On This Day In Def Leppard History (16th August 2026)

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 16th August, the following concerts and events took place. Including a show at the Monsters Of Rock Festival in Donington Park, Castle Donington, England on this day in 1986.

This was Rick's seventh show played since recovering from his 1984 accident and only the third full show by himself.

The band had completed six warm-up shows in Ireland before the four date Monsters Of Rock tour.

Read more about this live show anniversary.

On this day in 2024 'Just Like '73' fell down two UK charts after its week one debut at Number One.

On this day in 1981 Vivian Campbell played the first Slang Castle Festival in Ireland with his band Sweet Savage on the bill headlined by Thin Lizzy and also featuring U2.

Sweet Savage opened the day at 12:30pm with a half hour set.

As of 2026, Def Leppard have played 16 times on this date.

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

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