Tuesday, 27th January 2015
World Tour 2015
Def Leppard will play with Styx and Tesla at the 2015 Great Allentown Fair it was announced earlier today.
The band will play a show on 1st September at the annual state fair.
They last played here in August 2003 during the X/Ten tour.
This is the second US show announced following the Minnesota State Fair date which was also announced today.
Styx played with Lep during the 2007 and 2008 tours.
Tesla last played with the band in Dublin, Ireland in June 2009 and of course in 2005 and for most of the 1987/1988 Hysteria USA/UK tours. Both band are now confirmed as the opening acts on the 2015 US tour.
Vivian Campbell said last week that the band would be playing with two others bands and a full tour announcement would happen within 3 to 4 weeks.
Def Leppard US Tour 2015 - New Tour Date
- September 1st, 2015 - The Great Allentown Fair, Allentown, PA, USA
Last played on 26th August 2011 during the Mirrorball tour.
Leigh Valley Live 2015 - News Quotes
Def Leppard and classic rock acts Styx and Tesla will open the Great Allentown Fair on Sept. 1.
Tickets for the triple-bill concert go on sale Feb. 7. Tickets cost $83 for reserved seats on the floor, $83 and $57 for grandstand seating.
Def Leppard are not strangers to the Lehigh Valley. The group previously headlined the Great Allentown Fair in 1983, 1999, 2000 and 2003. In 1981, Def Leppard brought their High 'n' Dry Tour to Lehigh University's Stabler Arena in Bethlehem.
Great Allentown Fair 2015 - News Quotes
Def Leppard, the British rock band with over 100 million records sold worldwide and legendary live stage shows, is joining forces with fellow platinum-selling rock icons Styx and Tesla for a summer tour that will stop at The Great Allentown Fair on its opening day, September 1.
- News Source - lehighvalleylive.com
- News Source - allentownfairpa.org
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