Saturday, 18th June 2016
Def Leppard played the first of two Slang tour shows in Tokyo, Japan on 18th June 1996 and media photos are available.
The show took place at the legendary Nippon Budokan (Martial Arts Hall).
The band were now in Japan for their first tour of the country since 1993 having played six shows in South East Asia to start the Slang world tour.
This venue had been played for the first time in June 1993 during the Adrenalize tour.
They played three nights here on that tour and they came back on the Slang tour to play another two.
The total number of shows at this venue now stands at 8 after more shows in 2008 (x2) and another in November 2015.
View media photos below courtesy of Gettyimages.
They include three photos from the 18th June show and one of Joe from 21st June when he was interviewed in the garden of a hotel.
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