intro
"Thank you, thank you very much."
"Well, he's back."
"He's healthy."
"He's Vivian Campbell!"
Joe Elliott - Just Like '73 Intro
"Right! Mohegan Sun!"
"Can we see some hands in the air on this one?"
"Come on, all the way to the back, all the way to the top!"
"Everybody — you ready?"
"You ready?"
Joe Elliott - This Guitar Intro
"Thank you."
"Now from Pyromania — 1983 — which is a great album full of songs."
"We don’t do it often."
"We've done it the last couple of tours, but we didn’t play it for many, many years."
"And it seems to go down well, which is why we left it in the set."
"But we are moving on now from 1983."
"We're moving right up to this century."
"And we're going to play you something that Phil wrote — actually, he wrote it a long time ago."
"But we only recorded it three, four years ago."
"So what I’m going to do now is I’m going to bring them all out, because this is the one song where we get to show off — well, they get to show off — how f**king amazing they are."
"And we're going to sing it, these guys, because they really are."
"Okay — Phil first, because he’s got the spotlight."
"From Walthamstow in the East End of London — Mr. Phil Collen!"
"We’ve already been introduced, but we’ll do it again anyway."
"From Belfast in Northern Ireland — Mr. Vivian Campbell!"
"August 1977 — a young boy came to my Mum and Dad’s house."
"And we sat in my bedroom listening to records."
"And we formed a band."
"On the bass guitar — we’ve known each other for 48 years — Mr. Rick Savage!"
"And hopefully, hopefully shaking his money maker — anyway, Mr. Rick Allen!"
"Boy, you are popular tonight."
"Okay, this is, as I said, written many years ago."
"But we put it on the back burner because we couldn’t get it to work anywhere — until after COVID."
"When it was a reset."
"And you could do anything you f**king wanted."
"And we did."
"Total reset."
"Now, meanwhile — from the Diamond Star Halos album — this one is called "This Guitar."
Joe Elliott - Two Steps Behind Intro
"Maybe this next one you do know a bit more."
"So if you do, we’d really appreciate it if you sing it with us, okay?"
"Okay?"
"Alright!"
Joe Elliott - End Of Photograph Speech
"Mohegan Sun! Uncasville, Connecticut!."
"Or wherever you have traveled from to be here tonight."
"Thanks for coming."
"Thanks for having us."
"Thanks for being here."
"We’ll catch you next time."
"Good night."
Joe Elliott - End Of Show Speech
"We f**king Love this place!."
"Look at you, just look at you — Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut, wherever you are from to be here tonight."
"From the bottom of our hearts — thank you for coming."
"Thank you for being here."
"Thank you for sticking with us all these years."
"We love this."
"We love you."
"We will do this again."
"Until next time — and there will be a next time — do us a big favor, yeah?"
"Don’t forget us."
"We won’t forget you."
"Good night."
Various Photos/Videos
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