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On This Day In Def Leppard History - 1st June 2018

Def Leppard History.

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 1st June, the following concerts and events took place. Including the opening show of the Rock 'n' Roll Double Header co-headline tour with Bryan Adams in Portland, OR on this day in 2005.

The band played 26 shows with Bryan in minor league baseball stadiums across the USA. Def Leppard and Bryan Adams would alternate headline duties with Randy Coleman opening the show. The tour was so successful they teamed up again for a run of shows in October/November 2005 billed as the 'Double Shot Of Rock' tour.

Read more about this show/tour anniversary.

Also on this day in 1996 the 'Slang' album entered the US album charts at Number 14. The album spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

Read more about this album chart anniversary.

The band played an outdoor show in Jakarta, Indonesia on this day in 1996 which was filmed for local TV.

Watch video footage and read Joe Elliott's tour diary.

On this day in 2015 a Japanese tour was announced by promoters UDO. The first shows in the country since November 2011 on the Mirrorball tour.

Today in 2018 the 'Collection: Volume 1' CD and Vinyl box sets are released around the world. Featuring reissues of the first four studio albums plus bonus tacks, live songs and a replica of The Def Leppard E.P..

Read more about this album release and view photos.

The 2018 North American tour continues later tonight in Toronto, ON with co-headliners Journey.

Follow the live updates.

As of 2018, Def Leppard (will) have played 6 times on this date.

World Tour 2015.
2015 - Tour Announcement

Four Tour Dates in Japan

Rock Of Ages 2005.
2005 - Live Concert / Rock Of Ages Tour Start

PGE Park, Portland, OR, USA

Slang 1996.
1996 - Album Chart Peak

#14 - Slang, USA

Slang 1996.
1996 - Live Concert

Ancol Stadium, Jakarta, INDONESIA

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

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