Def Leppard have just announced they will return to the road this summer for an extensive tour across North America due to overwhelming demand. The Live Nation promoted outing will storm through 55 cities across all parts of the US and Canada.  It is set to kick off on May 1st in Orlando, FL and wrap on October 10th in Cedar Rapids, IA. Joining Def Leppard on their mighty summer outing are REO Speedwagon and Tesla. Full tour routing below. Tickets will go on sale starting on March 4th at Livenation.com.

Said Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott, "I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and playing some great music with some great people for some of the most appreciative audiences in the world. It really is always a pleasure."

Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon said, "We played some shows with Def Leppard in 2008 and it was an amazing musical marriage, a melodic rock extravaganza. We are ready to restart that fire in 2016."

Tour dates:

May
1 - Orlando, FL - Moonstone Festival (no REO Speedwagon)
4 - Lafayette, LA - Lafayette Cajundome* (no REO Speedwagon
5 - Corpus Christi, TX - American Bank Center Arena* (no REO Speedwagon)
7 - Hidalgo, TX - State Farm Arena*(no REO Speedwagon)
10 - Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center
11 - Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena
13 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
15 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
17 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center
18 - Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena
20 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center (no REO Speedwagon)

June
22 - Boston, MA - Xfinity Center
24 - Bangor, ME - Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
25 - Quebec City, QC - Centre Videotron
27 - Syracuse, NY - Lakeview Amphtheatre
29 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium

July
1 - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center
2 - Chicago, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
5 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
6 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest in Milwaukee
8 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
9 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
11 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach
13 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
16 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

August
6 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
8 - Evansille, IN - Ford Center
10 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
12 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
13 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
17 - Birmingham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheater
19 - Austin, TX - Austin 360 Amphitheatre
22 - Houston, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
24 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
26 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
27 - ST. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
29 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
31 - Darien Center, NY - Darien PAC

September
14 - Billings, MT - Metrapark Arena
16 - Salk Lake City, UT - USANA Ampitheatere
17 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
19 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre
20 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion
22 - Irvine, CA - Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
24 - Sacramento, CA - Toyota Amphitheatre (no Tesla)
25 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
28 - Boise, ID - Taco Bell Arena
30 - Eugene, OR - Matthew Knight Arena

October
1 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
4 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink
5 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Center
7 - La Crosse, WI - La Crosse Center Arena
8 - Toledo, OH - Huntington Center
10 - Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Cellular Center

* - Styx to appear