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Def Leppard Slang Tour Tour by Def Leppard Start date 27 May 1996 End date 24 April 1997 Legs 5 Shows 133 Def Leppard tour chronology Seven Day Weekend Tour Def Leppard Slang Tour Euphoria World Tour The Def Leppard Slang Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English hard rock band Def Leppard in support of their album Slang. It was the first Def Leppard tour since the early 1980s where the band used an end stage rather than the centre stage. The album itself was a radical departure from the band's signature sound.
Opening acts
Tripping Daisy
Terrorvision
Ceres (Monterrey, MX)Performers
- Joe Elliott - lead vocals
- Phil Collen - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Vivian Campbell - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Rick Savage - bass, backing vocals
- Rick Allen - drums
Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Asia 27 May 1996 Bangkok Thailand Hua Mark Indoor Stadium 30 May 1996 Singapore City Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 1 June 1996 Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta Convention Center 4 June 1996 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara 6 June 1996 Manila Philippines Folk Arts Theater 8 June 1996 Seoul South Korea Olympic Park Gymnasium 11 June 1996 Nagoya Japan Nagoya Century Hall 13 June 1996 Hiroshima Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall 14 June 1996 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace 17 June 1996 Osaka Osaka-jo Hall 18 June 1996 Tokyo Nippon Budokan 19 June 1996 21 June 1996 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium 22 June 1996 Sendai Sendai Sun Plaza North America 28 June 1996 Cuyahoga Falls United States Blossom Music Center 29 June 1996 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center 30 June 1996 Milwaukee Summer Festival 2 July 1996 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 3 July 1996 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater 5 July 1996 Tinley Park World Music Theatre 6 July 1996 Charlevoix Castle Farms 7 July 1996 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre 9 July 1996 Burgettstown Star Lake Amphitheatre 10 July 1996 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre 12 July 1996 Corfu United States Darien Lake 13 July 1996 Hartford Meadows Music Theater 14 July 1996 Camden E-Center 16 July 1996 Mansfield Great Woods 17 July 1996 Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheater 19 July 1996 Middletown Orange County Fair 20 July 1996 Scranton Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain 21 July 1996 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center 23 July 1996 Bristow Nissan Pavilion 24 July 1996 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Amphitheatre 26 July 1996 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre 27 July 1996 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion 28 July 1996 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 30 July 1996 St. Louis Riverport Amphitheatre 31 July 1996 Little Rock Riverfront Amphitheatre 2 August 1996 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre 3 August 1996 Austin South Park Meadows 4 August 1996 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 14 August 1996 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Amphitheatre 16 August 1996 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre 17 August 1996 Antioch Starwood Amphitheatre 18 August 1996 Lampe Black Oak Mountain 19 August 1996 Little Rock Barton Coliseum 20 August 1996 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden 21 August 1996 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater 23 August 1996 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 24 August 1996 Ogden Wolf Mountain 26 August 1996 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion 27 August 1996 San Diego Peterson Gym 29 August 1996 Irvine Irvine Meadows 30 August 1996 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 31 August 1996 Redwood City 2 September 1996 George The Gorge Amphitheatre 3 September 1996 Vancouver Canada GM Place 5 September 1996 Calgary Olympic Saddledome 6 September 1996 Edmonton Edmonton Coliseum 7 September 1996 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place 9 September 1996 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 11 September 1996 Sudbury Sudbury Arena 13 September 1996 Montreal Molson Centre 14 September 1996 Ottawa Corel Centre 15 September 1996 Quebec City Colisee Pepsi 17 September 1996 St. John Harbour Station 19 September 1996 