Friday, 29th January 2016
Sydney February 1984
Def Leppard played their first show in Australia 32 years ago today at the Narara Festival outside of Sydney and photos from most of their visits are available.
Rock photographer Bob King's website has galleries from shows taken during all tours from 1984 to 2011.
These include the first show at the Narara festival, the first full tour of 1992 and a secret acoustic promo show played in 1995 at Bondi Beach.
The band returned to Australia in November 2015 playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth during the current world tour.
Joe and Sav are pictured above on a boat in Sydney harbour in February 1984. They were recording an interview for UK TV along with the rest of the band (and possibly getting seasick...).
View some of the photos below courtesy of Gettyimages from the 1984 Narara show and from Sydney 2008.
Def Leppard In Australia - Photo Galleries
- 20th October 2011 | Entertainment Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA - 48 photos
- 5th November 2008 | Acer Arena, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA - 21 photos
- 3rd November 1995 | Liberty Lunch Bar, Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA - 13 photos
- 22nd July 1992 | Entertainment Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA - 18 photos
- 29th January 1984 | Australian Debut - Narara Music Festival '84, Somersby, NSW, AUSTRALIA - 19 photos
"At the Narara Festival outside Sydney, Leppard played in the pouring rain for 30,000 people who, for the most part , had no idea who or what a Def Leppard was."
Related News - 1995 Sydney, Australia Vault Acoustic Concert Setlist/Photo
- View all Photo Galleries at - bobking.com.au
- Photo Source - gettyimages.co.uk
- Def Leppard - Somersby/Narara 1984 Show Page
- Def Leppard - Pyromania Tour 1983/1984
- Def Leppard - 2016 Tour News
- Previous News - 22nd January 2016