Def Leppard News - DEF LEPPARD x JOURNEY Tour In DENVER, CO (Show Report)

Sunday, 22nd July 2018

DEF LEPPARD x JOURNEY Tour In DENVER, CO (Show Report)

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Def Leppard played another show with Journey on the 2018 North American tour last night in Denver, CO with 16 songs performed.

The show took place at the 50,398 capacity Coors Field.

The fifth of ten stadium shows with support from The Pretenders with 45,000 fans in attendance.

The band last played Denver on 17th September 2016 on the Summer Tour 2016.

The 27th show the band have played in Denver (or nearby Morrison and Englewood).

One of their most played cities in North America.

The first visit to Denver took place in June 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena as support to Ted Nugent on their first American tour.

They came back for two shows on the same day at Rainbow Music Hall in October 1981 with Blackfoot.

McNichols Sports Arena was played again in April 1983 on the Pyromania tour as support to Billy Squier.

The 12th/13th February 1988 Hysteria In the Round shows were filmed for the In The Round-In Your Face concert video at McNichols Sports Arena with Tesla in support.

They played two more shows on the same tour at the famous a very scenic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison in August 1988.

Two more In the Round shows were plated at McNichols in February 1993 on the Adrenalize tour before their first visit to Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Englewood in July 1993.

They played the same venue again on the Slang tour in August 1996.

A radio sponsored show took place in December 1999 on the Euphoria tour at Magness Arena with Jewel in support. Followed by a return to Red Rocks on the same tour in September 2000.

Two shows followed at Magness arena in December 2002 on the X/Ten tour and November 2005 on the first Rock Of Ages tour.

Englewood was the location of their next three shows in the area playing Fiddler's Green under three different names in 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Since June 2012 all shows have been played indoors at the Pepsi Arena in June 2012, June 2014, and September 2016.

The show was sold out with a massive crowd of over 40,000 people. They were treated to a spectacular sunset from behind the stage as Journey played (see photos below).

Local radio station 103.5 The Fox had a plane fly over the stadium with the a banner behind it saying "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen". Bonus points to them for spelling it correctly! (and not as Glauchen or Glausen...).

Setlist

'When Love & Hate Collide' was played for the first time in Denver.

Watch some Fan Videos from the show here.