Def Leppard hits the road with Poison, Cheap Trick
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Def Leppard has unveiled a lengthy itinerary of North American dates that has the British rock icons sharing the stage with Poison and Cheap Trick . The 40-city trek gets underway June 23 in Camden, NJ, and will canvas the US before finishing up Sept. 6 in Southern California.
With more than three decades of material from which to pull, the arena rockers have a four-hour interactive show planned that will "begin the moment the doors open," according to a press release, using Bluetooth technology and text messaging to infiltrate the crowd. Tickets for the epic tour go on sale March 6 with Citi cardmembers getting a presale advantage beginning March 4.
Bret Michaels, frontman of tour mates Poison and star of his own VH1 reality dating show, said, "There is nothing better than an epic summer concert and this tour is a dream come true for rock 'n' roll fans. It will be a night of a thousand hits with three hard-charging rock bands on the road together."
Michaels is right about the hard-hitting trio: the three bands have combined sales of 100 million albums, with 65 million of those attributed to Def Leppard. The rockers' latest album, 2008's "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge," debuted at No. 5 on The Billboard 200.
June 2009
23 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
25 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
26 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
28 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
30 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
July 2009
1 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
3 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
4 - Toronto, Ontario - The Molson Amphitheatre
7 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
8 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
10 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
11 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
12 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
15 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
18 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
20 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
21 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
23 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
24 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 2009
7 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
8 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
11 - Pelham, AL - Verizon Wireless Center Birmingham
13 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
14 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre at State Fairgrounds
15 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
18 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
19 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
21 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
22 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
24 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
25 - Salt Lake City, UT - Usana Amphitheatre
28 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
29 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
30 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 2009
2 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
3 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
5 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
6 - Devore, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater
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