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The World Tour – New U.S. Dates!

HELLO AMERICA! Just Announced – New USA dates for The World Tour 2023 with Motley Crue and Alice Cooper 🤘

Fri, 12/9 10am local – Rock Brigade Presale Tues, 12/13 10am local – Citi Presale Thurs, 12/15 10am – LN/Local/Venue Presale Fri, 12/16 10am local – Onsale

Sat Aug 05 Syracuse, NY Tue Aug 08 Columbus, OH Fri Aug 11 Fargo, ND Sun Aug 13 Omaha, NE Wed Aug 16 Tulsa, OK Fri Aug 18 El Paso, TX

Head to DefLeppard.com/tour for all tickets and info!

Def Leppard And Mötley Crüe Announce 2023 U.S. Dates For ‘The World Tour’ Following Massively Successful North American Stadium Run

with Special Guest Alice Cooper

Hot off the heels of the biggest North American stadium tour of 2022 with more than 1.3 million tickets sold, the world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends  Def Leppard and  Mötley Crüe  are going global in 2023 with their co-headline ‘The World Tour’ along with special guest Alice Cooper.  After the launch of European and Latin American dates, the U.S. dates have been announced today.

Produced by Live Nation, the U.S. leg of the world tour kicks off on August 5 th  in Syracuse, NY. The bands will bring their electrifying stage shows across America throughout the month of August including being the first ever show at the H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, OK. 

“After finally getting back on the road this past summer, we’re beyond thrilled to bring this massive tour to a global audience including some special dates in America!” said Joe Elliott of Def Leppard.

“We had an incredible time playing The Stadium Tour in North America this summer and we truly can’t wait to take the show around the globe with  The WORLD Tour  in 2023. Crüeheads get ready because we have a few amazing U.S. dates set for you!” Mötley Crüe said in a joint statement.

TICKETS:   Check local listings for complete details including VIP offerings. To purchase tickets please visit  motley.com  &  defleppard.com .

Citi is the official card of  ‘The World Tour’ . Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, December 13 th  at 10am local time until Thursday, December 15 th  at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com . 

Tickets to the general public will go on sale on Friday, December 16 th  at 10am local time for all shows.

THE WORLD TOUR DATES: 

Saturday, August 5        Syracuse, NY                JMA Wireless Dome

Tuesday, August 8        Columbus, OH              Ohio Stadium

Friday, August 11          Fargo, ND                     Fargodome

Sunday, August 13        Omaha, NE                   Charles Schwab Field Omaha

Wednesday, August 16  Tulsa, OK                     H.A. Chapman Stadium

Friday, August 18          El Paso, TX                  Sun Bowl

CURRENTLY ON-SALE

Fri, Feb 10, 2023           Atlantic City, NJ                          Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena^

Sat, Feb 11, 2023         Atlantic City, NJ                        Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena^

Sat, Feb 18, 2023          Mexico City, Mexico                   Foro Sol

Tue, Feb 21, 2023         Monterrey, Mexico                     Estadio Banorte

Sat, Feb 25, 2023          Bogota, Colombia                      Parque Simon Bolivar

Tue, Feb 28, 2023         Lima, Peru                                Estadio Nacional

Fri, Mar 3, 2023             Santiago, Chile                          Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida

Tue, Mar 7, 2023          Sao Paulo, Brazil                       Allianz Parque

Mon, May 22, 2023        Sheffield, UK                             Bramall Lane

Thu, May 25, 2023         Mönchengladbach, Germany     SparkassenPark

Sat, May 27, 2023        Munich, Germany                      Koenigsplatz

Mon, May 29, 2023        Budapest, Hungary                    MVM Dome

Wed, May 31, 2023       Krakow, Poland                          TAURON Arena Kraków

Fri, Jun 2, 2023              Prague, Czech Republic            Prague Rocks *

Sat, Jun 3, 2023             Hannover, Germany                  Expo Plaza

Wed, Jun 7, 2023          Solvesborg, Sweden                  Sweden Rock Festival *

Fri, Jun 9, 2023              Hyvinkää, Finland                      RockFest *

Sun, Jun 11, 2023         Trondheim, Norway                   Trondheim Rocks *

Wed, Jun 14, 2023       Copenhagen, Denmark              COPENHELL *

Sun, Jun 18, 2023         Dessel, Belgium                         Graspop Metal Meeting *

Tue, Jun 20, 2023         Milan, Italy                                 Ippodromo SNAI San Siro

Fri, Jun 23, 2023           Lisbon, Portugal                         Passeio Maritimo de Alges

Sat, Jun 24, 2023          Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain          Auditorio Miguel Ríos

Tue, Jun 27, 2023         Thun, Switzerland                      Stockhorn Arena

Sat, Jul 1, 2023              London, UK                                Wembley Stadium

Sun, Jul 2, 2023             Lytham, UK                                Lytham Festival *

Tue, Jul 4, 2023                         Dublin, Ireland                            Marlay Park

Thu, Jul 6, 2023                         Glasgow, UK                              Hampden Park

^  no Alice Cooper

*  Festival Date

ABOUT THE BANDS:

