28 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD's SLANG Tour In LUXEMBOURG (Video)
Def Leppard played a Slang tour show in Petange, Luxembourg on 10th November 1996 and video footage is available.
The show took place at the Petange Le Centre Sportif.
The first time the band had played here since June 1981 on the High 'n' Dry tour.
The was filmed in full by an audience member.
The 24th date of the European 'Slang' tour which had begun in Oslo, Norway on 5th October.
The show lasted for around 1 hour 38 minutes with fellow UK band Terrorvision as the opening act.
The 20 song setlist featured four new songs from the 'Slang' album including the title track, 'Work It Out', 'Deliver Me' and current single 'Breathe A Sigh'.
Joe once again added a few lines from The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' at the end of 'Hysteria'.
A short snippet of Rolling Stones song 'Honky Tonk Women' was played during the intro to 'Rock Of Ages'.
Watch 'Work It Out' via the links and read Joe's onstage speeches including Joe speaking a bit of local language, Luxembourgish.
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Joe Elliott - Pre-Foolin' Speech
"Hey!. Hey, hey!. Hey, hey!. Gudden Owend (Good Evening). Luxembourg. How ya doing?. This next thing we're gonna do for ya is another song from our Pyromania album. And just for a change tonight, Vivian will introduce this one for ya."
Joe Elliott - Pre- Work It Out Intro
"Thank you. Thanks a lot. So you probably figured out already but we are on this little European jaunt right now because we've got a new album out called Slang!. Right now we'd like to do you a couple of things from that album."
Joe Elliott - BOTH Introduction
"Hey, you like that one don't ya?. Thank you. This next thing we're gonna do for ya will take you all the way back to about 1981 and the High 'n' Dry album."
Joe Elliott - After Switch 625
"Ladies and Gentleman the best f**king drummer in the world Mr. Rick Allen."
Joe Elliott - Two Steps Behind Introduction
"(after Vivian's Elvis snippet) Ladies and Gentleman Vivian Elvis Campbell. Of course we can't carry on without Mr Philip Flamenco Collen. How about a Rick Savage bass solo? (Sav - "I don't think so"). So Luxembourg how's your voices feeling tonight?. Here's one you can join in on alright."
Joe Elliott - Photograph Intro
"Thank you. Thanks very much. (after sing-along) Are you ready?. I said are you ready?!!!."
Joe Elliott - After PSSOM
"Thank you Luxembourg. Thanks for having us tonight. Take care of yourselves. We'll see you again soon. Goodnight."
Joe Elliott - Love Bites Intro
"We raise our glasses to you Luxembourg. Thank you."
Joe Elliott - Rock Of Ages Intro
"I am the god of hellfire and I bring you!. It's better to burn out, than fade away. Alright, get up come on!. We're Gonna Start A Fire Motherf**kers!."
Joe Elliott - End Of Show Speech
"Luxembourg. Once again thanks for having us. Thanks for coming down. Until next time. Do us a favour. Don't forget us, we won't forget you. Goodnight!."
Watch all the footage from the show on this YouTube Playlist including a video of the full show.
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