- Location / Birmingham, England
- Venue / NEC Arena
The first show by the band in this city since September 1987 on the first UK Hysteria tour.
The first time at this venue and first of two nights here.
The 1987 show had been at the short lived and smaller capacity NEC Forum on the same complex.
This show had been one of the first five dates of the tour to be announced in December 1987. A second night was then added in February 1988 after it had sold out.
The venue is located to the East of the main city centre within the NEC Exhibition Centre complex of venues and halls and close to the Birmingham International Airport.
It was opened in December 1980 and initially known as Hall 7 and then Birmingham International Arena.
From 1983 to 2008 it became the NEC Arena, LG Arena from 2008 to 2014, Genting Arena from 2014 to 2018 and is now the Resorts World Arena.
It was renovated in 2008 to 2009.
A decent audience recording exists from this show.
Read more about this show and tour in the Lep History section.
show intro
- 00 - Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood Speech
setlist
- 01 - Stagefright
- 02 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
- 03 - Women
- 04 - Too Late For Love
- 05 - Hysteria
- 00 - Steve Clark Guitar Solo
- 06 - Gods Of War
- 07 - Die Hard The Hunter
- 08 - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (acoustic/electric)
- 09 - Foolin'
- 10 - Armageddon It
- 11 - Pour Some Sugar On Me
- 00 - Phil Collen Guitar Solo
- 12 - Let It Go
- 13 - Rock Of Ages (Sing-a-Long/Extended Version)
- 14 - Animal
- 15 - Photograph
songs by album
- 1987 - Hysteria - 6
- 1983 - Pyromania - 7
- 1981 - High 'n' Dry - 2
show info
- Tour - Def Leppard Hysteria Tour 1987/1988
- Staging - At One End
- Fan Recorded - Yes (Audio)
- Venue - Website
- Venue Address - Perimeter Road, Birmingham B40 1NT
- English County - West Midlands
- Area Map - Google
- Last Show Here - 11th September 1987
- Capacity - 15,800
- In The Round Show Capacity - n/a
- Attendance - n/a
- Total Gross - n/a
- Ticket Price - £8.00/£7.00
- Show Time - 8pm
- Promoter - M.C.P./Midland Concert Promotions.
- Headliner - Def Leppard
- Support Act - Loverboy
band members
- 01 - Joe Elliott - Lead Vocals
- 02 - Phil Collen - Guitars
- 03 - Steve Clark - Guitars
- 04 - Rick Savage - Bass
- 05 - Rick Allen - Drums
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A view inside the arena.
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