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  DEF LEPPARD AND POISON ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN DATES
13th January 2017



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Def Leppard have announced they will return to the road this spring for a three month run across North America. The Live Nation promoted outing will storm through cities across parts of the US and Canada.

This new leg of dates follows the groups massive seventy-plus city 2016 tour and is set to kick off on April 8th in Manchester, NH and wrap on June 25th in Indianapolis, IN. Joining Def Leppard on select dates are Poison and Tesla. Please see full tour routing below. Tickets will go on sale on January 20th and 21st at LiveNation.com.

The news was broken two days early inadvertently by Eddie Trunk when he was mistakenly sent a press release before it was meant to go out. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Colleen will officially announce the tour tomorrow.

Front man Joe Elliott says: "We're thrilled to be able to take this tour to cities we didn't play in 2016. The demand for us to return, or rather extend the tour, was phenomenal. There's a great buzz around the band right now and we're loving the fact that we can do this with the latest album being so well received."

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Joining Def Leppard for the majority of the tour dates will be glam rockers Poison who will feature their original line-up for the first time in five years, including Bret Michaels, CC DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett. Poison have sold over forty million records and are set to perform all their classic greatest hits from their first three albums.

Vocalist Bret Michaels says: "I could not be more excited. I know all of us will give one thousand percent on stage and we are looking forward to performing our hits together. I personally could not be more thankful for the three generations of fans and I love the music of Def Leppard and Tesla. This will be an amazing night of rock'n'roll. Don't wait because God only knows."

Sacremento rockers Tesla will be opening most shows in a mouth watering bill.



Def Leppard will be releasing 'And There Will Be A Next Time – Live From Detroit' on February 10th in partnership with Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Guitarist Phil Collen says: "Our last full concert DVD, excluding 'Viva! Hysteria',was 1987s 'In The Round, In Your Face', which was shot on video. We felt an updated version was way overdue so here it is, the brand new Def Leppard concert experience."



8th April: Manchester, NH SNHU Arena
10th April: Montreal, QC Bell Centre *
12th April: Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
14th April: Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
15th April: Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
17th April: Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
19th April: Green Bay, WI Resch Center
21st April: St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
22nd April: Sioux Falls, SD Sanford Premier Center
24th April: Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
26th April: Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Cneter **
27th April: Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
29th April: Ft Myers, FL Fort Rock ***
30th April: Jacksonville, FL Welcome to Rockville ***
2nd May: Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre
3rd May: Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
5th May: Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
6th May: Charlotte, NC Carolina Rebellion ***
24th May: Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
26th May: Pryor, OK Rocklahoma ***
27th May: San Antonio, TX River City Rockfest ***
29th May: Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor World Arena
31st May: Bozeman, MT Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
2nd June: Edmonton, AB Rogers Place *
3rd June: Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome *
6th June: Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena *
7th June: Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
9th June: Seattle, WA White River Amph
10th June: Portland, OR Moda Center
12th June: Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
14th June: Ontario, CA Citizens Bank Arena
16th June: San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
17th June: Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
19th June: Salt Lake City, UT ASANA Amphitheatre
21st June: Kansas City, MO Sprint Center **
22nd June: St Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
24th June: Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
25th June: Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center

• Def Leppard only
** Def Leppard and Poison only, no Tesla
*** Def Leppard festival dates







 
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