Tour statistics The Adrenalize "Seven Day Weekend" Tour was the first Def Leppard tour without guitarist Steve Clark, who died in January 1991 while the album was being recorded. The opening set varied each night, from playing the best hits from albums like On Through the Night, Slang, and Euphoria, to being the entire first half of High 'n' Dry. [citation needed], A fan of his local football club Sheffield United F.C., Elliott performed on two tracks to the soundtrack of the 1996 Sheffield-set motion picture, When Saturday Comes (featuring fellow Sheffield native Sean Bean as a star football player), the title track and an instrumental, "Jimmy's Theme".
[139], On 9 October 2018, Def Leppard received an induction nomination from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [85][86][87], In June 2013, Vivian Campbell announced that he had developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, a malignant form of cancer that affects the Reed-Sternberg cells, located in the lymph nodes. [106] When the tour stopped at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on 15 July, the show was recorded for future release. Tour (2006) 2006
On 11 June, Def Leppard announced further dates for their 2008 World Tour. [27] Def Leppard, however, expressed their dislike of the "glam metal" label, as they thought it did not accurately describe their look or musical style. During this period, Mutt Lange returned as producer. Among the guitarists who auditioned included Adrian Smith, John Sykes, and Gary Hoey. Appetite for Destruction: The Mick Wall Interviews. Again they were joined by Whitesnake; however, hard rock band Thunder supported at some of these shows.
[43], At the 1989 Brit Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Def Leppard were again a nominee for Best British Group, and the band performed "Pour Some Sugar on Me" at the ceremony. [128] By the release of the Hysteria album, the band had developed a distinctive sound featuring electronic drums and effects-laden guitar sounds overlaid with a multi-layered wall of husky, harmonised vocals. [123] Def Leppard's music is a mixture of hard rock, AOR, pop and heavy metal elements, with its multi-layered, harmonic vocals and its melodic guitar riffs. The band cited, "unforeseen personal matters", as the reason for the cancellations. Get the Def Leppard Setlist of the concert at La Crosse Center, La Crosse, WI, USA on August 30, 1992 from the Adrenalize Tour and other Def Leppard Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Berlin, Germany: I.P. Tour statistics (9 January 2008). In 2012, Kings of Chaos recorded their version of Deep Purple's classic, "Never Before" featuring Elliott singing lead vocals. [7] Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Def Leppard – brytyjski zespół muzyczny wykonujący muzykę z pogranicza hard rocka i glam metalu, powstały w 1977 roku w Sheffield.Czas największej popularności grupy to lata 80. oraz początek 90., kiedy to wydane zostały takie albumy jak Pyromania (1983) oraz Hysteria (1987), obie certyfikowane jako diamentowe w USA za sprzedaż 10 milionów kopii każda. Whitesnake continued to support Def Leppard for their Indian and Japanese dates. The disc pays homage to classic rock songs of their childhood, originally recorded by Blondie, The Kinks, Sweet, ELO, and Badfinger among others. Mainstream Rock chart, List of new wave of British heavy metal bands, "VIDEO: Viva! ", accusing the band of selling out to the American market. I regard all these guys as great friends and kind of part of my family, that's why it's so important for me to be here. [34] The other members of the band supported Allen's recovery and never sought a replacement. Hysteria is one of only a handful of albums that has charted seven singles or more on the US Hot 100: "Women" (#80), "Animal" (#19), "Hysteria" (#10), "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (#2), "Love Bites" (#1), "Armageddon It" (#3), and "Rocket" (#12).