On This Day In Def Leppard History (13th July 20255)

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 13th July, the following concerts and events took place. Including the 'Work It Out' single reaching Number 22 on the UK Top 40 Chart on this day in 1996.

The second single from the 'Slang' album spent 3 weeks in all on the chart.

Read more about this single chart anniversary.

On this day in 1983 Phil Collen started work on the 'Pyromania' album just one day after meeting the band in London and agreeing to help them with the recording.

In 1981 the UK High 'n' Dry tour started in Bristol, England. The last UK shows that would be played with original guitarist Pete Willis.

On this day in 1988 the Hysteria album was certified as 5x Platinum for sales of 5,000,000 copies in the USA.

Read more about this album anniversary.

Another 2025 tour show takes place tonight in Craven, SK with Def Leppard starting at 9:30pm.

Read more about this show. Follow the LIVE UPDATES.

As of 2025, Def Leppard (will) have played 18 times on this date.

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

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