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DEF LEPPARD's 1989 ROCKET TOTP Performance Repeated Next Week

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Def Leppard's 1989 performance of Rocket for Top Of The Pops is being shown again next week in the UK.

The band performed on the show on 16th February 1989.

Steve Clark's final appearance on any stage with the band in the UK.

Top Of The Pops February 1989

The full 16th February 1989 episode is shown again by BBC Four next Friday on the same date as the original broadcast.

The episode was shown for the first time in full since 1989 in January 2020 as part of the ongoing repeats series.

'Rocket' is one of the handful of performances uploaded to YouTube in recent years and for sale digitally.


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Top Of The Pops - 16th February 1989 Re-Broadcast

  • Friday, 16th February 2024 - BBC Four @ 8pm - Watch @ bbc.co.uk
  • Saturday, 17th February 2024 - BBC Four @ 12:30am (r)

Top Of The Pops - 16th February 1989

  • 01 - Def Leppard - Rocket
  • 02 - Simple Minds - Belfast Child (Promo Video)
  • 03 - Gloria Estefan - Can't Stay Away From You
  • 04 - Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Promo Video)
  • 05 - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians (Promo Video)
  • 06 - Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It? (Promo Video)
  • 07 - Debbie Gibson - Lost In Your Eyes (Promo Video)
  • 08 - Texas - I Don't Want A Lover
  • 09 - Sam Brown - Stop
  • 10 - The Style Council -Promised Land
  • 11 - Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (Promo Video)
  • 12 - S'Express - Hey Music Lover (Promo Video)

"Mark Goodier and Andy Crane present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 February 1989 and featuring Def Leppard, Gloria Estefan, Texas, Sam Brown and The Style Council."


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