Def Leppard Early Tours 1978-1979

Def Leppard Early Tours 1978-1979
Tour by Def Leppard
Start date	18 June 1978
End date	9 November 1979
Shows	78
Def Leppard tour chronology
Def Leppard Early Tours (1978 - 1979) On Through the Night World Tour (1980)

The Def Leppard Early Tours was a England/Scotland concert tour by English hard rock band Def Leppard. This was their first tour.

Setlist

• World Beyond The Sky
• The Overture
• Wasted
• Glad I'm Alive
• Ride Into The Sun
• When The Walls Came Tumblin' Down
• Answer To The Master
• Good Morning Freedom
• (Getcha) Rocks Off
• It Could Be You
• Misty Dreamer
• Beyond The Temple
• Sorrow Is a Woman
• Heat Street
• Hello America
• Rock Brigade
• Medicine Man
• Satellite

Covers

• Emerald (Thin Lizzy)
• Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy)
• Rosalie (Thin Lizzy)
• The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
• Suffragette City (David Bowie)
• Doctor, Doctor (UFO)

Performers

• Joe Elliott - lead vocals
• Pete Willis - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Steve Clark - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Rick Savage - bass, keyboards, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Rick Allen - drums
• Tony Kenning - drums (1978)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Spoon Factory rehearsals
?? December 1977	Sheffield	England	Stag Works
Early shows with Tony Kenning on drums
18 July 1978	Sheffield	England	Westfield School
26 August 1978			28th Sheffield Show
11 September 1978			The Limit Club
?? September 1978	Barnsley		Reform Club
?? September 1978	Sheffield		The Limit Club
?? October 1978			Broadfield Hotel Pub
English headline shows with Rick Allen on drums
25 November 1978	Hull	England	Fairview Recording Studios recording of The Def Leppard E.P.
26 November 1978
21 December 1978	Rotherham		Clifton Hall
?? December 1978	Mansfield		unknown
9 January 1979	Sheffield		(Cancelled)The Limit Club
10 January 1979			(Cancelled) Dialhouse Club
24 January 1979			Dialhouse Club
25 January 1979			Penthouse
26 January 1979	Retford		(Cancelled) Porterhouse
27 January 1979	Crowle		Community Centre
28 January 1979	Rotherham		Dickens Inn
8 February 1979	Sheffield		Wapentake Club
28 February 1979			Polytechnic
3 March 1979	Liverpool		Oscars
16 March 1979	Manchester		Miner's Welfare Club
17 March 1979	Barnsley		Reform Club
19 March 1979	Worsborough Dale		Workingmen's Club
10 May 1979	Leeds		Radio Leeds Studios
19 May 1979	Sheffield		Middlewood Club
23 May 1979	Worsborough Dale		Workingmen's Club
?? May 1979	Sheffield		Dialhouse Club
28 May 1979	Hull		Fairview Recording Studios
29 May 1979
2 June 1979	Sheffield		Dialhouse Club
5 June 1979			Crookes Workingmen's Club
12 June 1979			Hallam University
18 June 1979			High Green Liberal Club
23 June 1979	Manchester		University
25 June 1979	Leeds		University
26 June 1979	Sheffield		Crookes Workingmen's Club
30 June 1979	Manchester		University
7 July 1979	Retford		Porterhouse
23 July 1979	Barnsley		Reform Club
26 July 1979	Retford		Porterhouse
27 July 1979	Middlesbrough		Rock Gardens
10 August 1979	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair
17 August 1979	Newport, Isle of Wight		The Village
30 August 1979	Chesterfield		Fusion Hall
31 August 1979	Burton upon Trent		76 Club
1 September 1979	Sheffield		29th Sheffield Show
5 September 1979	Bolton		Swan Hotel Pub
4 September 1979	Blackpool		Norbeck Castle Hotel
7 September 1979	Wolverhampton		Lafayette Club
8 September 1979	Cromer		West Runton Pavilion
13 September 1979	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair Sammy Hagar support tour
14 September 1979	Manchester		Free Trade Hall Sammy Hagar support tour
15 September 1979	Birmingham		Odeon Sammy Hagar support tour
16 September 1979	London		Hammersmith Odeon Sammy Hagar support tour
?? September 1979			Olympic Studios
28 September 1979	Scraptoft		Student Union Building
29 September 1979	Nottingham		Nottingham Boat Club
English/Welsh headline shows
2 October 1979	London	England	Imperial College
4 October 1979	Wolverhampton		Civic Hall with Slade
5 October 1979	Middlesbrough		Rock Gardens
6 October 1979	Norwich		University of East Anglia with Slade
12 October 1979	Aberavon	Wales	9 Volts Club
13 October 1979	Nottingham	England	Nottingham University with Slade
15 October 1979	Birkenhead		Hamilton Club
Opening act for AC/DC
25 October 1979	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	(Cancelled)Mayfair
26 October 1979			Mayfair
27 October 1979	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo Theatre
28 October 1979
29 October 1979	Manchester	England	Apollo Theatre
30 October 1979
1 November 1979	London		Hammersmith Odeon
2 November 1979
3 November 1979
4 November 1979
5 November 1979	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
6 November 1979
8 November 1979	Stafford		Bingley Hall
9 November 1979	Leicester		De Montfort Hall