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as the world’s greatest live rock band. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages”, Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full recording catalogue worldwide via streaming and download platforms. As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again, which found their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK (36 years after the album had charted at No 1 in the Billboard charts). Def Leppard also had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalogue albums chart. The band have gone on to amass a staggering 5.5 billion streams since 2018, reaching a younger 18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of their fanbase. Additionally, the band have garnered an impressive 15 million followers across their social media platforms. In May 2022, Def Leppard released their twelfth studio album Diamond Star Halos. The album debuted at #1 on the Apple and Amazon Music charts. The album also scored a Top 10 debut on North America’s Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, marking the band’s eighth Top 10 album of their career, and garnered a #1 debut on Billboard’s Hard Rock chart. Diamond Star Halos had numerous Top 10 chart entries globally including a Top 5 debut in the UK. Following the close of their historic 2018 co-headline stadium and arena run in North America, Def Leppard sold in excess of 1,000,000 tickets and the tour grossed over $100,000,000.00, a massive feat in today’s touring world. Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe topped that number yet again with another sold out North American stadium run in 2022 selling over 1.3 million tickets which grossed a staggering $173,500,000.00. As always, the group keep pushing the boundaries with their electrifying live shows.

Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet —Vince Neil (vocals), Nikki Sixx (bass), Tommy Lee (drums) and Mick Mars (guitars) —  has commandeered the rock pantheon for 41 years. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, garnered 7 USA platinum and multi-platinum albums, 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, 6 Top 20 pop singles, 3  Grammy  nominations, 5  New York Times  best-selling books, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a  Netflix  hit movie. Mötley Crüe continues touring the world with John 5 on guitar as they push the visual limits of live performance. 

Mötley Crüe  have amassed over 5 billion streams across digital platforms and the band has over 8 million followers on social media. Known for their iconic live performances, the band has sold-out countless tours across the globe in front of millions of fans with groundbreaking production highlights such as Tommy Lee’s drum-rollercoaster and Nikki Sixx’s flame-throwing-bass. They  pioneered the Las Vegas rock residency with a sold out run in 2012. Mötley Crüe’s hit songs  such as “Kickstart My Heart” and “Home Sweet Home” are frequently licensed by major brands such as  NASCAR, Dodge, Coldwell Banker, Carl’s Jr. and KIA  to name a few and their music can be heard on TV hit shows such as  Stranger Things  and  Cobra Kai  amongst many others.

The band’s biography “The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band” became a New York Times best-seller in 2001 and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Members of the band have authored 4 additional  New York Times  best-selling books since. In 2019 Netflix premiered “The Dirt” biopic based on the bestselling book which became a global hit movie scoring a 94% positive audience score on  Rotten Tomatoes . As a result, Mötley Crüe gained an entire new generation of young fans who discovered the band through the movie and further solidified their iconic status, relevance and the timelessness of their songwriting. 

Fans of the band are also able to buy/rent  The Retaliators  movie on VOD platforms now; Nikki Sixx co-wrote the haunting theme song “21 Bullets”and Tommy Lee makes a cameo appearance in the rock-infused thriller movie. For more info go to  www.retaliatorsmovie.com     

Mötley Crüe remains a huge global draw 41 years into their career and, in the summer of 2022 co-headlined a nearly sold out North American stadium tour with Def Leppard. The tour is set to travel to the rest of the world in 2023. 

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock audiences of all ages.  Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.

His 2021 album “Detroit Stories,” inspired by his hometown’s legacy of rock, debuted on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart at #1, and his recent “Live From The Astroturf” video/audio release recently did the same on the UK’s Official Music Video Chart.  

While preparing two new albums for 2023 release, Alice continues to do his nightly “Nights With Alice Cooper” syndicated radio show, and still manages to tour up to six months each year on the road.  Alice Cooper continues to bring his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.

BAND WEBSITES:

www.defleppard.com

www.motley.com

www.alicecooper.com

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Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, and Alice Cooper Announce 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

By Jazz Monroe

After wrapping up a huge North American tour, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard are extending their jaunt with a string of U.S. dates. Alice Cooper will support the dates. (Original support acts Joan Jett and Poison have bowed out.) Check out the dates below.

Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott said in a press release, “After finally getting back on the road this past summer, we’re beyond thrilled to bring this massive tour to a global audience including some special dates in America!”

Mötley Crüe added, “We had an incredible time playing The Stadium Tour in North America this summer and we truly can't wait to take the show around the globe with The World Tour in 2023. Crüeheads get ready because we have a few amazing U.S. dates set for you!”

In 2019, the year the tour was first announced, Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Read Pitchfork’s review of Mötley Crüe’s Netflix biopic, The Dirt .

