Viva! Hysteria (concert residency)

Viva! Hysteria
Residency by Def Leppard
Official promo poster
LocationThe Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Associated albumHysteria
Start date22 March 2013
End date13 April 2013
No. of shows11
Def Leppard concert chronology
  • Rock of Ages Tour
    (2012)
  • Viva! Hysteria
    (2013)
  • Summer Tour 2013
    (2013)

Viva! Hysteria was a concert residency by English rock band Def Leppard where the band played their 1987 album Hysteria in its entirety.[1]

The shows on 29 and 30 March were recorded and released on Viva! Hysteria, 22 October 2013.

Concert dates

  • Friday 22 March 2013
  • Saturday 23 March 2013
  • Wednesday 27 March 2013
  • Friday 29 March 2013
  • Saturday 30 March 2013
  • Wednesday 3 April 2013
  • Friday 5 April 2013
  • Saturday 6 April 2013
  • Wednesday 10 April 2013
  • Friday 12 April 2013
  • Saturday 13 April 2013

Setlists

Opening setlists

All 11 nights, the band opened with a distinct setlist of mostly deep cuts. They performed as the fictitious Ded Flatbird, and dubbed themselves as "The world's greatest Def Leppard cover band."[2]

Song Nights Ded Flatbird setlist
22 March 23 March 27 March 29 March 30 March 3 April 5 April 6 April 10 April 12 April 13 April
"Good Morning Freedom" 4 1 1 1 1
"Wasted" 6 2 2 5 2 8 7
"Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)" 6 3 2 4 3 5 2
"Foolin'" 5 4 6 3 4 3
"Promises" 6 5 6 9 5 7 6
"When Love & Hate Collide" 4 6 4 5 6
"Let It Go" 5 7 3 1 4 3
"Slang" 4 8 2 6 3
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" 4 9 6 7 6
"Switch 625" 4 10 7 8 7
"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" 4 1 5 3 5
"Action" 4 2 6 2 2
"Another Hit And Run" 4 3 4 4 4
"Too Late For Love" 4 4 4 5 4
"Make Love Like a Man" 3 5 7 7
"Let's Get Rocked" 4 7 8 8 8
"On Through The Night" 3 1 1 1
"C'mon, C'mon" 2 3 6
"Rock Brigade" 4 5 7 6 2
"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" 3 7 1 1
"Undefeated" 2 8 8
"Stagefright" 2 3 2
"Rock On" 1 5

Hysteria setlist and encore

Each night after intermission, Def Leppard came back to perform Hysteria in its entirety. This started with Phil Collen on an elevated platform playing the intro to "Women". An important note is that these were the first shows to feature the band playing the whole album front to back. Accordingly, they played the songs in a true-to-album style. Notably, "Rocket" was neither the extended (Lunar mix) nor shortened (single/visualize edit) versions which have been played on recent tours, but a 2013 vintage of the Hysteria album version of the song, while "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was played with the original "Step inside, walk this way" intro as heard on the Hysteria album. Every night, the band played the same encore of its two biggest Pyromania hits, "Rock of Ages", and "Photograph".

  1. "Women"
  2. "Rocket"
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Love Bites"
  5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
  6. "Armageddon It"
  2. "Gods Of War"
  3. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"
  4. "Run Riot"
  5. "Hysteria"
  6. "Excitable"
  7. "Love and Affection"

Encore

  2. "Rock of Ages"
  3. "Photograph"

Personnel

  • Joe Elliott – lead vocals; also performed as his Ded Flatbird alias "Booty Reuben"
  • Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals; also performed as his Ded Flatbird alias "Fleetwood Beck"
  • Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals; also performed as his Ded Flatbird alias "Chingy Chapman"
  • Vivian Campbell – guitar, backing vocals; also performed as his Ded Flatbird alias "Linkin Twain"
  • Rick Allen – drums; also performed as his Ded Flatbird alias "Camp Out"

References

  1. ^ "Def Leppard setting off 'Hysteria' with Las Vegas run". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ Ramirez, Carlos. "Def Leppard, 'VIVA Hysteria!' Opening Night Review: British Rockers Conquer Las Vegas (PHOTOS)". Noisecreep.