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DEF LEPPARD Confirm 16-Date 20/20 VISION Tour For SEP/OCT With ZZ TOP

Def Leppard 2020

Def Leppard have today confirmed their 20/20 Vision tour with ZZ Top with 16 dates in September and October.

The tour will start in Albany, NY on 21st September at Times Union Center.

It is due to end on 18th October in Spokane, WA at the Spokane Arena.

This will be the first time the band have toured with ZZ Top who will be Special Guests at these shows.

In 1985/1986 there had agreed to support them in the UK/Europe as Rick Allen's initial comeback shows were planned.

This was cancelled after ZZ Top's album recording was delayed and their tour plans changed.

They did play together in June 2009 when Def Leppard first headlined the Download Festival at Donington Park when ZZ Top were also on the bill.

The 16 dates will see Def Leppard play in Brandon, MS for the very first time.

20/20 Vision is the name given to the upcoming video release/reissue series first mentioned by Joe during recent interviews.

One of the planned releases is a double DVD/Blu-ray featuring the 2018 UK Hysteria Tour show in London and the Sin City Residency shows recorded in September 2019.

The tour is being billed as 'Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees' - ZZ Top were inducted in 2004 with Def Leppard joining them in March 2019.

Tickets are due to go on sale from 20th February.

Visit the Tour News section. For more news on future tour plans.

Visit the Album News section for more news on new music (based on band member quotes).

Def Leppard 2020.

Def Leppard - 20/20 Vision North American Tour Dates

September 21 - Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
September 23 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Veteran United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
September 25 - Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
September 26 - Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater - (First time in this city)
September 28 - Orange Beach, AL @ The Wharf Amphitheater
September 30 - Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center

October 02 - North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena
October 03 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
October 05 - Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
October 07 - Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha
October 09 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
October 10 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
October 12 - Grand Forks, ND @ Alerus Center
October 15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
October 17 - Portland, OR @ Moda Center
October 18 - Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena

Visit the 2020 Tour section for all the show pages.

20/20 Vision Tour - Press Release Quotes

"Legendary British rock’ & roll icons, and 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees, Def Leppard, announce select 20/20 Vision fall tour dates with very special guests ZZ Top. Produced by Live Nation, this new leg of dates will immediately follow the group’s massively successful summer stadium tour with Motley Crue, which has already sold 1.1 million tickets. The 20/20 Vision tour will kick off on September 21st at Times Union Center in Albany, NY."

"Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott says of the tour, “What a year this is going to be! First, sold out stadiums, then we get to go on tour with the mighty ZZ Top! Having been an admirer of the band for a lifetime it’s gonna be a real pleasure to finally do some shows together...maybe some of us will get to go for a spin with Billy in one of those fancy cars..."

"We’re totally excited to hit the road with Def Leppard, our pals since the beginning,” says the aforementioned Billy F Gibbons. "We’ve done this for something like five decades, yet the good times are really just now unfolding. He adds, “Joe Elliott and Company can hop aboard the hot rods any ol' time with that lil’ ol' band from Texas.”

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