Journey, Def Leppard revisit their ’80s heyday at Busch Stadiumīy Daniel Durchholz Special to the Post-Dispatch (1/1)Ītlantic City Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa (1/1)Īmphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach, Ala. (1/1)Īmerican Family Insurance Amphitheater, Milwaukee (1/1)ĭenny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, S.D. Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville, Ind. Ranked by Gross, Compiled from Boxscores reported Aug. Cheap Trick guested at their show at Minneapolis’ Target Field and The Pretenders supported four dates in Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit.Ĭheck out the full top 10 of the Hot Tours tally below While Journey and Def Leppard are both powerful touring acts individually, they brought in some extra juice for the bigger shows on this run. 47.Īs noted above, the co-headline tour has considerable range in capacity around the country. 25 biggest album of all time on the Billboard 200 chart, while Journey’s Escape placed at No. The rock veterans have a combined 33 top 40-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 26 top 40 albums on the Billboard 200. The second leg of their six-month trek spanned July 1 to 28 and ranged from 8,500-seat arenas to 45,000-capacity baseball parks, the largest of which was the sold-out show at Denver’s Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, on July 21. They reported 17 shows to Billboard Boxscore for a total gross of $30,384,259. Journey and Def Leppard lead the newest Hot Tours round-up (below) with the second leg of their co-headline tour. Journey and Def Leppard Rock Hot Tours List, GOT7 Debuts Keyboardist Jonathan Cain plays his role with flair but his look and overly earnest attitude scream, “What can I do to get you into this Gulf Coast timeshare today!” Hometown drummer Steve Smith outshined them both and might be the only guy who could fill in for Neil Peart or Stewart Copeland.īut this set was Pineda’s, not something one usually says about a singer a band discovered on YouTube 35 years into their career.ĭef Leppard, which should headline every night, crafts songs any artist could turn into Top 40 magic. Schon can wail but he wants wail in every song and sometimes the shredding hip-checked a killer melody to the ground. The other guys matter (after all they co-wrote the catalog). Na na, shocked Journey’s icon catalog to life from “Separate Ways” to “Lovin’, Touchin’ Squeezin’ ” to “Open Arms.” But his voice, which amazingly matches Steve Perry’s every cry and coo and chant of na na na na The guy can spin and kick and leap with the best of them. Guitarist Neal Schon once called Pineda a mix of David Lee Roth and Bruce Lee, and he’s not wrong. With the band’s longtime members deep into their 60s, current frontman Arnel Pineda provided the focal point. Journey, which headlined the night (the bands swap that position every show), found its beloved balance between Van Halen’s bombast and Air Supply’s earnest melodies. Selling nostalgia like $10 Bud Lights and peeling off hits you know by heart (only one song from the modern millennium, Def Leppard’s “Man Enough,” could be heard in over three hours of music), the pair reveled in their status as rock gods with pop souls. Today it’s those differences that seem silly.Īnd so Journey and Def Leppard have set out together on a monster trek of American stadiums - including a packed stop at Fenway Park Saturday. Back then “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” and “Photograph” appealed to different demographics people argued they had diametrically opposed attitudes and aesthetics. In the ’80s, when Journey and Def Leppard hit peak popularity, the idea of the two touring together would have seemed silly.
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