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Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe:

08-05 Syracuse, NY - JMA Wireless Dome ^ 08-08 Columbus, OH - Ohio Stadium ^ 08-11 Fargo, ND - Fargodome ^ 08-13 Omaha, NE - Charles Schwab Field Omaha ^ 08-16 Tulsa, OK - H.A. Chapman Stadium ^ 08-18 El Paso, TX - Sun Bowl Stadium ^ 02-10 Atlantic City, NJ - Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena ^ 02-11 Atlantic City, NJ - Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena ^ 02-18 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol ^ 02-21 Monterrey, Mexico - Estadio Banorte ^ 02-25 Bogotá, Colombia - Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park ^ 02-28 Lima, Peru - Estadio Nacional ^ 03-03 Santiago, Chile - Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida ^ 03-07 São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque ^ 05-22 Sheffield, England - Bramall Lane ^ 05-25 Mönchengladbach, Germany - SparkassenPark ^ 05-27 Munich, Germany - Koenigsplatz ^ 05-29 Budapest, Hungary - MVM Dome ^ 05-31 Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena Kraków ^ 06-02 Prague, Czech Republic - Prague Rocks 06-03 Hannover, Germany - Expo Plaza ^ 06-07 Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival 06-09 Hyvinkää, Finland - RockFest 06-11 Trondheim, Norway - Trondheim Rocks 06-14 Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhell 06-18 Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting 06-20 Milan, Italy - Ippodromo SNAI San Siro ^ 06-23 Lisbon, Portugal - Passeio Maritimo de Alges ^ 06-24 Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain - Auditorio Miguel Ríos ^ 06-27 Thun, Switzerland - Stockhorn Arena ^ 07-01 London, England - Wembley Stadium ^ 07-02 Lytham, England - Lytham Festival 07-04 Dublin, Ireland - Marlay Park ^ 07-06 Glasgow, Scotland - Hampden Park ^

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Motley Crue + Def Leppard Add U.S. Dates to 2023 World Tour, Announce Alice Cooper as Special Guest

Motley Crue and Def Leppard had one of the biggest grossing tours of 2022, and they'll be back out on the road sharing their shows with the rest of the world in 2023. While shows in Mexico, South America and Europe have already been revealed, they also just announced a handful of shows for U.S. audiences as well. And they revealed that the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper will be joining them on their 2023 run on select dates.

Dubbed "The World Tour," things will get underway Feb. 10 and 11 with the previously announced shows in Atlantic City before jetting off to Mexico City for a Feb. 18 show that will keep them in Mexico and South America for a run. Then in May, "The World Tour" heads to the U.K. and Europe for dates carrying over into the summer.

Finishing out their run, the acts will return stateside to play six newly announced shows in the U.S. this August starting Aug. 5 in Syracuse, New York. All the dates for the Live Nation-backed run are listed below.

“After finally getting back on the road this past summer, we’re beyond thrilled to bring this massive tour to a global audience including some special dates in America!” said Joe Elliott of Def Leppard.

"We had an incredible time playing The Stadium Tour in North America this summer and we truly can't wait to take the show around the globe with The WORLD Tour in 2023. Crüeheads get ready because we have a few amazing U.S. dates set for you!" Mötley Crüe said in a joint statement.

The new Motley Crue dates will also be the first to feature John 5 as a touring member of the band. The group announced earlier this year that Mick Mars , while remaining a member of Motley Crue, would be  retiring from touring with John 5 coming on board to fill in.

Be sure to check out complete ticketing details in local markets including VIP offerings. You can get your tickets via both the Motley Crue and Def Leppard websites. It should also be noted that Citi is the official card of "The World Tour" and Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets starting Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 10AM local time through Thursday, Dec. 15 at 10PM local time. Visit the Citi Entertainment website for pre-sale details. All other tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Dec. 16 at 10AM local time.

See the full 2023 for Motley Crue and Def Leppard's "The World Tour" below.

Motley Crue / Def Leppard / Alice Cooper New U.S. Tour Dates

Aug. 5 - Syracuse, N.Y. @ JMA Wireless Dome Aug. 8 - Columbus, Ohio @ Ohio Stadium Aug. 11 - Fargo, N.D. @ Fargodome Aug. 13 - Omaha, Neb. @ Charles Schwab Field Omaha Aug. 16 - Tulsa, Okla. @ H.A. Chapman Stadium Aug. 18 - El Paso, Texas @ Sun Bowl Stadium

Previously Announced "World Tour" Dates Currently On Sale

Feb. 10 - Atlantic City, N.J. @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena^ Feb. 11 - Atlantic City, N.J. @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena^ Feb. 18 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol Feb. 21 - Monterrey, Mexico @ Estadio Banorte Feb. 25 - Bogota, Colombia @ Parque Simon Bolivar Feb. 28 - Lima, Peru @ Estadio Nacional March 3 - Santiago, Chile @ Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida March 7 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Allianz Parque May 22 - Sheffield, U.K. @ Bramall Lane May 25 - Mönchengladbach, Germany @ SparkassenPark May 27 - Munich, Germany @ Koenigsplatz May 29 - Budapest, Hungary @ MVM Dome May 31 - Krakow, Poland @ TAURON Arena Kraków June 2 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Prague Rocks * June 3 - Hannover, Germany @ Expo Plaza June 7 - Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival * June 9 - Hyvinkää, Finland @ RockFest * June 11 - Trondheim, Norway @ Trondheim Rocks * June 14 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ COPENHELL * June 18 - Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting * June 20 - Milan, Italy @ Ippodromo SNAI San Siro June 23 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Passeio Maritimo de Alges June 24 - Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain @ Auditorio Miguel Ríos June 27 - Thun, Switzerland @ Stockhorn Arena July 1 - London, U.K. @ Wembley Stadium July 2 - Lytham, U.K. @ Lytham Festival * July 4 - Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park July 6 - Glasgow, U.K. @ Hampden Park

^ no Alice Cooper * Festival Date

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Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe have announced another round of U.S. dates together for 2023. The multi-platinum glam rock outfits hit the road together earlier this year on ‘ The Stadium Tour ‘ with Poison , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and more opening. That run proved to be highly successful, with Billboard reporting that it grossed some $173,474,649 million across 35 shows.

