Def Leppard Announces Summer Tour
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emailDef Leppard is set to kick off the third leg of its tour in support of its 1999 release, "Euphoria." The band's summer tour will begin on July 20 in Mansfield, Mass.
The band--featuring singer Joe Elliot, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen--has been off the road since wrapping up the second leg of the "Euphoria" tour in Maine on February 15.
The British pop-metal quintet first rose to fame in the 1983 with the highly successful "Pyromania," an album that sold over seven million copies. That same year, however, tragedy struck when drummer Allen lost his left arm in an auto accident.
Surprisingly, Allen--outfitted with a specially designed electronic drum kit--stayed on as the group's drummer, and the band subsequently released "Hysteria" in 1987. The album proved to be the band's most successful to date, selling over 10 million copies.
Tragedy struck again in 1990 when guitarist Steve Clark died from a drug-and-alcohol overdose while the band was in the midst of recording its fifth album. The group replaced Clark with former Whitesnake guitarist Campbell, and has since released three albums of original material, as well as two compilations of previously recorded songs.
July
20 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
22 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake
24 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
25 - Holmdel NJ - PNC Art Center
26 - Harrington, DE - Delaware State Fair
28 - Ionia, MI - Ionia State Fair
29 - Detroit, MI - Pine Knob
30 - Columbus, OH - Polaris Amphitheater
August
1 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Amphitheater
2 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom
4 - West Allis, WI - Wisconsin State Fair
5 - Green Bay, WI - Kewaunee County Fair
6 - St. Louis, MO - Riverport Amphitheater
8 - San Antonio, TX - Municipal Amphitheater
9 - Dallas, TX - Starplex Amphitheater
10 - Little Rock, AK - Riverfront Amphitheater
12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Starlake Amphitheater
14 - Lewisburg, WV - State Fair of West Virginia
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fair
16 - Adrian, MI - Lenawee County Fair
18 - Sedalla, MO - Missouri State Fair
19 - Springfield, IL - Illinois State Fair
20 - Des Moines, IA - Iowa State Fair
23 - La Crosse, WI - Fort McCoy Army Base
24 - Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota State Fair
26 - Louisville, KY - Kentucky State Fair
28 - Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair
29 - Allentown, PA - Allentown Fair
September
1 - Monroe, WA - Evergreen State Fair
2 - Salem, OR - Oregon State Fair
4 - Sacramento, CA - California State Fair
6 - Spokane, WA - Riverfront Park Amphitheater
9 - Boise, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheater
8 - Blackfoot, ID - Eastern Idaho Fair
9 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah State Fair
11 - Albuquerque, MN - New Mexico State Fair
14 - Denver, CO - Redrocks
15 - Hutchinson, KS - Kansas State Fair
16 - Spencer, IA - Clay County Fair
19 - Nashville, TN - AM South Amphitheater
20 - Charlotte, NC - Blockbuster Pavilion
22 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavillion
23 - Virginia Beach, VA - GTE Amphitheater
24 - Richmond, VA - State Fair of Virginia
26 - Bloomsburg, PA - Venue TBA
20 - Huntington, WV - Civic Center
29 - Johnstown, PA - Cambria County War Memorial
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