Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour

The Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour[1][2] was a co-headlining tour by English rock band Def Leppard and American rock band Journey. The tour began in Hartford on May 21, 2018, and concluded in Inglewood on October 7, 2018.

Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour

Tour by Def Leppard and Journey
Start date	May 21, 2018
End date	October 7, 2018
Legs	4
No. of shows	60
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Background

On January 19, 2018, Def Leppard announced they would be sharing the stage with Journey over the summer on a 60-city tour.[3]

Setlists

Def Leppard

1. "Rocket"
2. "Animal"
3. "Foolin'"
4. "When Love & Hate Collide"
5. "Let's Get Rocked"
6. "Armageddon It"
7. "Rock On" (David Essex cover)
8. "Two Steps Behind"
9. "Man Enough"
10. "Love Bites"
11. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
12. "Switch 625"
13. "Hysteria"
14. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Encore

15. "Rock of Ages"
16. "Photograph"

Journey

1. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
2. "Be Good to Yourself"
3. "Only the Young"
4. "Neal Schon Guitar Solo"
5. "Stone in Love"
6. "Any Way You Want It"
7. "Lights"
8. "Jonathan Cain Piano Solo"
9. "Open Arms"
10. "Who's Crying Now"
11. "Chain Reaction"
12. "La Do Da"
13. "Wheel in the Sky"
14. "Faithfully"
15. "Don't Stop Believin'"

Encore

16. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[1][2][4]
May 21, 2018	Hartford	United States	XL Center	9,173 / 9,754	$957,081
May 23, 2018	Albany		Times Union Center	8,946 / 9,627	$834,051
May 25, 2018	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium	26,753 / 27,124	$1,894,641
May 26, 2018	Buffalo		KeyBank Center	10,453 / 11,176	$988,211
May 28, 2018	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	9,842 / 14,736	$1,057,643
May 30, 2018	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	9,026 / 10,416	$944,524
June 1, 2018	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	31,429 / 45,083	$2,446,520
June 2, 2018	Pittsburgh	United States	PPG Paints Arena	13,300 / 13,910	$1,354,735
June 5, 2018	Raleigh		PNC Arena	8,539 / 9,393	$882,229
June 6, 2018	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	13,604 / 14,142	$1,545,770
June 8, 2018	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live	21,079 / 21,983	$1,395,529
June 9, 2018	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	14,282 / 14,988	$1,636,666
June 11, 2018	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	10,265 / 13,545	$1,002,616
June 13, 2018	New York City		Madison Square Garden	12,407 / 12,407	$1,605,251
June 15, 2018	Newark		Prudential Center	10,879 / 10,879	$1,369,235
June 16, 2018	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena	9,834 / 11,400	$1,142,915
United States[4]
July 1, 2018	Atlanta	United States	SunTrust Park	32,801 / 32,801	$3,033,481
July 3, 2018	Noblesville		Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center	24,044 / 24,044	$1,347,998
July 4, 2018	Milwaukee		American Family Insurance Amphitheater	21,695 / 21,695	$1,761,608
July 6, 2018	Memphis		FedExForum	9,432 / 12,533	$1,057,740
July 7, 2018	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena	13,182 / 13,182	$1,189,095
July 9, 2018	Tulsa		BOK Center	11,226 / 11,226	$1,272,424
July 11, 2018	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	11,701 / 11,701	$1,186,767
July 13, 2018	Detroit		Comerica Park	31,383 / 31,383	$2,521,174
July 14, 2018	Chicago		Wrigley Field	35,528 / 35,528	$3,331,079
July 16, 2018	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena	8,560 / 8,560	$844,100
July 18, 2018	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center	9,353 / 9,353	$973,474
July 19, 2018	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena	10,247 / 11,164	$969,217
July 21, 2018	Denver		Coors Field	44,928 / 44,928	$3,820,813
July 23, 2018	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	10,642 / 10,642	$1,059,915
July 25, 2018	Kansas City		Sprint Center	11,754 / 11,754	$1,211,686
July 27, 2018	Minneapolis		Target Field	37,960 / 37,960	$3,333,263
July 28, 2018	Fargo		Fargodome	15,721 / 18,528	$1,470,695
United States
August 11, 2018	Boston	United States	Fenway Park	34,359 / 34,359	$3,636,511
August 13, 2018	Virginia Beach		Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater	N/A	N/A
August 15, 2018	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena
August 17, 2018	Sunrise		BB&T Center	14,251 / 14,251	$1,704,793
August 18, 2018	Tampa		Amalie Arena	15,054 / 15,054	$1,907,741
August 20, 2018	Birmingham		Legacy Arena	N/A	N/A
August 22, 2018	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	12,277 / 12,277	$1,424,915
August 24, 2018	St. Louis		Busch Stadium	31,865 / 33,420	$2,395,271
August 25, 2018	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	16,823 / 16,823	$1,774,623
August 27, 2018	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	12,593 / 12,593	$1,320,007
August 29, 2018	Dallas		American Airlines Center	14,295 / 14,998	$1,909,767
August 31, 2018	San Antonio		AT&T Center	15,419 / 15,419	$2,054,762
September 1, 2018	Houston		Toyota Center	21,184 / 21,184	$2,510,417
September 3, 2018
September 7, 2018	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena	13,597 / 13,597	$1,780,935
September 8, 2018	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena	15,428 / 15,428	$1,893,913
North America
September 18, 2018	Albuquerque	United States	Isleta Amphitheater	N/A	N/A
September 21, 2018	San Francisco		AT&T Park	35,617 / 35,617	$3,915,971
September 23, 2018	San Diego		Petco Park	34,300 / 37,999	$2,526,226
September 25, 2018	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena	11,748 / 11,748	$1,256,245
September 26, 2018	Nampa		Ford Arena	8,018 / 8,018	$835,230
September 28, 2018	Portland		Moda Center	14,035 / 14,035	$1,685,561
September 29, 2018	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre	21,837 / 21,934	$1,665,469
October 1, 2018	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	14,227 / 14,253	$1,245,170
October 4, 2018	Sacramento	United States	Golden 1 Center	13,907 / 13,907	$1,732,612
October 6, 2018	Inglewood		The Forum	24,020 / 24,020	$2,697,656
October 7, 2018
Total				—	—

Gross

The tour grossed $97.8 million, with 1,000,272 tickets sold.[5]

Personnel

Def Leppard Joe Elliott – lead vocals Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals Vivian Campbell – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals Rick Allen – drums, percussion, backing vocals with: Steve Brown – guitar, backing vocals (filled-in for Phil Collen due to a family emergency May 25–28)

Journey Arnel Pineda – lead vocals Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals Steve Smith – drums, percussion with: Travis Thibodaux – keyboards, backing vocals

Opening acts

• Peter Frampton (Toronto)
• The Pretenders (Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Denver)
• Cheap Trick (Minneapolis, Boston, St. Louis, San Diego)
• Foreigner (San Francisco)

References

1. "Tour". Def Leppard's Official Website. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
2. "Tour". Journey's Official Website. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
3. Grow, Kory (January 19, 2018). "Def Leppard's Joe Elliott Talks Massive Tour With Journey". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
4. Box score:
   • "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
   • "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
   • "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
   • "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
   • "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
5. https://www.pollstar.com/Chart/2018/12/2018YearEndTop100WorldwideTours_697.pdf TOP 100 Worldwide Tours