The World Tour (Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe)

The World Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by English rock band Def Leppard and American rock band Mötley Crüe, which took place from February through November 2023 in venues across Latin America, Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. During their previous tour, The Stadium Tour, the members of Def Leppard indicated that a European version of The Stadium Tour would take place in 2023.[1] Tour dates were announced on October 20, 2022; this tour was advertised as The World Tour and confirmed to be a co-headlining tour of Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe.[2][3][4] In addition to playing stadiums and entertainment venues, the tour also featured appearances at international music festivals. This was Mötley Crüe's first tour without co-founder and original guitarist Mick Mars, who announced his retirement in October 2022, with John 5 replacing him.[5]

The World Tour
Tour by Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe
Start dateFebruary 10, 2023
End dateNovember 14, 2023
Legs4 plus warmup
No. of shows40
Def Leppard tour chronology
The Stadium Tour
(2022)
The World Tour
(2023)
The Summer Stadium Tour
(2024)
Mötley Crüe tour chronology
The Stadium Tour
(2022)
The World Tour
(2023)
...

Special guests

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Opening acts

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  • Whisky Blood (Leg 1: Latin America)
  • Rata Blanca (Leg 1: Latin America)

Setlists

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Mötley Crüe[8]

  1. "Wild Side"
  2. "Shout at the Devil"
  3. "Too Fast for Love"
  4. "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
  5. "Saints of Los Angeles"
  6. "Live Wire"
  7. "Looks That Kill"
  8. "The Dirt (Est. 1981)"
  9. "Rock 'n' Roll (Part 2)" / "Smokin' in the Boys Room" / "Helter Skelter" / "Anarchy in the U.K." / "Blitzkrieg Bop"
  10. "Home Sweet Home"
  11. "Dr. Feelgood"
  12. "Same Ol' Situation"
  13. "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  14. "Primal Scream"
  15. "Kickstart My Heart"

Def Leppard

  1. "Take What You Want"
  2. "Let's Get Rocked"
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Foolin'"
  5. "Armageddon It"
  6. "Kick"
  7. "Love Bites"
  8. "Promises"
  9. "This Guitar"
  10. "When Love and Hate Collide"
  11. "Rocket"
  12. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  13. "Switch 625"
  14. "Hysteria"
  15. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
  16. "Rock of Ages"
  17. "Photograph"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
February 10, 2023 Atlantic City United States Hard Rock Live[9]
February 11, 2023
February 18, 2023 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
February 21, 2023 Monterrey Estadio Borregos
February 25, 2023 Bogotá Colombia Simón Bolívar Park
February 28, 2023 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos
March 3, 2023 Santiago Chile Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida
March 7, 2023 São Paulo Brazil Allianz Parque
March 9, 2023 Buenos Aires Argentina Sarmiento Park
March 12, 2023[10] Hollywood United States Hard Rock Live
May 22, 2023 Sheffield England Bramall Lane
May 25, 2023 Mönchengladbach Germany SparkassenPark
May 27, 2023 Munich Königsplatz
May 29, 2023 Budapest Hungary MVM Dome
May 31, 2023 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
June 2, 2023[a] Prague Czech Republic Letňany
June 3, 2023 Hanover Germany Expo Park Hannover
June 7, 2023[b] Sölvesborg Sweden Norje Havsbad
June 9, 2023[c] Hyvinkää Finland Hyvinkää Airfield
June 11, 2023[d] Trondheim Norway Bryggeribyen EC Dahls Arena
June 14, 2023[e] Copenhagen Denmark Refshaleøen
June 16, 2023[f] Clisson France Val de Moine
June 18, 2023[g] Dessel Belgium Festivalpark de Boeretang
June 20, 2023 Milan Italy Ippodromo SNAI San Siro
June 23, 2023 Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés
June 24, 2023 Rivas-Vaciamadrid Spain Auditorio Miguel Ríos
June 27, 2023 Thun Switzerland Stockhorn Arena
July 1, 2023 London England Wembley Stadium
July 2, 2023[h] Lytham Lytham Green
July 4, 2023 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park
July 6, 2023 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Green
August 5, 2023 Syracuse United States JMA Wireless Dome
August 8, 2023 Columbus Ohio Stadium
August 11, 2023 Fargo Fargodome
August 13, 2023 Omaha Charles Schwab Field
August 16, 2023 Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
August 18, 2023 El Paso Sun Bowl
November 3, 2023 Yokohama Japan K-Arena Yokohama
November 4, 2023
November 8, 2023 Brisbane Australia Suncorp Stadium
November 11, 2023 Sydney Sydney Showground Stadium
November 14, 2023 Melbourne Marvel Stadium

Cancelled tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Reason
March 9, 2023 Curitiba Brazil Estádio Couto Pereira Production and logistical reasons[11]
March 11, 2023 Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio

Personnel

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Def Leppard

Mötley Crüe

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ The June 2, 2023 concert in Prague was part of Prague Rocks.
  2. ^ The June 7, 2023 concert in Sölvesborg was part of the Sweden Rock Festival.
  3. ^ The June 9, 2023 concert in Hyvinkää was part of Rock Fest.
  4. ^ The June 11, 2023 concert in Trondheim was part of Trondheim Rocks.
  5. ^ The June 14, 2023 concert in Copenhagen was part of Copenhell.
  6. ^ The June 16, 2023 concert in Clisson was part of Hellfest.
  7. ^ The June 18, 2023 concert in Dessel was part of Graspop Metal Meeting.
  8. ^ The July 2, 2023 concert in Lytham St Annes was part of Lytham Festival.

Citations

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  1. ^ "Def Leppard Confirm That Stadium Tour With Mötley Crüe Will Reach Europe". Ultimate Guitar. June 27, 2022. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Rolli, Bryan (20 October 2022). "Motley Crue and Def Leppard Announce 2023 World Tour". Ultimate Classic Rock. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Def Leppard Announce 'The World Tour' Following Massively Successful North American Stadium Run". defleppard.com. October 20, 2022. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Motley Crue (October 20, 2022). "Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard Announce 'The World Tour' 2023" (video). YouTube. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Lach, Stef (April 22, 2023). "Motley Crue working on new material with producer Bob Rock". Louder Sound. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. ^ "Europe, invitados especiales de Mötley Crüe y Def Leppard en Suiza | Metal Journal" (in Spanish). 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  7. ^ "Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, and Alice Cooper Announce 2023 U.S. Tour Dates". Pitchfork. 8 December 2022. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Watch: Mötley Crüe Performs In Mexico City During 2023 'The World Tour' With Def Leppard". Blabbermouth.net. February 19, 2023. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Kaufman, Spencer (February 11, 2023). "Mötley Crüe play first show with new guitarist John 5: Setlist + Video". Consequence. Archived from the original on March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023. The concert kicked off the Crüe's 2023 co-headlining world tour with Def Leppard
  10. ^ Romero, Ivan (March 22, 2023). "Def Leppard / Motley Crue Rock South Florida at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood". digitalbeatmag.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023. Joe Elliott tells the crowd that this 'impromptu' show is the last show on the Latin American leg of their World Tour
  11. ^ "DEF LEPPARD Cancel Curitiba/Porto Alegre Brazil Shows On THE WORLD TOUR 2023". Def Leppard Tour History. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.