This new leg of the trek will find Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe joined by Alice Cooper and will run as follows:

08/05 Syracuse, NY – JMA Wireless Dome 08/08 Columbus, OH – Ohio Stadium 08/11 Fargo, ND – Fargodome 08/13 Omaha, NE – Charles Schwab Field Omaha 08/16 Tulsa, OK – H.A. Chapman Stadium 08/18 El Paso, TX – Sun Bowl Stadium

Ticketing details:

Artist pre sale – Fri, 12/9 10am local Citi Presale – Tues, 12/13 10am local General Onsale – Fri, 12/16 10am local

Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe have also lined up some other shows together for 2023. Those stops include:

02/10 Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 02/11 Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 02/18 Mexico City, MEX – Foro Sol 02/21 Monterrey, MEX – Borrego Sports Center 02/25 Bogota, COL – Parque Metropolitano Simon Bolivar 02/28 Cercado De Lima, PER – Estadio Nacional 03/03 La Florida, CHL – Estadion Bicentenario de La Florida 03/07 Sao Paulo, BRA – Allianz Parque 03/09 Curitiba, BRA – Couto Pereira Stadium 03/11 Porto Alegre, BRA – Arena do Gremio

05/22 Sheffield, UK – Bramall Lane 05/25 Monchengladbach, GER – SparkassenPark 05/27 Munchen, GER – King’s Square 05/29 Budapest, HUN – MVM Dome 05/31 Krakow, POL – Tauron Arena 06/02 Hlavni Mesto Praha, CZE – Prague Rocks 06/03 Hannover, GER – Expo Plaza 06/07 Solvesborg, SWE – Sweden Rock Festival 06/09 Hyvinkaa, FIN – Rockfest Finland 06/11 Trondheim, NOR – Trondheim Rocks 06/15 Kobenhavn, DEN – Copenhell 06/18 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting 06/20 Milano, ITA – Ippodromo del Galoppo di San Siro 06/23 Oeiras, POR – Passeio Maritimo de Alges 06/24 Rivas-Vaciamadrid, SPA – Auditorio Miguel Rios 06/27 Thun, SWI – Stockholm Arena 07/01 London, UK – Wembley Stadium 07/02 Lytham Saint Annes, UK – Lytham Festival 07/04 Rathfarnham, IRE – Marlay Park 07/06 Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park

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Motley Crue and Def Leppard Add More US Shows With Alice Cooper

Motley Crue and Def Leppard have announced six more U.S. stadium shows for 2023, this time with support from Alice Cooper .

The new string of dates begin on Aug. 5 in Syracuse, N.Y., and end on Aug. 18 in El Paso, Texas. The announcement comes shortly after Motley Crue and Def Leppard confirmed two February 2023 shows at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, N.J., which will serve as a warm-up for their four-month tour of Latin America and Europe.

Tickets for the new U.S. shows will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 16. You can see the new dates — and the previously announced concerts — below.

"After finally getting back on the road this past summer, we're beyond thrilled to bring this massive tour to a global audience including some special dates in America," Def Leppard's Joe Elliott said in a statement.

Motley Crue said they "had an incredible time playing the Stadium Tour in North America this summer and we truly can't wait to take the show around the globe with the World Tour in 2023. Crueheads get ready because we have a few amazing U.S. dates set for you!"

The 2023 shows will mark Motley Crue's first with John 5 , who is serving as a touring replacement  for guitarist Mick Mars  after his  retirement from the road .

Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Alice Cooper 2023 U.S. Tour Aug. 5 - Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome Aug. 8 - Columbus, OH @ Ohio Stadium Aug. 11 - Fargo, ND @ Fargodome Aug. 13 - Omaha, NE @ Charles Schwab Field Omaha Aug. 16 - Tulsa, OK @ H.A. Chapman Stadium Aug. 18 - El Paso, TX @ Sun Bowl Stadium

