Def Leppard has announced additional tour dates after canceling a handful after lead singer Joe Elliot needed time to rest his voice. Along with those dates, the band is gearing up for a tour extending from May through October with openers, REO Speedwagon and Styx.
Even with guitarist Vivian Campbell battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma since June 2013, the band is confident all five members will be present.
“I’m still dealing with the cancer; it keeps coming back,” he told Headlines and Global News. “It’s been three years, I’ve done three rounds of chemo, stem cell transplant and I really thought that would be it with the stem cell transplant, but no, it came back, so I’m kind of resigned to the fact that I’ll probably deal with it the rest of my life. But I’m really not at all concerned with it; it’s just maintenance. I put it on par with going to the dentist. It’s a little bit more involved than that, but it’s just something that I got to keep doing.”
The guitarist considered himself to be extremely fortunate: “I’m one of the lucky ones. I was diagnosed early and have great health insurance and good doctors and I’ve always been one step ahead of it and I continue to be so and I intend to be so.”
Def Leppard’s latest release reached Number 10 on the Billboard 200 due to their tracks like “Let’s Go” and “Dangerous.”
5/01 – Orlando, Fla. @ Moonstone Festival*
5/04 – Lafayette, La. @ Lafayette Cajundome*
5/05 – Corpus Christi, Texas @ American Bank Center Arena*
5/07 – Hidalgo, Texas @ State Farm Arena*
5/10 – Bossier City, La. @ CenturyLink Center
5/11 – Little Rock, Ark. @ Verizon Arena
5/13 – Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
5/15 – Uncasville, Ct. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
5/17 – Allentown, Pa. @ PPL Center
5/18 – Huntington, W.V. @ Big Sandy Superstore Arena
5/20 – Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center*
6/22 – Boston, Mass. @ Xfinity Center
6/24 – Bangor, Maine @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
6/25 – Quebec City, Quebec @ Centre Videotron
6/27 – Syracuse, N.Y. @ Lakeview Amphtheatre
6/29 – Hershey, Pa. @ Hershey Park Stadium
7/01 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Klipsch Music Center
7/02 – Chicago, Ill. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7/05 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
7/06 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Summerfest in Milwaukee
7/08 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ First Niagara Pavilion
7/09 – Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena
7/11 – Wantagh, N.Y. @ Nikon at Jones Beach
7/13 – Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/15 – Detroit, Mich. @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/16 – Toronto, Ontario @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
8/06 – Madison, Wis. @ Alliant Energy Center
8/08 – Evansille, Ind. @ Ford Center
8/10 – Bristow, Va. @ Jiffy Lube Live
8/12 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
8/13 – Raleigh, N.C. @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
8/17 – Birmingham, Ala. @ Oak Mountain Amphitheater
8/19 – Austin, Texas @ Austin 360 Amphitheatre
8/ 22 – Houston, Texas @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
8/24 – Dallas, Texas @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
8/26 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
8/ 27 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8/29 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center
8/31 – Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien PAC
9/14 – Billings, Mont. @ Metrapark Arena
9/16 – Salk Lake City, Utah @ USANA Ampitheatere
9/17 – Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center
9/19 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheatre
9/20 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
9/22 – Irvine, Calif. @ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
9/24 – Sacramento, Calif. @ Toyota Amphitheatre#
9/25 – Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
9/28 – Boise, Idaho @ Taco Bell Arena
9/30 – Eugene, Ore. @ Matthew Knight Arena
10/01 – Tacoma, Wash. @ Tacoma Dome
10/04 – Omaha, Neb. @ CenturyLink
10/05 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Xcel Center
10/07 – La Crosse, Wis. @ La Crosse Center Arena
10/08 – Toledo, Ohio @ Huntington Center
10/10 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa @ U.S. Cellular Center
* no REO Speedwagon | # no Tesla
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