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre 20 September 1996 Moncton Moncton Coliseum Europe 5 October 1996 Oslo Norway Oslo Spectrum 7 October 1996 Stockholm Sweden Cirkus 8 October 1996 Copenhagen Denmark KB Hallen 10 October 1996 Hamburg Germany Grosse Freiheit 11 October 1996 Berlin Tempodrom 12 October 1996 Hannover Music Hall 14 October 1996 Budapest Hungary Sports Hall 15 October 1996 Zilina Slovakia Sports Hall 16 October 1996 Prague Czech Republic Sports Hall 19 October 1996 Koln Germany E-Werk 20 October 1996 Paris France Zenith 22 October 1996 Neu-Isenburg Germany Hugenottenhalle 23 October 1996 Stuttgart Messe Congresscentrum 24 October 1996 Geneva Switzerland Arena 26 October 1996 San Sebastian Spain Polideportivo 27 October 1996 Barcelona Zeleste 28 October 1996 Madrid Riviera 30 October 1996 Lisbon Portugal Cascais Hall 3 November 1996 Innsbruck Austria Olympiahalle 4 November 1996 Vienna Kurhalle 5 November 1996 Munich Germany Circus Krone 7 November 1996 Milan Italy Palalido 8 November 1996 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion 10 November 1996 Luxembourg City Luxembourg Petange Centre Sportif 11 November 1996 Leuven Belgium Brabatnhall 14 November 1996 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena 15 November 1996 Birmingham Birmingham NEC 18 November 1996 Belfast Northern Ireland Kings Hall 20 November 1996 Dublin Ireland The Point Theatre 22 November 1996 Manchester England Manchester Arena 23 November 1996 Newcastle Newcastle Arena 24 November 1996 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow SECC 26 November 1996 London England Wembley Arena 27 November 1996 Africa 5 December 1996 Johannesburg South Africa Johannesburg Stadium 7 December 1996 Durban Kings Park Stadium 10 December 1996 Cape Town Green Point Stadium 11 December 1996 North America 2 April 1997 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Coca-Cola 4 April 1997 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 6 April 1997 Guatemala City Guatemala Plaza de Toros 8 April 1997 San Salvador El Salvador Estadio Nacional Adolfo Pineda 10 April 1997 Panama City Panama Parqueadero South America 12 April 1997 Bogota Colombia Parque Simón Bolívar 15 April 1997 Quito Ecuador Ruminahui Coliseum 18 April 1997 Santiago Chile Teatro MonumentalCANCELLED19 April 1997 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Gran Rex 20 April 1997 Dr. Jekyll Pub 22 April 1997 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Metropolitan 23 April 1997 São Paulo Olympia 24 April 1997 OlympiaCANCELLEDNorth America 27 April 1997 San Juan Puerto Rico Anfiteatro Luís Muñoz Marín Joe Elliott · Phil Collen · Vivian Campbell · Rick Savage · Rick Allen
Steve Clark · Pete Willis · Tony Kenning · Frank NoonStudio albums Live albums Compilations Retro Active · Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) · Best of Def Leppard · Rock of Ages: The Definitive CollectionCover albums Yeah!EPs The Def Leppard E.P. · Live: In the Clubs, in Your FaceVideography Historia · Live: In the Round, in Your Face · Visualize · Video Archive · Historia / Live: In the Round, in Your Face · Visualize / Video Archive · Classic Albums: Hysteria · Hysteria – The Def Leppard Story · Best of the Videos · Rock of Ages – The DVD CollectionSingles "Wasted" · "Rock Brigade" · "Hello America" · "Let It Go" · "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" · "Photograph" · "Rock of Ages" · "Foolin'" · "Too Late for Love" · "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix) · "Women" · "Animal" · "Pour Some Sugar on Me" · "Hysteria" · "Armageddon It" · "Love Bites" · "Rocket" · "Let's Get Rocked" · "Make Love Like a Man" · "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" · "Heaven Is" · "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" · "Tonight" · "Two Steps Behind" · "Action" · "Desert Song" · "Miss You in a Heartbeat" · "When Love & Hate Collide" · "Slang" · "Work It Out" · "All I Want Is Everything" · "Breathe a Sigh" · "Promises" · "Paper Sun" · "Goodbye" · "Day After Day" · "Now" · "Long, Long Way to Go" · "Four Letter Word" · "No Matter What" · "Rock On" · "20th Century Boy" · "Nine Lives" · "C'mon C'mon" · "Undefeated"Concert tours Def Leppard Early Tours 1978-1979 · On Through the Night World Tour · High 'n' Dry World Tour · Pyromania World Tour · Hysteria World Tour · Seven Day Weekend Tour · Def Leppard Slang Tour · Euphoria World Tour 1999-2001 · X World Tour 2002-2003 · Rock of Ages Tour 2005 · Yeah! Tour · Downstage Thrust Tour · Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Tour · Mirrorball Tour
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