Motley Crue and Def Leppard 2023 World Tour (Previously Announced) Feb. 10 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Feb. 11 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Feb. 18 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol Feb. 21 - Monterrey, Mexico @ Estadio Banorte Feb. 25 - Bogota, Colombia @ Parque Simon Bolivar Feb. 28 - Lima, Peru @ Estadio Nacional March 3 - Santiago, Chile @ Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida March 7 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Allianz Parque May 22 - Sheffield, UK @  Bramall Lane May 25 - Monchengladbach, Germany @ SparkassenPark May 27 - Munich, Germany @ Koenigsplatz May 29 - Budapest, Hungary @ MVM Dome May 31 - Krakow, Poland @ Tauron Arena Krakow June 2 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Prague Rocks * June 3 - Hannover, Germany @ Expo Plaza June 7 - Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival * June 9 - Hyvinkaa, Finland @ RockFest * June 11 - Trondheim, Norway Trondheim Rocks * June 14 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell * June 18 - Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting * June 20 - Milan, Italy @ Ippodromo SNAI San Siro June 23 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Passeio Maritimo de Alges June 24 - Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain @ Auditorio Miguel Ríos June 27 - Thun, Switzerland @ Stockhorn Arena July 1 - London, UK @ Wembley Stadium July 2 - Lytham, UK @ Lytham Festival * July 4 - Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park July 6 - Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park * Festival dates

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Mötley Crüe  have a busy 2023 ahead of them. Next summer, the glam-metal titans will embark on a U.S. mini-tour with  Def Leppard  and  Alice Cooper . 

The announcement comes on the heels of the news that John 5 will be stepping in as the Crüe's new touring guitarist, replacing Mick Mars onstage due to the founding axman's "ongoing painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.)."

The band's first-ever shows with 5 (known for his many years in Rob Zombie's band) will go down February 10th and 11th in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and then they'll embark on a lengthy world tour throughout the winter and spring of 2023, hitting Europe, South America and the U.K. before returning home to the U.S. for the aforementioned summer run. 

The trek kicks off August 5th in Syracuse, NY, and will include stops in the Midwest before concluding in El Paso, TX, on August 18th. General tickets go on sale December 16th at 10 a.m. local time and you can get yours here . See the dates below. 

Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper 2023 U.S. tour dates: Saturday, August 5        Syracuse, NY                JMA Wireless Dome Tuesday, August 8        Columbus, OH              Ohio Stadium Friday, August 11          Fargo, ND                     Fargodome Sunday, August 13        Omaha, NE                   Charles Schwab Field Omaha Wednesday, August 16  Tulsa, OK                     H.A. Chapman Stadium Friday, August 18          El Paso, TX                   Sun Bowl Stadium

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Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe Announce 2023 U.S. Tour Dates with Alice Cooper

The string of shows are the latest additions to the groups’ World Tour

Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe have added a string of U.S. tour dates to their 2023 itinerary. In August, the bands will play six shows with very special guest Alice Cooper. In 2014 and 2015, Alice Cooper served as special guest on Mötley Crüe’s Final Tour run. The full 2023 itinerary can be found below.

Ticket sales begin Friday, December 16, at 10am local time  HERE . A list of pre-sales can be found below:

• Def Leppard Rock Brigade Pre-Sale: Friday, 12/9 10am local time [ DefLeppard.com ]
• Motley Crüe Pre-Sale: Friday, 12/9 10am local time [ Motley.com ]
• Citi Pre-Sale – Tuesday, 12/13 10am local
• Live Nation/Local Venue Pre-Sale: Thursday, 12/15 10am local time

As previously announced, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe will play a warm-up gig at the  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino  in Atlantic City. Both acts will perform back-to-back shows on February 10 and February 11 inside the Etess Arena. As with their Stadium Tour this past summer, the bands will alternate headlining slots for the weekend. 

After warming up in Atlantic City, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe will embark on  The World Tour  – a global edition of their wildly successful  Stadium Tour  in North America this past summer. The trek kicks off on February 18, 2023 in Mexico City, MX. In May, the European leg begins with a performance in Sheffield, UK. In addition to their own headlining dates, both bands are slated to perform at some of the world’s biggest rock music festivals including Sweden Rock Festival, Finland RockFest, COPENHELL in Denmark, and Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium.

Last month, original guitarist and founding member Mick Mars  retired from touring . For the global run next year, the Crüe have  enlisted John 5  to handling guitar duties on the road.

According to  Pollstar  Box Office reports, the bands’ summer-long Stadium Tour – which included support from Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – grossed $176,542,805 on 1,341,035 tickets. The shows averaged 37,250 tickets for an average gross of $4,903,966.

The trek topped Pollstar’s  75Live Chart , which ranks all active concert tours worldwide by the average number of tickets sold. Through the first 11 shows alone, the tour moved 96% of available tickets for an average of 36,934 seats sold per show. The performances averaged a gross of $4.9 million, beating out acts like Billy Joel, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Halsey, and more.

The tour’s top-grossing date was August 25 at Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium at nearly $6.4 million. Two days later, the tour brought in nearly $6.2 million at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

August 5 – JMA Wireless Dome – Syracuse, NY August 8 – Ohio Stadium – Columbus, OH August 11 – Fargodome – Fargo, ND August 13 – Charles Schwab Field Omaha – Omaha, NE August 16 – H.A. Chapman Stadium – Tulsa, OK August 18 – Sun Bowl – El Paso, TX

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Following a run with his all-star Hollywood Vampires , Alice Cooper starts his next round of North American shows, kicking off as the support act for The World Tour with Def Leppard Motley Crue on August 5 in Syracuse. Cooper and his band will play eight stadium shows as part of that package, and though the shock rock veteran is a headliner himself he tells us that he has no problem opening the shows: “That's fine. I don't care. I don't care when we go on. We're gonna do our show nonmatter what. I'm way past the ego thing of, 'Oh, we have to go on last,' that whole bit. We're gonna do our show. We don't care what slots we're in. :16 (OC :what slot we’re in)

Tommy Lee recently said something that was really funny. He said, 'The worst thing you can ever do is have Alice open for you.' I thought that was a great, nice compliment.”

