22 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD End X/Ten World Tour In MOSCOW, RUSSIA
By Alesha
Def Leppard ended the 2002/2003 X/Ten world tour in Moscow, Russia on this day in 2003.
The show took place at the Luzhniki Palace Of Sports.
Their first ever visit the the city after making their Russian debut in St. Petersburg on the 22nd.
The 'X/Ten' album had been released in July/August 2002 and initially promoted with a sporadic four month promo tour.
The main world tour had begun in Sendai, Japan on 17th November 2002.
The 151 date world tour took the band across Japan, USA/Canada, UK,Ireland, and Europe.
Between 22 and 24 songs were played each night for the first four or five months of the tour.
On the first night in Sendai the band opened the show with the first ever playing of 'Ring Of Fire' which featured some co-lead vocal parts by Rick Savage.
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