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Saturday, 30th March 2019

DEF LEPPARD 2019 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (Setlist/Speeches/Show Report)

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Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2019 in Brooklyn, NY last night with five songs also performed.

The show took place at the 17,000 capacity Barclays Center.

The band's first time in Brooklyn since 9th July 2005 on the Rock Of Ages tour.

The 34th annual induction ceremony where Brian May of Queen inducted the band into the hall 13 years after the were first eligible.

Fan voting ended on 9th December 2018 with Def Leppard winning by 119,803 votes ahead of Stevie Nicks. The official final total for fan votes was 547,647 votes.

The event started at 7 pm local time and lasted for five (very long!) hours until Def Leppard closed it with a short live set after their induction speeches.

They were also interviewed live in the red carpet before entering the venue (but the less said about that bit the better).

Brian May made a couple of little errors (or big depending on your point of view) during his ten minute speech but it did not detract from a great introduction for the band.

Joe was surprisingly the only Def Leppard member to talk but did so for ten minutes himself. He talked the crowd through a basic history of the band including a very emotional standing ovation for Rick and thanked many of the significant people who have helped them along the way. And tha fans!.

Setlist/Staging

Five songs were performed in total. Four Lep classics in 'Hysteria', 'Rock Of Ages', 'Photograph' and 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' and a special cover version to end the set.

The band used the 'other' drum riser with the steps and were set up with amps either side of that in front of the big main video screen. A setup used by all performers and showing the usual historical band photos and content.

Special Guests

Both Brian May and Ian Hunter joined the band at the end of their short set to perform the Mott The Hoople classic 'All The Young Dudes'.

Ian previously played this twice with the band in 1996 and 2000 in the USA. Both were performers when it was played at the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute concert in London. Joe and Phil sang background vocals that night alongside the other members of Queen and the late David Bowie and Mick Ronson.

They were also joined for the finale by Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone from The Zombies, Steven Van Zandt (The E Street Band) and Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles.

Read the full Induction speeches below and view many media photos. Including a photo which shows the band presenting Brian with one of Rick Allen's 'Legends Series' paintings of Jimi Hendrix backstage.

The next scheduled show will take place in June at the Sweden Rock festival.

Def Leppard @ Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2019 - Brooklyn, NY, USA Setlist