Cooper, of course, was Motley's chosen support act during its 2014-2015 farewell tour. At its announcement a big deal was made about the band signing a binding contract stipulating Cooper could behead them with his guillotine if they ever toured again. He says the Crue has not asked for any special dispensation.

The World Tour continues on Tuesday, August 8 in Columbus, Ohio and runs through Aug. 18, with one last date Nov. 13 in Melbourne, Australia.

Cooper, meanwhile, will be releasing a new album, “Road,” on Aug. 25 and begins a Freaks On Parade Tour with Rob Zombie on August 24 in Dallas.

Cooper currently has shows scheduled until Oct. 28. Earlier this year he released deluxe editions of his 1971 album Killer and 1972's School's Out , as well as a remastered version of 1973's “Billion Dollar Babies.”

He's released two singles — “I'm Alice” and “White Line Frankenstein,” featuring Tom Morello ” — from Road .

• Alice Cooper starts his next round of North American shows, kicking off as the support act for The World Tour with Def Leppard Motley Cure on August 5 in Syracuse.

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Def Leppard on the ‘Melodic Mayhem’ of ‘Pyromania’ & Why Taylor Swift Is ‘Bigger Than the Beatles and the Stones Combined’

The classic album's 40th anniversary edition is out now.

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Def Leppard ’s first two albums vaulted five boys from working-class Sheffield, England to the vanguard of the new wave of British heavy metal. On 1983’s Pyromania , the quintet set their sights even higher. “There’s no point in trying to appeal to half the population,” bassist Rick Savage tells Billboard . “Why not appeal to 100% of the population?”

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After Pyromania , radio and record labels couldn’t ignore the growing genre any longer. Pyromania went all the way to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (soaring past their previous peak of No. 38), produced two Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s (“Photograph” for six weeks and “Rock of Ages”) and gave the band three top 30 Billboard Hot 100 hits (the aforementioned singles plus “Foolin’”).

The album’s blockbuster success — which also eventually included a diamond RIAA certification for over 10 million units shipped — paved the way for the pop-metal crossover of bands like Bon Jovi, Guns N’ Roses and Poison, and set Def Lep up for a long, fruitful career. In 2022, the still-active band became only the third group to notch a top 10 album on the Billboard 200 in every decade since the ‘80s.

Ahead of the 40th anniversary edition of Pyromania (out April 26), Savage and frontman Joe Elliott hopped on a Zoom call with Billboard to pull back the curtain on the making of the classic — as well as share thoughts on a former CMT Crossroads collaborator who has since become the biggest pop star in the world.

Pyromania had the same producer, Mutt Lange, as the album that came out before it, High ‘n’ Dry . Even so, that one feels a bit rawer compared to Pyromania . Was it a conscious decision to give the album a cleaner production?

Joe Elliott: Yeah, that’s a good way of putting it. The obvious observations for those two records is that High ‘n’ Dry sounds like a band playing live and Pyromania sounds like a band in the studio — à la Pink Floyd, à la the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper — that sat down to craft some songs. They’re not just, “Okay, hit the record button and play it live.” That’s what High ‘n’ Dry sounds like — even though it actually wasn’t, because we did that in bits and bobs. But it has that impression.

Technology was starting to change. Recording studios in 1981 were pretty much the same as they were in 1979. Recording studios in 1982, ’83, there’s new bits of equipment coming in on a daily basis that can do things: synthesizers, drum machines. Drum machines were a big part of the music industry, with The Human League and New Order. We were using this kind of stuff, but most rock bands weren’t. And the great thing about having Mutt on your side is he’d be very enthusiastic about saying, “Well, why not? Why can’t a rock band…” and then fill in whatever phrase you want. It would be like [why can’t a rock band] “use that technology that these arty pop bands are using within the field of rock and see where it gets you”? We didn’t want to make High ‘n’ Dry 2 .

I was looking through the Billboard archives, and an article from 1984 postulated that a lot of Def Leppard’s appeal was connected to youth. Other metal acts at the time – Ozzy, Motörhead, whatever – were in their thirties, but you guys were a bit younger and maybe more attractive to girls. Is that something you were aware of back in the day?

We want to appeal to as many people as we can. There’s no point in trying to appeal to half the population — why not appeal to 100% of the population? All of a sudden, from Pyromania onwards, so many women and girls came to our shows. And it’s just testament to the actual songs, because they’re the things that get people first interested, and then everything else follows from that.

Elliott : We are a weird band in that respect, because we’ve always wanted to be honest with people. When you are five kids from Sheffield and you want to get up on stage and play rock music, there’s an oomph to it. It’s got a feeling that I don’t think — with the greatest respect to, say, the Human League, when we opened for them one night in their embryonic stage, they’re behind plexiglass sheets with keyboards. It doesn’t really have that Townshend windmill factor to it. It’s always fun to play the rock stuff, you know, “Highway to Hell” or “Tie Your Mother Down.”

