DEF LEPPARD will return to the road this summer for an extensive tour across North America due to overwhelming demand. The Live Nation-promoted outing will storm through 55 cities across all parts of the U.S. and Canada. It is set to kick off on May 1 in Orlando, Florida and wrap on October 10 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joining DEF LEPPARD on their mighty summer outing are REO SPEEDWAGON and TESLA. Tickets will go on sale starting on March 4 at LiveNation.com. Said DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott: "I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and playing some great music with some great people for some of the most appreciative audiences in the world. It really is always a pleasure." Kevin Cronin of REO SPEEDWAGON said: "We played some shows with DEF LEPPARD in 2008 and it was an amazing musical marriage, a melodic rock extravaganza. We are ready to restart that fire in 2016." The dates are as follows: May 01 - Orlando, FL - Moonstone Festival (no REO SPEEDWAGON) May 4 - Lafayette, LA - Lafayette Cajundome* (no REO SPEEDWAGON May 05 - Corpus Christi, TX - American Bank Center Arena* (no REO SPEEDWAGON) May 07 - Hidalgo, TX - State Farm Arena*(no REO SPEEDWAGON) May 10 - Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center May 11 - Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena May 13 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex May 15 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena May 17 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center May 18 - Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena May 20 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center (no REO SPEEDWAGON) Jun. 22 - Boston, MA - Xfinity Center Jun. 24 - Bangor, ME - Darling's Waterfront Pavilion Jun. 25 - Quebec City, QC - Centre Videotron Jun. 27 - Syracuse, NY - Lakeview Amphtheatre Jun. 29 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium Jul. 01 - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center Jul. 02 - Chicago, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Jul. 05 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center Jul. 06 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest in Milwaukee Jul. 08 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion Jul. 09 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena Jul. 11 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Jul. 13 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center Jul. 15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre Jul. 16 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Aug. 06 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Aug. 08 - Evansille, IN - Ford Center Aug. 10 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live Aug. 12 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood Aug. 13 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Aug. 17 - Birmingham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheater Aug. 19 - Austin, TX - Austin 360 Amphitheatre Aug. 22 - Houston, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman Aug. 24 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion Aug. 26 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center Aug. 27 - ST. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Aug. 29 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center Aug. 31 - Darien Center, NY - Darien PAC Sep. 14 - Billings, MT - Metrapark Arena Sep. 16 - Salk Lake City, UT - USANA Ampitheatere Sep. 17 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center Sep. 19 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre Sep. 20 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion Sep. 22 - Irvine, CA - Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Sep. 24 - Sacramento, CA - Toyota Amphitheatre (no TESLA) Sep. 25 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre Sep. 28 - Boise, ID - Taco Bell Arena Sep. 30 - Eugene, OR - Matthew Knight Arena Oct. 01 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome Oct. 04 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Oct. 05 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Center Oct. 07 - La Crosse, WI - La Crosse Center Arena Oct. 08 - Toledo, OH - Huntington Center Oct. 10 - Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Cellular Center * STYX to appear DEF LEPPARD recently rescheduled several postponed tour dates with STYX and TESLA because Elliott was suffering from vocal issues. DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen told The Pulse Of Radio he and his bandmates always look forward to playing their hits out on the road. "Every night when someone's singing along — especially when there's a lot of young kids there, 16-year-olds and that — it is fresh, actually makes you feel really good when there's a whole new breed of people just singing away to songs that you've done," he said. "It doesn't really matter whether it's a new song or an old song, it's still our song, so it's a huge compliment. It really is, it's the best thing in the world." DEF LEPPARD's latest, self-titled album entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 10 with first-week sales of just over 30,000 units — nearly all from pure album sales. The album is the band's first studio effort since "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge" in 2008.
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