Def Leppard & Journey Plot Summer Stadium Tour With Big-Name Openers

Don’t stop believin’ in the hysteria.

Megaplatinum rock stalwarts Def Leppard and Journey are gearing up to hit the road for a North American summer stadium tour starting July 6 in St. Louis. The 23-show jaunt runs through September 8 in Denver and will feature fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller and his band on the bulk of the dates, with Cheap Trick or Heart on the others.

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The trek will hit Citi Field in metro New York on August 7 and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on August 25, both featuring Miller. See the full itinerary below.

The two headliners have toured together over the decades, but this is their first co-starring stadium affair. Def Leppard hit the huge U.S. and Canadian venues in 2022 for a Covid-delayed tour with M?tley Crüe in 2022.

San Francisco-based Journey has moved more than 49 million albums in the U.S. alone, paced by their 15 million-selling 1988 Greatest Hits. The Neal Schon-led group’s 1981 smash Escape, featuring the ever-popular “Don’t Stop Believin’,” is RIAA-certified Diamond for sales of 10 million units.

English quintet Def Leppard has sold more than 35.5 million albums in the U.S. alone is among the rare acts with two Diamond-certified albums in 1983’s Pyromania and 1987’s Hysteria. Fronted by Joe Elliott since 1977, the band is known for such popular tracks as “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Photograph” and its lone No. 1 U.S. pop single “Love Bites.”

Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, and Def Leppard followed two years later. Steve Miller is a 2016 inductee, the Wilson sisters’ Heart joined that exclusive club in 2013 and Cheap Trick in 2016.

Here are the dates and openers for the Def Leppard/Journey tour:

DATE

MARKET

VENUE

SUPPORT

July 6

St Louis 

Busch Stadium

Cheap Trick

July 10

Orlando

Camping World Stadium

Cheap Trick

July 13

Atlanta

Truist Park

Steve Miller Band

July 15

Chicago

Wrigley Field

Steve Miller Band

July 18

Detroit

Comerica Park

Steve Miller Band

July 20

Nashville

Nissan Stadium

Steve Miller Band

July 23

Philadelphia

Citizens Bank Park

Steve Miller Band

July 25

Hershey, PA

Hersheypark Stadium

Steve Miller Band

July 27

Pittsburgh

PNC Park

Steve Miller Band

July 30

Cleveland

Progressive Field

Heart

August 2

Toronto

Rogers Centre

Heart

August 5

Boston

Fenway Park

Heart

August 7

Flushing, NY

Citi Field

Steve Miller Band

August 12

Arlington, TX

Globe Life Field

Steve Miller Band

August 14

Houston

Minute Maid Park

Steve Miller Band

August 16

San Antonio

Alamodome

Steve Miller Band

August 19

Minneapolis

Target Field

Steve Miller Band

August 23

Phoenix

Chase Field

Steve Miller Band

August 25

Los Angeles

SoFi Stadium

Steve Miller Band

August 28

San Francisco

Oracle Park

Steve Miller Band

August 30

San Diego

Petco Park

Steve Miller Band

September 4

Seattle

T-Mobile Park

Cheap Trick

September 8

Denver

Coors Field

Cheap Trick

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