But honestly, when we were in the factory rehearsing before we even played our first gig, we’d be talking about music way different than what we were playing. Me and Sav instantly bonded over the fact that we loved Kate Bush. Or the first two Peter Gabriel albums, which we were listening to way more than Motörhead. I don’t think Motörhead ever sat up a rehearsal room and had a discussion about “Wuthering Heights,” whereas we would. We always wanted it to be a glam rock, power guitar thing: Bowie, Slade, Sweet, Queen. That’s the fun element.

Savage : I don’t think so. It kind of happened in reverse. We weren’t really trying to market anything or become influenced by the latest media thing. We just got picked up from it, and we were fortunate in that respect. Before Pyromania was released, we knew that videos were coming to the fore. MTV was getting more and more popular, so it was just an obvious thing to do. We made two videos, one for “Photograph” and one for “Rock of Ages.” That was done in December of ’82, the album didn’t come out till early ‘83.

Elliott : Yeah, there’s no doubt that when we were making the album, the last thing on our mind was worrying about, “Oh, we got to make videos.” The one that really started to get a bit of traction was “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.” In London, we’d start receiving the odd phone call from management in New York saying, “Oh, yeah, they played ‘Bringin’ on the Heartbreak’ 40 times on MTV last week.” “Okay, interesting.” Then you three weeks later you get another message saying that High ‘n’ Dry started selling again. Three weeks later, you get another message: “Bloody hell, it’s selling 50,000 a week.” By the end of the year, we’re getting this message that it’s gone gold, so we know that this is not going gold because the radio — it’s gone gold because of MTV. We were just getting little messages as we’re [making] the [ Pyromania ] album. It’s like a mosquito in your ear, like, “Yeah, okay, fine.”

As you were saying about youth, because we were all 21, 22 years old, when somebody says, “You got to spend a day in Battersea Power Station shooting videos,” you go, “Great.” We learned after the fact that a lot of seasoned bands from the ‘70s were reluctant to do them, which is why a lot of videos by bands from the ‘70s that were presented in the ‘80s were crap. I think the only band that really grasped the nettle when they came back with a resurgence was Aerosmith. Really, they did a brilliant job with videos. But lots of other bands were like, “I don’t see why we’re having to do this.” We were the next generation, and started to realize, “This is almost as important as making the record.”

Speaking of TV and “Photograph,” fast forward about 25 years. You’re on CMT Crossroads with a very young Taylor Swift singing that song. Did you ever think, “This person is going to become the biggest pop star in the world?”

Savage : She was pretty big then, to be honest. It was unbelievable that somebody had such youth, but almost like an old head on young shoulders when she came to songwriting. It was actually quite eye-opening. It was great fun; it was a bit of a laugh. She’s quite popular now, isn’t she? But trust me, she was pretty popular then as well. I mean, not to the level she’s at now, obviously — but within the country scene she was as big as they came. It was a really great experience working with her and the band. She had a great band back then as well.

What impressed me the most was that when we got to the table of like, which songs we’re going to do, she wanted to do a lot of [ Songs From the ] Sparkle Lounge . I’m thinking, “She’s heard that song?” And then “Two Steps Behind” got pulled out, which wasn’t going to be suggested, but she says, “I want to do that one.”

It’s all very logical and all very organic. It really was. I got to sing “Love Story,” bits from the perspective of a guy. She was really enthusiastic and obviously a big fan. And we became fans of her. I think we’d all be lying if we said we knew she was going to become as big as she has because she’s actually become bigger than anything that’s ever been before. She’s probably bigger than The Beatles and The Stones combined, for her generation of fans. I’ll probably get lynched by some 75-year-old reading this, but it’s all relative.

Today it’s all about the streaming numbers and all that kind of stuff. There’s been a lot of massively successful bands, but she’s taken success to a level that is unheard of. It’s absolutely mad. It’s success beyond anything that anybody could have ever dreamed of, probably her herself. I’ve seen the Eras film and it’s astonishing what she’s done. I hope she works with us again one day. [ Laughs. ]

I’ve read that “Rock of Ages” has a back-masked message of “F—k the Russians” on it. I wanted to ask if that was true, and if so, what inspired that.

Savage : [ Laughs. ]

Savage : The song is so sparse and open. We needed cues as guitar players as to when we’re going to come in because we didn’t have a vocal at the time. It was very easy to get lost in, because we’re just playing it to a drum machine. A lot of the stuff was there as cues to when the next part was coming up, of which “ gunter gleiben glauchen globen ” was one of them. It was much like saying, “1-2-3-4, here comes the bridge” sort of thing. So yeah, there was a load of stuff going down on that particular song, just to keep us interested.

Elliott : Yeah, absolutely. Like you said, this was born out of cabin fever, because this was the first time that we’d been in a studio doing 22-hour days, six days, maybe seven days a week and we’re probably into month six or seven so you start to go a bit ’round the bend. You start doing crazy stuff. People always mock rock bands for being silly, but I’ve read so many articles about what you might call sophisticated artists doing stuff just as stupid because they had cabin fever. The Beatles, Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, just doing goofy s–t in the studio because it relieves the tension, relieves the boredom.

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JOE ELLIOTT On DEF LEPPARD's 'Crossroads' Collaboration With TAYLOR SWIFT: It Still 'Looks' And 'Sounds Great'

Sixteen years ago, DEF LEPPARD teamed up with a teenage Taylor Swift for an episode of CMT 's "Crossroads" . At the time, Taylor was a country music superstar whose songs were just starting to become pop hits. In a new interview with Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito of TVK 's "Rock City" , DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott reminisced about working with the then-18-year-old star. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET ): "It's a strange thing. My kids, who are 14, 7 and 4, have never seen me with Taylor Swift . And I've told them. They didn't believe me. [ Laughs ] Because my kids are Swifties. And they didn't believe that daddy had sung with Taylor Swift . So I had to pull the DVD out and put it on. And they were just like this. [ Opens his mouth wide ]

"I hadn't seen it since 2009 or whatever — [it had been] 15 years since I saw it — and I watched the whole performance, and it was way better than I remembered it being," he admitted. "I didn't think it was bad [at the time], but sometimes things don't age well. This looks great. She looks amazing, she sounds great, the band was on fire, and we played together with her band. So a lot of interesting arrangements came out of that, different textures. It was great to do it differently. But, yeah, we performed [ 'Photograph' ] — in fact, it was the opening track of the show. And it was good fun doing that show. I really enjoyed it, 'cause she got to sing some of ours and I got to sing some of hers. And it was a really interesting week we had together. It was about four days of rehearsals, and then we shot the show twice. They picked the best bits from the two nights.

"Who knew how big she was gonna be?" Elliott continued. "She was popular then, but now she's in a different stratosphere to what she's ever been in before, or most other artists have ever been in. So, we can always look back on that and go, 'Hey, DEF LEPPARD , little old DEF LEPPARD , once got to play with Taylor Swift .'"

Joe previously discussed DEF LEPPARD 's collaboration with Swift in a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Asked what signs he saw that this young woman was going to basically conquer the world, Elliott said: "Well, she was already pretty big, so the conquer the world was something that was either gonna happen or wasn't. In fairness, she really did go out, full bore, and conquer the world. Good luck to her for doing that, you know?

"The whole thing came together because somebody walked into our dressing room with a laptop… He goes, 'It's Taylor Swift , she's doing this interview, and she said there was only band that she would ever do a 'Crossroads' with, and it was DEF LEPPARD .' We went, 'Wow, okay, get in touch with her, see what she thinks.' Lo and behold, couple of months go by and, all of a sudden, we're doing this show.

"We've always been that poke-noses-out-of-joint kind of band. I loved the idea of something that's gonna either piss people off or they go, good for you for doing something different. If you're gonna do collaborations, I don't see the point in us doing a song with BON JOVI . Do you know what I mean? It's like, I'd prefer the idea of Jon doing a song with, like, Tom Waits . Us doing something with Loudon Wainwright III or Leonard Cohen . Somebody completely off the wall. Or Elvis Costello and MOTÖRHEAD . Can you imagine what that would sound like?"

Asked how it all worked, Joe said:"Getting hooked in with Taylor was great. She was 17 years old. We were more than willing to do this. We got a new record just out. It was a bit of fun. It was a four-day project. It was two days of rehearsals. It was two shows and everybody did their homework. We turned up knowing all the chords, knowing all the lyrics. There weren't really any difficulties. There were a couple of moments where we sat down, me and Taylor sat down, and she says, 'I can't sing that line,' 'cause it was a bit too risqué, in [ 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' ]. So we'd swap things around. And the fact that I was actually singing from the male point of view in some of her stuff, like in 'Love Story' . As you say, I'm not going to sing something and half-ass it. I'm going to give it my all. Because it doesn't matter. It's a one off project and you've got to sell yourself in the right light. It makes no difference to me whether it's a RAMONES song or a Taylor Swift . I'm gonna do it the best I can."

DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will join forces for a summer 2024 North American tour. The 23-date trek will begin on July 6 in St. Louis, Missouri and hit cities including Orlando, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and more before wrapping in Denver on September 8. Openers include STEVE MILLER BAND , HEART and CHEAP TRICK , which will vary by city.

DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE have completed several legs of "The World Tour" , which included U.S. dates with Alice Cooper .

DEF LEPPARD 's latest album of all-new material, "Diamond Star Halos" , sold 34,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release in May 2022 to land at position No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marked the band's eighth top 10 LP.

Of "Diamond Star Halos" ' 34,000 units earned for the week, album sales comprised 32,000, SEA units comprised 2,000 (equaling 2.7 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprised less than 500 units.

DEF LEPPARD 's previous Top 10 albums included "Pyromania" (which peaked at No. 2 in 1983), "Hysteria" (No. 1 for six weeks in 1988), "Adrenalize" (No. 1 for five weeks in 1992), "Retro Active" (No. 9; 1983), "Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection" (No. 10; 2005), "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" (No. 5; 2008) and "Def Leppard" (No. 10; 2015).

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