{"id":390795,"date":"2025-09-02T02:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390795\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:40:15","slug":"def-leppard-announce-huge-london-show-for-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390795\/","title":{"rendered":"Def Leppard Announce Huge London Show For Summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Def Leppard playing live in Atlanta in 2024\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Def-Leppard-1024x662.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be able to belt out all the <strong>Def Leppard<\/strong> anthems next year as the classic band announces a run of UK dates for 2026. They\u2019ve promised \u2018surprises and classics\u2019 to their fans, and will play their first headline shows around these parts since 2023. They\u2019ll perform at the <strong>O2 Arena in London on July 2, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Def Leppard will also be hitting Belfast, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretglasgow.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretglasgow.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_cross\">Glasgow<\/a>, Sheffield, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_cross\">Birmingham<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_cross\">Manchester<\/a> on the UK dates, where they will be supported by Extreme for all shows. Prior to the UK dates, the band will play four shows across mainland Europe, with a performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany also pencilled in after the show in Manchester.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DODVsfPAk0f\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Credit: @defleppard, via IG<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the news, frontman Joe Elliot said: \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to playing Radio 2 in the Park in Chelmsford this week\u2026our only UK date of 2025. But we\u2019re also very buzzed to announce our UK and Euro dates in 2026!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying to our home crowd and our fans in Europe is very important to us, and we\u2019ll be bringing a brand new show that will feature some surprises as well as the classics! See you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> How to get tickets to see Def Leppard <\/p>\n<p><strong>Def Leppard tickets go on general sale this Friday, September 5 at 10am<\/strong>, and you can find them on Ticketmaster. There is also an artist pre-sale taking place at 10am on Tuesday, September 2, which you can gain access to if you are a member of the Def Leppard Rock Brigade, which you can find details for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defleppardrockbrigade.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.defleppardrockbrigade.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Def Leppard UK tour dates 2026 <\/p>\n<p>June 26 \u2013 Belfast, Belsonic<br \/>June 28 \u2013 Glasgow, OVO Hydro<br \/>June 30 \u2013 Sheffield, Utilita Arena<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 2 \u2013 London, The O2<\/strong><br \/>July 4 \u2013 Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE<br \/>July 6 \u2013 Manchester, Co-op Live<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see Def Leppard go on general sale on Friday, September 5 at 10am, and you can find them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/def-leppard-tickets\/artist\/734898\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/def-leppard-tickets\/artist\/734898\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-tracked=\"1\" data-category=\"click_sales\" data-cp_smn_source=\"secretldn\" data-cp_smn_content=\"def-leppard-huge-uk-gigs-next-summer\" data-cp_smn_term=\"text_cta_4\">here<\/a>. There is also a pre-sale taking place this from tomorrow, which you can find details for above. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images You\u2019ll be able to belt out all the Def Leppard anthems next year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[14298,748,393,4884,257,62762,453,14299,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-390795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-big-concert","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-metal-music","14":"tag-rock","15":"tag-summer","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115132394691161394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}