Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour

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Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
Tour by Def Leppard and Journey
Start dateMay 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)
End dateOctober 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)
Legs4
No. of shows60
Def Leppard tour chronology
Def Leppard World Tour
(2015)
Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
(2018)
Hysteria & More Tour
(2018)
Journey tour chronology
Eclipse Tour
(2011–2017)
Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
(2018)
Freedom Tour
(2022–2024)

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.

Contents

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
Journey

Tour dates

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

Opening acts

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