Mötley CrüeDef LeppardPoison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have added five new cities onto their “Stadium Tour” for 2022. The long-delayed trek will now also hit Toronto on August 8th; Indianapolis on August 16th; Vancouver on September 2nd; Edmonton and September 4th; with a new final date of September 9th in Las Vegas.

According to the announcement: “Tickets for the new dates will go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 25th at 10 am local time at www.LiveNation.com, check local listings for details. Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe VIP offerings for the 5 new shows will be available coinciding with the general onsale next Friday February 25th at 10 am local time.”

Mötley Crüe said in a joint statement: “It’s on!  We don’t think we’ve ever looked forward more to kicking off a tour than this one. We can’t wait to finally see all the fans across North America again. Get ready for a wild ride this summer!”

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott added: “On behalf of the band, we’re beyond thrilled that the stadium tour is finally happening this summer. . . it’s been a while coming and we can’t wait to get back on stage again & we can’t wait to see you in one of the many stadiums soon!”

Poison’s Bret Michaels said“There are not enough words to thank the three generations of fans for making this such an exciting, record breaking, historical tour with the fastest sell outs in history at these stadiums.”

Joan Jett added: “We are so excited to be back out on the road! We missed doing what we love most and can’t wait to see the fans out there again!”

Frontman Vince Neil said a while back he wanted Mötley Crüe to go out the way it came in: [“Y’know, we didn’t want to be one of those bands that maybe have one guy left in it or somebody’s brother or something like that. Y’know, we wanted to be — we wanted to go out with the four founding members of Mötley Crüe and go out on top, and leave a legacy of a band called Mötley Crüe.”] SOUNDCUE (:15 OC: . . . called Motley Crue)

Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen told us he and his bandmates always look forward to playing their hits out on the road: [“Every night when someone’s singing along — especially when there’s a lot of young kids there, 16-year-olds and that — it is fresh, actually makes you feel really good when there’s a whole new breed of people just singing away to songs that you’ve done. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s a new song or an old song, it’s still our song, so it’s a huge compliment. It really is, it’s the best thing in the world.”] SOUNDCUE (:17 OC: . . . in the world)

UPDATED: Def Leppard / Motley Crue / Poison / John  Jett & The Blackhearts 2022 “The Stadium Tour” dates (subject to change):

June 16 – Atlanta, GA – SunTrust Park
June 18 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium
June 19 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium
June 22 – Washington, D.C. – Nationals Park
June 24 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field
June 25 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
June 28 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
June 30 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
July 2 – Jacksonville, FL – TIAA Bank Field
July 5 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium
July 8 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
July 10 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
July 12 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
July 14 – Cleveland, OH – FirstEnergy Stadium
July 15 – Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ball Park
July 17 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller Park
July 19 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium
July 21 – Denver, CO – Coors Field
August 5, 6 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
August 8 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
August 10 – Orchard Park, NY – New Era Field
August 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
August 14 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
August 16 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium
August 19 – Houston, TX- Minute Maid Park
August 21 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
August 22 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
August 25 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
August 27 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium
August 28 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park
August 31 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
September 2 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place
September 4 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium

September 7 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
September 9 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium

SOURCE: Press release

FAST FACTS

  • Set for release on Record Store Day — April 23rd — is Acoustics is the first-ever acoustic vinyl release from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
  • The eight-track collection is made up of five newly recorded acoustic tracks and three previously unreleased acoustic versions exclusive to this Record Store Day 2022 release, including hits “I Hate Myself For Loving You” and “Bad Reputation (Live In Los Angeles)”.

The tracklisting to ‘Acoustics’ is:

Side A
“You Drive Me Wild”
“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got”
“School Days”
“Good Music”

Side B
“Fresh Start”
“I Hate Myself For Loving You”
“Androgynous – Live in Los Angeles
“Bad Reputation – Live in Los Angeles

CHECK IT OUT: The original trailer for 2020’s “Stadium Tour”: