Hysteria World Tour

The Hysteria World Tour was a concert tour by English hard rock band Def Leppard for their fourth album Hysteria. This was the first tour with drummer Rick Allen since his car accident on 31 December 1984 when he lost his left arm. Allen returned to the band for recording sessions and the tour using a custom designed electronic drum set. It was also the last tour to feature guitarist Steve Clark before his death on 8 January 1991 from alcoholism and a combination of prescription drugs and painkillers. Prior to the start of the European leg in March 1988, the band rented the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden for a week of full production rehearsals.

Hysteria World Tour

Tour by Def Leppard
Hysteria Tour Poster
Associated album	"Hysteria"
Start date	24 June 1987
End date	27 October 1988
No. of shows	236
Def Leppard concert chronology

Many of the dates on the tour were performed "in the round," with the stage and light-rigging set up in the middle of arenas, giving the audience a 360-degree view of the band's performance.[1]

Opening Acts

• Cinderella
• Tesla
• Europe
• L.A. Guns
• McAuley Schenker Group
• Loverboy
• Queensryche

First Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Boise, Idaho BSU Pavilion show on 4 December 1987)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Another Hit and Run"
5. "Billy's Got a Gun"
6. "Too Late for Love"
7. "Hysteria"
8. "Gods of War"
9. "Die Hard The Hunter"
10. "Rocket"
11. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
12. "Foolin'"
13. "Armageddon It"
14. "Animal"
15. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
16. "Let It Go"
17. "Rock of Ages"
18. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"
19. "Wasted"
20. "Love Bites"
21. "Photograph"

Second Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Denver, Colorado McNichols Sports Arena show on 13 February 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"
5. "Too Late for Love"
6. "Hysteria"
7. "Gods of War"
8. "Die Hard The Hunter"
9. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
10. "Foolin'"
11. "Armageddon It"
12. "Animal"
13. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
14. "Let It Go"
15. "Rock of Ages"
16. "Tear It Down"
17. "Photograph"
18. "Travelin' Band" (originally performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Third Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Nagoya, Japan Century Hall show on 24 May 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Too Late for Love"
5. "Hysteria"
6. "Gods of War"
7. "Die Hard The Hunter"
8. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
9. "Foolin'"
10. "Animal"
11. "Armageddon It"
12. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
13. "Let It Go"
14. "Rock of Ages"
15. "Photograph"

Fourth Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Casper, Wyoming Casper Events Center show on 4 July 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Too Late for Love"
5. "Hysteria"
6. "Gods of War"
7. "Die Hard The Hunter"
8. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
9. "Foolin'"
10. "Armageddon It"
11. "Animal"
12. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
13. "Rock of Ages"
14. "Love Bites"
15. "Rocket"
16. "Photograph"

Fifth Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State Fairgrounds show on 10 August 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Too Late for Love"
5. "Hysteria"
6. "Gods of War"
7. "Die Hard The Hunter"
8. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
9. "Foolin'"
10. "Animal"
11. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
12. "Let It Go"
13. "Rock of Ages"
14. "Love Bites"
15. "Photograph"

Sixth Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Coliseum show on 7 September 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Too Late for Love"
5. "Hysteria"
6. "Gods of War"
7. "Die Hard The Hunter"
8. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
9. "Foolin'"
10. "Animal"
11. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
12. "Let It Go"
13. "Rock of Ages"
14. "Love Bites"
15. "Photograph"

Seventh Typical Setlist

(Taken from the Atlanta, Georgia the Omni show on 7 October 1988)

1. "Stagefright"
2. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
3. "Women"
4. "Too Late for Love"
5. "Hysteria"
6. "Gods of War"
7. "Die Hard The Hunter"
8. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
9. "Foolin'"
10. "Animal"
11. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
12. "Rock of Ages"
13. "Love Bites"
14. "Photograph"

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
Europe
24 June 1987	Tilburg	Netherlands	Nooderligt
25 June 1987
28 June 1987	The Hague		Zuiderpark Stadion
27 August 1987	Dublin	Ireland	SFX Hall
28 August 1987	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ulster Hall
29 August 1987
31 August 1987	Sheffield	England	Sheffield City Hall
1 September 1987	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
2 September 1987	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
4 September 1987	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
6 September 1987	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre
7 September 1987	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
8 September 1987
9 September 1987
11 September 1987	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
12 September 1987	Southampton		Mayflower Theatre
13 September 1987	Bristol		Bristol Hippodrome
15 September 1987	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
16 September 1987	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
17 September 1987	Sheffield		City Hall
North America I
1 October 1987	Glens Falls	United States	Glens Falls Civic Center	5,786 / 7,500	$93,155
2 October 1987	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center	7,779 / 8,200	$125,367
3 October 1987	Lake Placid		Olympic Center
5 October 1987	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
7 October 1987	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
9 October 1987	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena	8,685 / 13,975	$138,089
11 October 1987	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
12 October 1987	Providence		Providence Civic Center	10,151 / 13,284	$167,492
13 October 1987	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	11,617 / 18,067	$185,802
15 October 1987	Erie		Erie Civic Center
17 October 1987	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	18,500 / 20,942	$284,217
18 October 1987	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	15,500 / 17,251	$171,432
20 October 1987	Dayton		UD Arena
21 October 1987	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Stadium
22 October 1987	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
23 October 1987				13,176 / 18,151	$230,580
24 October 1987	Carbondale		SIU Arena
26 October 1987	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	9,370 / 17,000	$154,605
27 October 1987	South Bend		Joyce Center
29 October 1987	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
30 October 1987	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
31 October 1987	Lexington		Rupp Arena	8,449 / 9,622	$139,409
2 November 1987	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	12,875 / 20,666	$225,312
3 November 1987	Battle Creek		Kellogg Arena	7,200 / 7,200	$118,800
5 November 1987	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena	9,485 / 10,000	$156,503
7 November 1987	Ames		Hilton Coliseum	9,563 / 14,678	$143,861
8 November 1987	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
9 November 1987	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
10 November 1987	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	9,161 / 10,200	$145,697
12 November 1987	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center	7,991 / 7,991	$119,808
14 November 1987	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$155,000
15 November 1987	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	7,973 / 8,606	$125,250
16 November 1987	San Antonio		Lila Cockrell Theater
18 November 1987	Tucson		Tucson	7,824 / 9,753	$114,993
19 November 1987	Chandler		Compton Terrace	13,796 / 13,796	$227,640
20 November 1987	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	13,555 / 14,199	$230,160
22 November 1987	Los Angeles		Memorial Sports Arena	15,405 / 15,405	$256,655
23 November 1987	Fresno		Selland Arena
25 November 1987	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center	6,382 / 9,689	$98,607
27 November 1987	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	10,160 / 10,160	$178,372
28 November 1987	Daly City		Cow Palace	23,316 / 29,000	$411,344
29 November 1987
1 December 1987	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	11,499 / 25,000	$196,718
2 December 1987	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum	6,342 / 11,500	$110,985
3 December 1987	Portland		Memorial Coliseum	10,489 / 11,000	$183,558
4 December 1987	Boise		BSU Pavilion
5 December 1987	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
6 December 1987	Casper		Casper Events Center
9 December 1987	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
10 December 1987	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	13,504 / 13,504	$221,153
11 December 1987	Houston		The Summit
13 December 1987	Dallas		Reunion Arena	16,675 / 16,675	$267,779
15 December 1987	New Orleans		U.N.O. Lakefront Arena
16 December 1987	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum	9,469 / 16,000	$139,392
18 December 1987	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum	16,783 / 16,783	$282,538
19 December 1987	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	14,009 / 14,009	$225,423
20 December 1987	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	12,900 / 12,900	$207,669
27 December 1987	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum	10,059 / 10,059	$155,915
29 December 1987	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium	13,285 / 13,285	$205,918
30 December 1987	Orlando		Orange County Convention Center	10,969 / 10,969	$180,989
31 December 1987	Tampa		USF Sun Dome	9,219 / 9,219	$152,114
North America II
16 January 1988	Richmond	United States	Richmond Coliseum	9,937 / 12,500	$147,837
17 January 1988	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	16,657 / 16,657	$279,145
18 January 1988	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial	9,452 / 9,670	$147,244
20 January 1988	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center	9,029 / 11,000	$129,303
21 January 1988	Landover		Capital Centre
22 January 1988	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center	9,250 / 9,250	$145,060
24 January 1988	Clemson		Littlejohn Coliseum
25 January 1988	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
26 January 1988	Raleigh, North Carolina		William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
28 January 1988	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
29 January 1988	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall
30 January 1988	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
1 February 1988	Saginaw		Wendler Arena	7,325 / 7,325	$128,188
2 February 1988	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum	18,784 / 18,784	$301,048
3 February 1988	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
5 February 1988	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	7,247 / 11,943	$115,072
6 February 1988	Huntsville		Von Braun Center
7 February 1988	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	10,807 / 10,807	$172,912
8 February 1988	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$150,000
10 February 1988	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena	14,276 / 14,276	$229,340
12 February 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena	31,105 / 31,105	$542,812
13 February 1988
14 February 1988	Alquerque		Tingley Coliseum	10,656 / 10,656	$163,424
15 February 1988	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum	8,500 / 8,500	$127,750
19 February 1988	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Europe
4 March 1988	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall(Cancelled)
	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
5 March 1988	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
7 March 1988	Lillestrøm	Norway	Skedsmohallen
8 March 1988
10 March 1988	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
11 March 1988	Bremen	Germany	Stadhalle
12 March 1988	Cologne		Sporthalle
14 March 1988	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
15 March 1988	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
16 March 1988	Frankfurt		Festhalle
18 March 1988	Munich		Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
19 March 1988	Würzburg		Oliver Arena
20 March 1988	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
22 March 1988	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi
23 March 1988	Florence		Sports Palace
25 March 1988	Lausanne	Switzerland	Alla des Fetes
26 March 1988	Clermont-Ferrand	France	Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
28 March 1988	Toulouse		Palais des Sports
29 March 1988	Lyon		Palais des Sports
30 March 1988	Freiburg im Breisgau	Germany	Stadthalle Freiburg
1 April 1988	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Jaap Edenhal
2 April 1988	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Forest Nationaal
4 April 1988	San Sebastián	Spain	Velódromo de Anoeta
5 April 1988	Madrid		Pabellón de Deportes del Real Madrid
6 April 1988	Barcelona		Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
8 April 1988	Bourges	France	Bourges Festival
10 April 1988	Bournemouth	England	International Centre
11 April 1988	London		Wembley Arena
12 April 1988
14 April 1988	Edinburgh	Scotland	The Playhouse
15 April 1988
16 April 1988	Whitley Bay	England	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
18 April 1988	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
19 April 1988
20 April 1988	Leeds		Queens Hall
22 April 1988	Belfast	Northern Ireland	King's Hall
Asia
17 May 1988	Tokyo	Japan	Yoyogi Olympic Pool
19 May 1988	Yokohama		Bunka Taikukan
21 May 1988	Osaka		Castle Hall
22 May 1988
24 May 1988	Nagoya		Century Hall
North America III
27 May 1988	Anchorage, Alaska	United States	George M. Sullivan Arena
28 May 1988
2 June 1988	Passaic, New Jersey		Capitol Theatre
6 June 1988	Moncton, New Brunswick	Canada	Moncton Coliseum
7 June 1988	Halifax, Nova Scotia		Halifax Metro Centre
9 June 1988	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
11 June 1988	Toronto		CNE Grandstand
12 June 1988	Montreal		Montreal Forum
13 June 1988	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
17 June 1988	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
18 June 1988	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place
20 June 1988	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
21 June 1988	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
23 June 1988	Vancouver		PNE Coliseum
1 July 1988	Spokane, Washington	United States	Spokane Coliseum
2 July 1988	Boise, Idaho		BSU Pavilion
4 July 1988	Casper, Wyoming		Casper Events Center
5 July 1988	Billings, Montana		MetraPark Arena
6 July 1988	Rapid City, South Dakota		Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
8 July 1988	Bloomington, Minnesota		Met Center	17,383 / 17,383
9 July 1988				17,385 / 17,385
10 July 1988				17,387 / 17,387
12 July 1988	La Crosse, Wisconsin		La Crosse Center	8,000 / 8,000	$126,340
13 July 1988	Springfield, Illinois		Prairie Capital Convention Center
14 July 1988	Green Bay, Wisconsin		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
16 July 1988	East Troy, Wisconsin		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	42,498 / 62,000	$809,402
17 July 1988
18 July 1988	Indianapolis, Indiana		Indiana State Fair Coliseum	16,740 / 16,740	$286,290
20 July 1988	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center	19,832 / 19,832	$484,582
22 July 1988	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion
23 July 1988	Weedsport, New York		Cayuga County Fair
24 July 1988	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
26 July 1988	Middletown, New York		Orange County Fair
27 July 1988	Allentown, Pennsylvania		Great Allentown Fair
29 July 1988	Old Orchard Beach, Maine		The Ball Park
30 July 1988	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Great Woods Amphitheatre
2 August 1988	Ionia, Michigan		Ionia Free Fair
3 August 1988	Charlevoix, Michigan		Castle Farms	16,198 / 16,198	$255,807
5 August 1988	Antioch, Tennessee		Starwood Amphitheatre	16,879 / 16,879
6 August 1988	Thornville, Ohio		Buckeye Lake Music Center
7 August 1988	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
9 August 1988	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater	16,038 / 16,038	$291,024
10 August 1988	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		State Fairgrounds	16,549 / 16,549	$286,862
11 August 1988	Dallas, Texas		Starplex Amphitheatre
13 August 1988	Morrison, Colorado		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	17,844 / 17,844	$362,877
14 August 1988
16 August 1988	Sacramento, California		California Exposition & State Fair
17 August 1988	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre	20,000 / 20,000	$313,844
19 August 1988	Laguna Hills, California		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	30,000 / 30,000	$526,171
20 August 1988
21 August 1988	Chandler, Arizona		Compton Terrace	22,000 / 22,000	$374,000
North America IV
7 September 1988	Jackson, Mississippi	United States	Mississippi Coliseum	10,500 / 10,500	$170,379
8 September 1988	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		LSU Assembly Center	13,698 / 13,698	$222,239
10 September 1988	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	15,191 / 15,191	$246,890
11 September 1988	Tallahassee, Florida		Leon County Civic Center	12,761/ 12,761	$208,247
12 September 1988	Lakeland, Florida		Lakeland Civic Center	19,886 / 20,000	$318,176
13 September 1988
15 September 1988	Chattanooga, Tennessee		UTC Arena	11,483 / 11,483	$190,239
17 September 1988	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills	40,359 / 40,359	$746,642
18 September 1988
19 September 1988	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena
21 September 1988	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Brendan Byrne Arena	60,781 / 60,781	$1,060,303
22 September 1988
23 September 1988
25 September 1988	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	36,141 / 36,141	$630,188p
26 September 1988
28 September 1988	Worcester, Massachusetts		The Centrum
29 September 1988
1 October 1988	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Copps Coliseum	17,869 / 17,869	$331,430
2 October 1988	Wheeling, West Virginia	United States	Wheeling Civic Center	9,500 / 9,500	$156,663
3 October 1988	Hampton, Virginia		Hampton Coliseum
5 October 1988	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	22,554 / 22,554	$394,695
7 October 1988	Atlanta		The Omni	49,045 / 49,045	$907,257
8 October 1988
9 October 1988
10 October 1988	Chapel Hill, North Carolina		Dean Smith Center	19,380 / 19,380	$339,150
12 October 1988	St. Louis, Missouri		The Arena	18,818 / 18,818	$325,273
13 October 1988	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
14 October 1988
16 October 1988	Champaign, Illinois		Assembly Hall
18 October 1988	Iowa City, Iowa		Carver–Hawkeye Arena
19 October 1988	Lincoln, Nebraska		Bob Devaney Arena
20 October 1988	Manhattan, Kansas		Bramlage Coliseum
22 October 1988	Salt Lake City, Utah		Salt Palace
23 October 1988
25 October 1988	Portland, Oregon		Memorial Coliseum
26 October 1988
27 October 1988	Tacoma, Washington		Tacoma Dome

Touring Personnel

Band:

• Joe Elliott – Lead Vocals, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards
• Phil Collen – Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Steve Clark – Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Rick Savage – Bass, Keyboards, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Rick Allen – Drums, Backing Vocals

Crew:

• Michael Moorhead – Laser Special Effects Programmer/Operator

References

1. http://concertstagedesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/def-leppard-1987-1988-hysteria-in-round.html