Green Day, Def Leppard 'mega' tours announce new 2021-'22 dates in Minneapolis

Def Leppard is bringing on the heartache for Twin Cities fans again in 2021, but Green Day offered up some good news about when it will come around.

The already-once-postponed mega tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett has been put off for a second year. The new date at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is set for Aug. 14, 2022, alongside a new itinerary for the rest of the tour. Tickets to the original date(s) will be honored then, and more seats are now on sale.

Green Day's Hella Mega Tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy has only been postponed by a couple weeks at Target Field — from Aug. 11 to Aug. 23. Same story on tickets.

The timing is still rocky for these big rock tours.

While most of Minnesota's COVID-19 restrictions for large events are being rolled back as vaccine numbers rise, the tours have to contend with stricter rules in other states as well as in Europe (where the Hella Mega Tour was called off entirely for this summer).

"U.S., it's the moment you've all been waiting for," Hella Mega organizers announced Monday via Twitter. Green Day released a new single, "Pollyanna," to coincide with the news that it tour was still on for summer.

U.S. Bank Stadium already announced summer 2021 postponements by Kenny Chesney and George Strait. There is still one date at the Vikings' stadium that hasn't been moved a second time: Pyro-loving German metal band Rammstein is still planning to play there Sept. 3.

As for the Rolling Stones — who never even bothered to set any 2021 makeup dates for their 2020 tour — tickets to their postponed U.S. Bank Stadium appearance are still on sale even without any date on the calendar. Hey Mick: Unlike you, the rest of us ain't getting any younger.

Target Field also still has Guns N' Roses listed on the 2021 calendar for July 16, but word among GNR watchers is their tour (which includes many international dates) is likely to be postponed again.

More outdoor concerts were newly added to the calendar up in Waite Park near St. Cloud, where the soon-to-open Ledge Amphitheater will host the Beach Boys on Aug. 11 and 311 on Sept. 12. The 80-somethings and '90s rockers are the first two acts confirmed at the new 6,000-person outdoor venue, built in a former quarry to the tune of about $15 million, about a third of which was paid in state bonding.

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