Refugee 7 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 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. [Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.] 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starfish 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 Hmmm. I would love to see Cheap Trick and Def Leppard, but Poison??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patty Petty 9 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 Oh come on, Nancy. You know you want Bret to talk dirty to ya! :003: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieB 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 I'm with you, Nancy. Plus, I've never been to one of these multi-band shows, but I can't imagine I'd like one. How much time does each band get? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PumpkinBumpkin 1 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 Sounds interesting, except I only like one Poison song,lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wild1forever 152 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 Def Leppard is one of the few bands I have never seen. This might be a fun show, and I can always bring earplugs to use during Poison's set, lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patty Petty 9 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 One of the best concerts I have ever seen in my concert going years, was when I saw them open for Billy Squier back in 1983. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
