Def Leppard Announce UK & Ireland Tour with Cheap Trick; US Tour with Journey & stream back catalogue

Def Leppard return in 2018 with two very special tours either side of the Atlantic.

A US tour sees the band take in 58 cities on a co-headlining tour with AOR legends Journey. The dates and venues can be seen below:

Tickets go on sale beginning Saturday, February 3 at LiveNation.com

The UK leg of the tour which takes place after the US tour has completed comprises

Dec 01: Dublin 3 Arena, Ireland
Dec 02: Belfast SSE Arena, UK
Dec 04: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, UK
Dec 06: London The O2, UK
Dec 08: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, UK
Dec 09: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, UK
Dec 11: Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena, UK
Dec 12: Manchester Arena, UK
Dec 14: Sheffield FlyDSA Arena, UK
Dec 15: Liverpool Echo Arena, UK
Dec 17: Birmingham Arena, UK

These will be the first Def Leppard UK and Eire tour dates since the sold-out Arena run in late 2015. The band will return to Sheffield Arena for what is sure to be a monumental homecoming show, in addition to their first ever show at The O2, London.

The seminal 1987 “Hysteria” album is rightly seen as a landmark recording in the history of rock music. It was the album that saw Def Leppard conquer the world with global hits such as “Animal”, “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Hysteria”, “Armageddon It”, “Love Bites”, “Woman” and “Rocket”. The band will deliver “Hysteria” in full alongside other songs from their incredible catalogue.

Tickets for the monumental event will go on sale beginning Friday, 26 January at 9AM local. Rock Brigade Concert Club exclusive pre-sale & VIP Packages on sale January 24.

Def Leppard release their full catalogue of material on streaming services for the first time.

One of the last multi-platinum selling acts to be made available on streaming and download, music fans from all corners of the globe can now enjoy all of Def Leppard’s tracks and albums.

Said Joe Elliott, “It is with a mixture of relief & euphoria that we now see our entire catalog finally getting a digital release. Having embraced every other format with open arms, especially & more recently the reemergence of vinyl, we’re now going to be available to everyone everywhere and honestly, it’s as exciting as the original releases were.”

Added Rick Savage, “Finally the wait is over! Our music is now available on all digital formats. Very excited. Thanks for your patience and continued support.”

Phil Collen also said, “We felt we’d been left out of the digital party but it’s a thrill to us to finally accept the invitation and to be able to say ‘yeah, you can stream us, download us and get us great on all of these digital outlets’.”

Def Leppard material now on streaming services
The Def Leppard EP (1979)
On Through The Night (1980)
High ‘N’ Dry (1981)
Pyromania (1983)
Hysteria (1987)
Adrenalize (1992)
Retro Active (1993)
Vault (1995)
Slang (1996)
Euphoria (1999)
X (2002)
Viva! Hysteria (2013)
Yeah! (2006)
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (2008)
Mirror Ball – Live & More (2011)
Def Leppard (2015)
Hysteria – Super Deluxe (2017)