DEF LEPPARD Summer Stadium Tour 2024 In LOS ANGELES, CA (Show Report/Setlist)
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Def Leppard played a Summer Stadium Tour 2024 show last night in Los Angeles, CA with 18 songs performed.
The show took place at the 70,240 capacity SoFi Stadium.
The first show in this city since June 2024.
The second time at this venue.
LA Pyromania
The Summer Stadium Tour returned to California.
Just over two months since the band's first full show of the year for SiriuXM in the same city.
That show saw the live debut of 'Comin' Under Fire' after 41 years and in front of only 70 fans.
This venue is slightly bigger with a full capacity for sports events of just over 70,000.
A capacity crowd of 43,210 saw the band play, in Phil Collen's opinion, one of the best shows of their career here in August 2022.
Two years ago tomorrow in fact when the band played before Motley Crue on The Stadium Tour.
This show saw a return to the stadium that sits on the same complex as the old L.A Forum now known at KIA Forum.
Where Joe, Phil and Sav performed for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert a month after that show.
It was also the arena where the band recorded it's first released live album over two nights in September 1983 on the Pyromania tour.
So last night the Pyromania returned to Los Angeles.
Billy's Got A Gun
The Steve Miller Band opened at 6pm to be followed by Journey.
The sun set as they ended their show in darkness before it was time for the Pyro Clock countdown.
Just like the 2022 show many fans posted photos and video clips from this show.
There were also many great fan broadcasts throughout the night.
The crowd were singing along loudly right from the start and up into the Pyromania section.
Where this time 'Billy's Got A Gun' returned to be played once more in Los Angeles.
Happy Birthday Vivian Campbell
And then it was on to the acoustic section.
And one band member knew what was coming.
Yes, Joe told the crowd it was Vivian's birthday introducing him as the 'birthday boy' and getting the crowd to sing that familiar song.
Vivian raising him arms up to acknowledge the crowd as they sang to him.
Joe also got slightly tongue tied during this part as you can read below and see in the Fan Videos.
After the celebrations it was down to the last hits section with the four big ones in a row and ending as ever with a rousing PSSOM.
The ending captured live by fans and showing clearly another great night was had on this tour.
The 20th night in fact on The Summer Stadium Tour.
Up next a move up further north in California to the home of Journey.
Although unlike 2018 they will not be closing this one out as Def Leppard will end the night as they did in 2022 with Motley Crue.
18 Song Setlist
An 18 song setlist was played.
'Just Like '73' was played in this city for the first time.
Los Angeles History
The first visit to Los Angeles took place in September 1983 on the Pyromania tour for two shows at the L.A. Forum.
SoFi Stadium was played in August 2022 on The Stadium Tour with Motley Crue.
The second show in Los Angeles in 2024 after the SiriusXM event in June which was broadcast in audio/video form by the station.
Last night's show was the 15th overall performance in Los Angeles.
Although as Joe said before TSB technically Santa Monica is in Los Angeles so they did play the local area in May 1980.
They also played Santa Monica in 1981 so you could add two shows to that total making it 17.
The next Def Leppard show takes place in San Francisco, CA on 28th August.
Los Angeles 2024 Photos
Screenshots by dltourhistory.
Watch some Fan Videos from the show here.
Def Leppard - Los Angeles, CA 25th August 2024 Setlist
- 01 - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
- 02 - Rocket (Single Version)
- 03 - Foolin'
- 04 - Armageddon It
- 05 - Animal
- 06 - Love Bites
- 07 - Just Like '73
Played for the first time in Los Angeles.
- 08 - Billy's Got A Gun
Played for the third time in Los Angeles after being twice played in September 1983 at the LA Forum shows.
- 09 - Too Late For Love
- 10 - Die Hard The Hunter (Short Version)
- 11 - Two Steps Behind Short Version (Acoustic on Thrust Stage/Joe Elliott Only)
- 00 - Happy Birthday Vivian Campbell
- 12 - This Guitar (Acoustic on Thrust Stage)
- 13 - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (Acoustic/Electric on Thrust Stage)
- 14 - Switch 625 (Instrumental)
- 15 - Rock Of Ages
- 16 - Photograph
- 17 - Hysteria (Extended Outro)
- 18 - Pour Some Sugar On Me
- Def Leppard - Los Angeles 2024 Show Page
- Def Leppard - Def Leppard The Summer Stadium Tour 2024
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Joe led the crowd in singing the traditional song for Vivian's 62nd birthday.
Joe Elliott - Foolin' Intro
"Whoo. Hey Hey Good evening LA!."
"How ya doing?. How ya doing?!."
"Good to be here. Thanks for having us."
"So what have we got in store for you this evening?."
"Bit of everything but we're also, amongst this evening's festivities, gonna be celebrating the birthday of a very special album."
"The 40th birthday of Pyromania!."
Joe Elliott - Two Steps Behind Intro
"OK let's have a look at ya."
"Oh yeah. Los Angeles. First place we ever played in America."
"20th May 1980 at the Santa Monica Civic."
"And look where we...what's become of us. All you people, we're loving this."
"How's your singing voices feeling?."
"Come on this is LA. how's your singing voices?!."
"OK well if you know it, sing it."
Joe Elliott - This Guitar Intro/Vivian's Birthday
"Thank you very much!."
"Well that was just you and me."
"And right now we're gonna be joined on stage by three of the greatest singers in rock."
"Phil, Sav and the birthday boy on the guitar Vivian!."
"And Rick!. Oh yeah."
"So let's sing for Viv you ready?."
"Happy birthday to you..."
"Hoo hoo!. And many more!."
"Alright well we just sang for you. Sorry you sang for us."
"Let's get this right. You sang for us, (is that right? - off mic), you sang for us. now we will sing for you."
"Thus one that goes back just a couple of years to the Diamond Star Halos album."
"This one's called This Guitar."
Joe Elliott - End Of Show Speech
"Goodnight!."
"Unbelievable."
"All these years later."
"44 years since we first played in this area."
"Thank you for supporting this band for all that time."
"Amazing."
"We love ya. Thank you LA!."
"Thank you California!."
"Until next time. And there will be a next time!."
"Do us a big favour yeah."
"Don't forget us and we won't forget you."
"Goodnight!."
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