Def Leppard & Journey Plot Summer Stadium Tour With Big-Name Openers
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Don’t stop believin’ in the hysteria.
Megaplatinum rock stalwarts Def Leppard and Journey are gearing up to hit the road for a North American summer stadium tour starting July 6 in St. Louis. The 23-show jaunt runs through September 8 in Denver and will feature fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller and his band on the bulk of the dates, with Cheap Trick or Heart on the others.
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The trek will hit Citi Field in metro New York on August 7 and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on August 25, both featuring Miller. See the full itinerary below.
The two headliners have toured together over the decades, but this is their first co-starring stadium affair. Def Leppard hit the huge U.S. and Canadian venues in 2022 for a Covid-delayed tour with Mötley Crüe in 2022.
San Francisco-based Journey has moved more than 49 million albums in the U.S. alone, paced by their 15 million-selling 1988 Greatest Hits. The Neal Schon-led group’s 1981 smash Escape, featuring the ever-popular “Don’t Stop Believin’,” is RIAA-certified Diamond for sales on 10 million units.
English quintet Def Leppard has sold more than 35.5 million albums in the U.S. alone is among the rare acts with two Diamond-certified albums with 1983’s Pyromania and 1987’s Hysteria. Fronted by Joe Elliott since 1977, the band is known for such popular tracks as “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Photograph” and its lone No. 1 U.S. pop single “Love Bites.”
Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, and Def Leppard followed two years later. Steve Miller is a 2016 inductee, the Wilson sisters’ Heart joined that party in 2013 and Cheap Trick in 2016.
Here are the dates and openers for the Def Leppard/Journey tour:
DATE | MARKET | VENUE | SUPPORT |
July 6 | St Louis | Busch Stadium | Cheap Trick |
July 10 | Orlando | Camping World Stadium | Cheap Trick |
July 13 | Atlanta | Truist Park | Steve Miller Band |
July 15 | Chicago | Wrigley Field | Steve Miller Band |
July 18 | Detroit | Comerica Park | Steve Miller Band |
July 20 | Nashville | Nissan Stadium | Steve Miller Band |
July 23 | Philadelphia | Citizens Bank Park | Steve Miller Band |
July 25 | Hershey, PA | Hersheypark Stadium | Steve Miller Band |
July 27 | Pittsburgh | PNC Park | Steve Miller Band |
July 30 | Cleveland | Progressive Field | Heart |
August 2 | Toronto | Rogers Centre | Heart |
August 5 | Boston | Fenway Park | Heart |
August 7 | Flushing, NY | Citi Field | Steve Miller Band |
August 12 | Arlington, TX | Globe Life Field | Steve Miller Band |
August 14 | Houston | Minute Maid Park | Steve Miller Band |
August 16 | San Antonio | Alamodome | Steve Miller Band |
August 19 | Minneapolis | Target Field | Steve Miller Band |
August 23 | Phoenix | Chase Field | Steve Miller Band |
August 25 | Los Angeles | SoFi Stadium | Steve Miller Band |
August 28 | San Francisco | Oracle Park | Steve Miller Band |
August 30 | San Diego | Petco Park | Steve Miller Band |
September 4 | Seattle | T-Mobile Park | Cheap Trick |
September 8 | Denver | Coors Field | Cheap Trick |
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