def leppard tour 1996/1997 - main songs played
Total Songs Played - 32
def leppard tour 1996/1997 - B-Side/Non album tracks
Songs Played - 1
| no. | song | single |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Move With Me Slowly (acoustic) | Work It Out |
The B-Side of the 'Work It Out' single played at a special acoustic show in London for contest winners.
def leppard tour 1996/1997 - full cover songs
Songs Played - 2
| no. | song | info |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | All The Young Dudes | By Mott The Hoople in Exeter |
| 02 | Ziggy Stardust | By David Bowie in Buenos Aires |
Full electric cover versions played during headline performances on the main tour and at club shows. 'All the Young Dudes' was performed in England and also with Ian Hunter in the USA (see below).
def leppard tour 1996/1997 - cover song snippets/tags
Songs Played - 9
| no. | song | info |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Back In Black (Rock Of Ages) | By AC/DC in Vienna. |
| 02 | Louie Louie (Rock Of Ages) | By Richard Berry/The Kingsmen in Vienna. |
| 03 | Wild Thing (Rock Of Ages) | By The Troggs multiple times. |
| 04 | All Right Now (Rock Of Ages) | By Free multiple times. |
| 05 | Every Breath You Take (Hysteria) | By The Police multiple times. |
| 06 | Blockbuster (Slang) | By Sweet in Sheffield. |
| 07 | Fire (Rock Of Ages) | By The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. |
| 08 | Honky Tonk Woman (Rock Of Ages) | By Rolling Stones in Sheffield. |
| 09 | Pretty Vacant (Another Hit And Run) | By Sex Pistols in Exeter/Buenos Aires. |
Various tags/snippets by Joe during electric songs. Usually tagged onto the beginning, middle or end of a song. 'Pretty Vacant' was played during the mid section of 'Another Hit And Run' at two club shows in England (1996) and Argentina (1997).
def leppard tour 1996/1997 - cover song acoustic snippets
Songs Played - 7
| no. | song | info |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Going Back To Sendai | Improv By Vivian in Sendai. |
| 02 | Live Forever | By Oasis multiple times. |
| 03 | Come As You Are | By Nirvana in Tokyo/Rio De Janeiro. |
| 04 | Born To Be Wild | By Steppenwolf in Sendai (Phil). |
| 05 | Bad Moon Rising | By Creedence Clearwater Revival in Milwaukee. |
| 06 | Knocking On Heaven's Door/Betty Ford | By Bob Dylan multiple times. |
| 07 | Better Be Home Soon | By Crowded House in Vienna/Bogota (Vivian). |
Various acoustic snippets played (mostly by Joe) before 'Two Steps Behind'. Vivian performed an improvised song in Sendai, Japan and also took lead vocals on two short snippets of a Crowded House song in Austria/Colombia. Something he would do again many years later in 2008.
At various shows Joe would jokingly modify the famous Bob Dylan song 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' to 'Knocking On Betty Ford'.
Snippets/Tags - Lines from another song added by Joe during/at the end of a Def Leppard song.
def leppard tour 1996/1997 - special guests
Songs Played - 2
| no. | song | info |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | All The Young Dudes | w/ Ian Hunter in Middletown. |
| 02 | Slang | w/ Gloria Flores in San Diego. |
Guest artists appearing on stage with Def Leppard during their headline performances. These included Ian Hunter appearing on stage with the band for the first time singing lead vocals on 'All The Young Dudes'. Gloria Flores also sang Spanish vocals for 'Slang' from side stage in San Diego. Reprising her role on the studio version.
def leppard tour 1997 - playback only
Songs Played - 1
| no. | song | info |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | When Saturday Comes | On Irish TV in October 1997. |
A playback only performance of the B-Side 'When Saturday Comes' on The Late Late Show on 17th October 1997. Joe was seen sporting his dreadlocks hairdo which he got during The Spiders From Mars tour in August 1997.
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