DEF LEPPARD To Team Up With CHEAP TRICK For Australian Tour

June 11, 2008

British rock heavyweights DEF LEPPARD will include Australia in the world tour for their new album "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" in what will be their first visit since 1992. The tour will kick off with a mighty big bang in Perth with a huge outdoor show on Friday, October 31.

To celebrate the band's long overdue return to Australia, the ever-popular CHEAP TRICK will be along for the ride, making this one helluva double shot of rock! Local Melbourne band THE GALVATRONS are the lucky ones to have scored the support spot.

DEF LEPPARD, CHEAP TRICK and THE GALVATRONS Australian tour dates:

Oct. 31 - Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Nov. 03 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Nov. 05 - Acer Arena, Sydney
Nov. 07 - Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Nov. 08 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Nov. 10 - Win Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Nov. 11 - Ais Arena, Canberra

Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 20.

DEF LEPPARD's Phil Collen (guitar) and Joe Elliott (vocals) took part in a press conference on June 6, 2008 prior to their band's performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Slvesborg, Sweden. Watch highlights from the press conference below.

DEF LEPPARD kicked off the European leg of its 2008 Sparkle Lounge tour on May 21. Starting at the Classic Rock Festival in Sandnes, Norway, the band will play in almost 20 European countries (including some where they have never been before) over the next few weeks.

For the third leg of the tour (North America),all support acts/guests have now been finalized. During the 16-date leg, there will be no less than five acts opening for DEF LEPPARD:

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS (July 30 Aug. 3)
BILLY IDOL (Aug. 6-15 and Aug. 17-21)
EVERCLEAR (Aug. 16)
STYX/REO SPEEDWAGON (Aug. 23)

The final date of this leg is billed as "an evening with DEF LEPPARD."

For a complete list of DEF LEPPARD tour dates, click here.

(Thanks: Inside_Out666)

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