DEF LEPPARD Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates

February 24, 2016

DEF LEPPARD has rescheduled the majority of their recently postponed tour dates with STYX and TESLA, according to The Pulse Of Radio. The tour played just one show — January 29 in Sunrise, Florida — before the dates were pulled with LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen tweeting about frontman Joe Elliott: "The doctor basically said that if Joe continues to sing without resting his throat for a month, he might do permanent damage... Rescheduling shows is really complicated. Sometimes the logistics just don't add up the way we want them to. Please accept my sincere apologies."

As it stands now, two gigs have yet to get new show dates: Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Brooklyn, New York — with the San Antonio, Texas not being rescheduled. None of the nine rescheduled concerts feature STYX or TESLA.

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen told The Pulse Of Radio he and his bandmates always look forward to playing their hits out on the road. "Every night when someone's singing along — especially when there's a lot of young kids there, 16-year-olds and that — it is fresh, actually makes you feel really good when there's a whole new breed of people just singing away to songs that you've done," he said. "It doesn't really matter whether it's a new song or an old song, it's still our song, so it's a huge compliment. It really is, it's the best thing in the world."

Rescheduled DEF LEPPARD tour dates:

May 04 - Lafayette, LA - Cajundome
May 05 - Corpus Christi, TX - American Bank Center
May 07 - Hidalgo, TX - State Farm Arena
May 10 - Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center
May 11 - North Little Rock, AK - Verizon Arena
May 13 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
May 15 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
May 17 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center
May 20 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center

DEF LEPPARD's latest, self-titled album entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 10 with first-week sales of just over 30,000 units — nearly all from pure album sales.

The album is the band's first studio effort since "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge" in 2008.

Find more on Def leppard

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).