Def Leppard have announced a new Las Vegas residency for next year. Check out the details below.
The rock giants will be playing their third run of residency shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in 2026. Kicking off on February 3, there are 12 new shows lined up, all taking place between then and the end of the month.
The band have promised new production, and setlists that celebrate the biggest hits in their catalogue. Alongside classics like ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’, ‘Hysteria’ and ‘Animal’, the Sheffield band have also suggested that they will be breaking out some surprises to please fans and newcomers alike.
“Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard,” said frontman Joe Elliott. “There’s no place on earth where you can have the likes of Adele, U2, and the Eagles all playing sold-out shows on the same night!”
Looking back at past residencies in 2013 and 2019, the singer added: “We’re really looking forward to coming back for our third Vegas residency, and to do a run at the iconic Colosseum at Caesars Palace is such an honour given the giants that have blessed that stage!”
Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday (July 25) at 10am PT. Pre-sale options will start from tomorrow (July 22) at the same time. Visit here for tickets and more information, and check out a list of new dates below.
Def Leppard’s 2026 Las Vegas residency shows are:
February
3 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
5 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
7 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
10 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
12 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
14 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
17 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
19 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
21 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
24 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
26 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
28 – The Colosseum, Caesars Palace
The announcement of the residency shows comes shortly after the band’s drummer, Rick Allen, opened up about the time he was violently attacked in Florida.
The incident took place two years ago and saw him targeted while outside the Four Seasons hotel in Fort Lauderdale. He hit his head after being knocked to the ground by a 19-year-old called Max Edward Hartley, and a woman who tried to help the musician was also injured by Hartley.
“It’s been a real challenge for me,” Allen said on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation this spring. “Hopefully, I can put it all behind me and get back to as normal as [soon as] I could, given the circumstances. But that was very traumatic for me, and it’s been difficult.”
Hartley was arrested following the incident, and later charged with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief and abusing an “elderly or disabled adult”.
Earlier this year, the band performed alongside Mötley Crüe, Nickelback, and Shinedown as the headliners of the inaugural Boardwalk Rock Festival.
The festival took place in Ocean City, Maryland, on May 17 and 18, and also featured Alice Cooper, Halestorm, Bush, Three Days Grace, Puddle of Mudd, 3 Doors Down, Extreme, The Struts and Black Stone Cherry on the line-up.
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