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Def Leppard World Tour 2015

{{Short description|2015 concert tour by Def Leppard}}

{{notability|Event|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox concert

|concert_tour_name = Def Leppard World Tour

|artist = Def Leppard

|album = Def Leppard

|start_date = 15 April 2015

|end_date = 19 December 2015

|number_of_legs = 5

|number_of_shows = 102

|last_tour = Heroes Tour
(2014)

|this_tour = Def Leppard World Tour
(2015)

|next_tour = Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
(2018)

}}

The Def Leppard World Tour was a tour by English rock band Def Leppard in support of their self-titled album. The tour started with 13 dates in Canada through April and May. The end of May and beginning of June was spent playing 12 dates in Europe before Def Leppard returned to the United States for 48 dates with Styx and Tesla from June to October.

History

Announcements of the first dates of the tour began in December 2014 when Def Leppard announced a 13 date tour of Canada in the April and May 2015. It will be the band's first tour of Canada since their 2008 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Tour.{{cite web|last1=Rheubottom|first1=Robert|title=Def Leppard announce 2015 spring tour of Canada|url=http://www.axs.com/news/def-leppard-announce-2015-spring-tour-of-canada-32239|website=AXS.com|access-date=7 March 2015}} The Canadian tour is to be followed by 12 dates and festivals in Europe from May to June.

On February 12, 2015 Def Leppard announced 48 dates touring the US with Styx and Tesla. Joe Elliott and other members of the band have stated that the North American Tour would extend to a full world tour to follow through December 2015, with a cruise and second Las Vegas residency planned for early 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A10379151%3A1523%3A28%2D02%2D2015%3A|website=RTE Radio 1 |title=RTÉ Radio Player: Radio Just Got Easier }}

On March 27, 2015, Def Leppard announced the "Let's Get Rocked in the Still of the Night II" tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland with Whitesnake in December 2015.

Setlist

Canadian leg setlist. Most of the songs performed are standards that the band performs on most or all of their tours, however there were two less commonly performed songs from the Euphoria album that were pulled out for this tour. The song "Promises" was included along with "Paper Sun", which was played for the first time since its initial airings during the Euphoria Tour in 2000.

  1. "Let's Go" {{small|(after 7 October)}}
  2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" {{small|(dropped after 18 November)}}
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Dangerous" {{small|(added on 18 November)}}
  5. "Let It Go" {{small|(added on the 4th show, in Dawson Creek, BC)}}
  6. "Foolin'"
  7. "Promises"
  8. "Paper Sun"
  9. "Love Bites"
  10. "Armageddon It"
  11. "Rock On"
  12. "Two Steps Behind"
  13. "Rocket"
  14. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  15. "Switch 625"
  16. "Hysteria"
  17. "Let's Get Rocked"
  18. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Encore

  2. "Rock of Ages"
  3. "Photograph"

