Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick coming to BOK Center
BY JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Staff Writer
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2/26/09 at 1:46 PM
A tour with rock legends Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick will roll through Tulsa Aug. 22, tulsaworld.com has confirmed.
Official Web sites for all three acts confirm an Aug. 22 show date in Tulsa. The Cheap Trick official site reports that the show will be at the BOK Center.
The 40-city North American Tour kicks off on June 23 in Camden, N.J. Live Nation will produce the tour, reports Billboard.com.
Tickets will be available online at the BOK Web site, livenation.com, area Reasor’s and Homeland stores, Arby’s Box Office or by calling 1-866-7-BOKCTR, the BOK Center confirmed. Ticket prices will be announced soon.
"I'm very pleased that we are coming back to North America," said Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott in a press statement. "We're gonna be touring with some new friends and some old friends and can guarantee it will be the Rock Tour of the summer."
All three acts wrote popular powerhouse rock songs throughout the 80s.
"There is nothing better than an epic summer concert and this tour is a dream come true for rock 'n' roll fans. It will be a night of a thousand hits with three hard-charging rock bands on the road together," said Poison front man and star of VH1's top-rated "Rock of Love Bus" reality show, Bret Michaels also said in a press statement.
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A press release posted to the Billboard Web site lists the following tour dates:
23-June Camden, NJ
25-June Cuyahoga Falls, OH
26-June Darien Center, NY
28-June Scranton, PA
28-June Scranton, PA
30-June Mansfield, MA
01-July Holmdel, NJ
03-July Saratoga Springs, NY
04-July Toronto, CAN
07-July Hartford, CT
08-July Wantagh, NY
10-July Burgettstown, PA
11-July Virginia Beach, VA
12-July Bristow, VA
15-July Cincinnati, OH
17-July Tinley Park, IL
18-July Milwaukee, WI
20-July Maryland Heights, MO
21-July Kansas City, MO
23-July Noblesville, IN
24-July Clarkston, MI
07-Aug. Raleigh, NC
08-Aug. Charlotte, NC
10-Aug. Nashville, TN
11-Aug. Birmingham, AL
13-Aug. West Palm Beach, FL
14-Aug. Tampa, FL
15-Aug. Atlanta, GA
18-Aug. New Orleans, LA
19-Aug. Houston, TX 21-Aug Dallas, TX
22-AUG. TULSA, OK
24-Aug. Englewood, CO
25-Aug. Salt Lake City, UT
28-Aug. Albuquerque, NM
29-Aug. Phoenix, AZ
30-Aug. Irvine, CA
02-Sept. Mountain View, CA
03-Sept. Sacramento, CA
05-Sept. Las Vegas, NV
06-Sept. San Bernadino, CA
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