Def Leppard fans across the region can thank a cadre of south Florida strippers who are all seniors by now for the band’s upcoming show in Vancouver.
Beset by financial problems after the 1987 release of Hysteria, the track “Pour Some Sugar on Me” was requested en masse by exotic dancers in the Sunshine State to the point that the album eventually rebounded to mythological status, selling more than 20 million copies across the globe.
Which leads us to today’s announcement of the English rockers arriving in town next spring alongside — you guessed it — the Goo Goo Dolls.
Slated for May 14 at Rogers Arena, the show comes on the back of Def Leppard’s Greatest Hits compilation released this past summer. Two songs from the compilation entered the Top 10 of the U.K.’s Top Charts, while the band’s cumulative output includes more than 110 million albums sold.
The Goo Goo Dolls, meanwhile, can thank their track “Iris” as being the band’s biggest meal ticket. It’s garnered more than six billion streams and helped push the band into rarefied air status of owning a Diamond-certified hit (10,000,000 in sales).
Def Leppard in Vancouver
When: May 14, 2027
Where: Rogers Arena – 800 Griffiths Way.
Cost: TBA. Presale starts on Monday, Oct. 12. Get tickets
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