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Def Leppard History On This Day - 27th August 2012

Monday, 27th August 2012





Love Bites.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 27th August, the following concerts and events took place. Including the US release of the single 'Love Bites' in 1988. The fifth single taken from the 'Hysteria' album which reached number 1 in the US Top 100 singles chart on 8th October. The song spent 23 weeks on the chart in all and remains their only US single to hit the top spot.

Also on this day 25 years ago in 1987 the band started their Hysteria world tour in Dublin, Ireland at the SFX Hall. The first of 17 sold out UK shows to kick off a tour that would last until late October 1988.

As of 2012, Def Leppard have played 10 times on this date. Check out the show pages for setlists/reviews/pics.

  Def Leppard History - Concerts/Events On This Day
  •   27th August 2011  |  Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 2007  |  Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 2006  |  Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 2005  |  General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC, CANADA - Show Page
  •   27th August 1999  |  Tussey Mountain Amphitheater, Boalsburg, PA, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 1996  |  SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 1993  |  Cooper Stadium, Columbus, OH, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 1988  |  Single Release - 'Love Bites', US/CAN - Single Page
  •   27th August 1987  |  Hysteria World Tour Start - SFX Hall, Dublin, IRELAND - News Story
  •   27th August 1983  |  Castle Farms Music Theatre, Charlevoix, MI, USA - Show Page
  •   27th August 1981  |  Civic Center, Danville, IL, USA - Show Page

Use the previous news links to go back through each day in history to June 2011.

Def Leppard - 2012 Tour News

Def Leppard - 2012 Album News

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