Tour dates

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colspan="4"| Canada
15 April 2015Pentictonrowspan="13"|CanadaSouth Okanagan Events Center
17 April 2015VictoriaSave on Foods Memorial Center
18 April 2015VancouverPepsi Live at Rogers Arena
20 April 2015Dawson CreekEnCana Events Centre
22 April 2015CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome
23 April 2015EdmontonRexall Place
25 April 2015LethbridgeEnmax Centre
26 April 2015ReginaBrandt Centre
28 April 2015SaskatoonSaskTel Centre
29 April 2015WinnipegMTS Centre
2 May 2015MontrealBell Centre
4 May 2015OttawaTD Place Arena
5 May 2015LondonBudweiser Gardens
colspan="4"| Europe
15 May 2015MinskBelarusMinsk Sports Palace
17 May 2015VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena
19 May 2015WarsawPolandTorwar Hall
22 May 2015Ostravarowspan = "2"| Czech RepublicČEZ Aréna
23 May 2015PragueO2 Arena
25 May 2015Stuttgartrowspan = "3"| GermanyPorsche-Arena
27 May 2015FrankfurtStadthalle Offenbach
28 May 2015ColognePalladium
30 May 2015EsbjergDenmarkEsjberg Rock Festival
2 June 2015OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum
4 June 2015SölvesborgSwedenSweden Rock Festival
6 June 2015TampereFinlandTampere South Park Festival
colspan="4"|North America with Styx & Tesla
20 June 2015San JuanPuerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
23 June 2015Tamparowspan="12"|United StatesMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
25 June 2015West Palm BeachCoral Sky Amphitheater
27 June 2015BirminghamOak Mountain Amphitheatre
28 June 2015AtlantaAaron's Amphitheatre
30 June 2015CharlottePNC Music Pavilion
2 July 2015BristowJiffy Lube Live
3 July 2015Virginia BeachFarm Bureau Live
5 July 2015UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena
7 July 2015GilfordBank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
9 July 2015MansfieldXfinity Center
11 July 2015BethelBethel Woods Center for the Arts
12 July 2015DarienDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
14 July 2015TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
15 July 2015Youngstownrowspan="38"|United StatesCovelli Centre
17 July 2015ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre
18 July 2015OshkoshRock USA
21 July 2015Mt. PleasantSoaring Eagle Casino & Resort
23 July 2015WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater
24 July 2015Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center
25 July 2015HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center
27 July 2015Paso RoblesMidstate Fair
7 August 2015SturgisBuffalo Chip Campground
8 August 2015Sioux FallsSioux Falls Arena
10 August 2015Oklahoma CityChesapeake Energy Arena
11 August 2015Kansas CityStarlight Theatre
14 August 2015SedaliaMissouri State Fair
15 August 2015Des MoinesIowa State Fair
17 August 2015CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center
18 August 2015NashvilleBridgestone Arena
21 August 2015DallasGexa Energy Pavilion
22 August 2015The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
23 August 2015AustinAustin360 Amphitheater
27 August 2015Saint PaulMinnesota State Fair
28 August 2015Grand ForksAlerus Center
30 August 2015NoblesvilleKlipsch Music Center
1 September 2015AllentownGreat Allentown Fair
3 September 2015LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center
4 September 2015Maryland HeightsHollywood Casino Amphitheatre
5 September 2015Tinley ParkFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
16 September 2015AuburnWhite River Amphitheatre
17 September 2015RidgefieldSleep Country Amphitheater
19 September 2015Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
20 September 2015InglewoodThe Forum
22 September 2015Chula VistaSleep Train Amphitheatre
23 September 2015PhoenixAk-Chin Pavilion
25 September 2015AlbuquerqueIsleta Amphitheater
26 September 2015DenverPepsi Center
28 September 2015West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre
30 September 2015SpokaneSpokane Arena
2 October 2015BozemanBrick Breeden Fieldhouse
4 October 2015BismarckBismarck Civic Center
colspan="4"|North America with Foreigner & Night Ranger / Tesla
5 October 2015Saint Paulrowspan="8"|United StatesXcel Energy Center
7 October 2015MolineiWireless Center
9 October 2015TulsaBOK Center
10 October 2015WichitaIntrust Bank Arena
11 October 2015LincolnPinnacle Bank Arena
14 October 2015ColumbusThe Schottenstein Center
16 October 2015ColumbiaColonial Life Arena
17 October 2015JacksonvilleVeterans Memorial Arena
colspan="4"|Asia & Australia
9 November 2015Tokyorowspan="4"|JapanNippon Budokan
10 November 2015OsakaOrix Theater
12 November 2015NagoyaZepp
13 November 2015SendaiSun Plaza Hall
17 November 2015Sydneyrowspan="3"|AustraliaSydney Entertainment Centre
18 November 2015MelbourneRod Laver Arena
21 November 2015PerthRed Hill Auditorium
24 November 2015

|Singapore

|Singapore

|Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre

colspan="4"|U.K. & Ireland with Whitesnake
6 December 2015DublinIreland3Arena
7 December 2015BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena
8 December 2015Newcastle upon TyneEnglandMetro Radio Arena
10 December 2015GlasgowScotlandThe SSE Hydro
12 December 2015Birminghamrowspan="3"|EnglandGenting Arena
13 December 2015NottinghamCapital FM Arena
15 December 2015ManchesterManchester Arena
16 December 2015CardiffWalesMotorpoint Arena Cardiff
18 December 2015Londonrowspan="2"|EnglandSSE Arena, Wembley
19 December 2015SheffieldMotorpoint Arena Sheffield

Gross

The tour grossed US$54 million, with 992,099 tickets sold at 96 concerts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308232853/http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-08 |url-status=dead }}

Personnel

;Def Leppard

;Touring members

  • Steve Brown – guitar, backing vocals (filled-in for Vivian Campbell on June 23, June 25 and June 27, 2015)

References

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Category:Concert tours of Puerto Rico

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