Viva! Hysteria (concert residency)

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Viva! Hysteria
Residency by Def Leppard
Def Leppard-Viva Hysteria Promo Poster.jpg
Official promo poster
Location The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Associated album Hysteria
Start date22 March 2013
End date13 April 2013
No. of shows11
Def Leppard concert chronology

Viva! Hysteria is a concert residency by English rock band Def Leppard where the band played their 1987 album Hysteria in its entirety. [1]

Contents

The shows on 29 and 30 March were recorded and released on Viva! Hysteria , 22 October 2013.

Concert dates

Setlists

Opening setlists

All 11 nights, the band opened with a distinct setlist of mostly deep cuts. They performed as the fictitious Ded Flatbird, and dubbed themselves as "The world's greatest Def Leppard cover band." [2]

SongNightsDed Flatbird setlist
22 March23 March27 March29 March30 March3 April5 April6 April10 April12 April13 April
"Good Morning Freedom"41111
"Wasted"6225287
"Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)"6324352
"Foolin'"546343
"Promises"6569576
"When Love & Hate Collide"46456
"Let It Go"573143
"Slang"48263
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"49676
"Switch 625"410787
"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"41535
"Action"42622
"Another Hit And Run"43444
"Too Late For Love"44454
"Make Love Like a Man"3577
"Let's Get Rocked"47888
"On Through The Night"3111
"C'mon, C'mon"236
"Rock Brigade"45762
"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"3711
"Undefeated"288
"Stagefright"232
"Rock On"15

Hysteria setlist and encore

Each night after intermission, Def Leppard came back to perform Hysteria in its entirety. This started with Phil Collen on an elevated platform playing the intro to "Women". An important note is that these were the first shows to feature the band playing the whole album front to back. Accordingly, they played the songs in a true-to-album style. Notably, "Rocket" was neither the extended (Lunar mix) nor shortened (single/visualize edit) versions which have been played on recent tours, but a 2013 vintage of the Hysteria album version of the song, while "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was played with the original "Step inside, walk this way" intro as heard on the Hysteria album. Every night, the band played the same encore of its two biggest Pyromania hits, "Rock of Ages", and "Photograph".

  1. "Women"
  2. "Rocket"
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Love Bites"
  5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
  6. "Armageddon It"
  1. "Gods Of War"
  2. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"
  3. "Run Riot"
  4. "Hysteria"
  5. "Excitable"
  6. "Love and Affection"

Encore

  1. "Rock of Ages"
  2. "Photograph"

Personnel

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References

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  2. Ramirez, Carlos. "Def Leppard, 'VIVA Hysteria!' Opening Night Review: British Rockers Conquer Las Vegas (PHOTOS)". Noisecreep.