BookMyShow Live brings the legendary rock band, Def Leppard, for a 3-city India tour

National, December 11, 2025: BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, announced the highly anticipated India tour of Def Leppard, the UK’s Greatest Arena Rock Band. The three dates announced include Shillong on March 25th, 2026 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Polo Grounds), Mumbai on March 27th, 2026 at Jio World Garden and Bengaluru on March 29th, 2026 at NICE Grounds.

General On-Sale of tickets for the tour goes live at 12 PM (Noon) IST on Saturday, December 13th, 2025, exclusively on BookMyShow.

Joe Elliott says, “We’re excited to announce our India tour dates in 2026. Playing for our fans in India is thrilling for us. We can’t wait to see you soon!”

Phil Collen says, “We are delighted to finally make it to India next year. It’s going to be an incredible night for all the fans!”

Naman Pugalia, Chief Business Officer – Live Events, BookMyShow, said, “This tour marks a significant moment for rock culture in India. Def Leppard have shaped the soundtrack of millions of lives around the world, and bringing their first full-scale headliner tour to India is a shared celebration of music history, fan devotion and the power of live experiences. India is entering a new chapter in live entertainment, one where legendary global acts are returning to our stages and rock music is finding a renewed, passionate audience. Our role at BookMyShow Live is to help shape that landscape, to make it possible for artists of this stature to meet the listeners who have carried their music for so long.”

Def Leppard’s three-city India Tour continues the series of defining rock live shows under the banner of Bandland On Tour, an extension of Bandland, the rock and alternative music Intellectual Property (IP) of BookMyShow Live, as it scales its footprint across the country.

For over four decades, Def Leppard have stood at the forefront of rock’s global evolution, crafting a catalogue that defined an era and continues to inspire generations. Their unmistakable blend of soaring harmonies, precision-driven riffs and stadium-sized emotion has made them icons of the genre, a status cemented by their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. For India, the band’s arrival marks their first full-scale headliner tour in the country, long awaited by a thriving and increasingly vocal community of rock loyalists. Their concerts are renowned for powerful visual storytelling, intricate musicianship and a level of touring excellence that continues to set global benchmarks, making this tour a landmark moment for both fans and the country’s live music landscape.

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and multi-platinum albums, including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria capturing the group’s legendary tracks such as ‘Rock of Ages’, ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’, ‘Animal’ and ‘Foolin’. Testament to Def Leppard’s enduring and ever growing appeal is their 20 million followers across social media platforms.

The 2023 tour saw the band headline venues across Europe including selling out the iconic Wembley Stadium. That tour was part of a two year run that saw Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe selling over 2.1 million tickets across the globe while performing in 27 countries and on five continents!

2023 also saw the band release their innovative last studio album, Drastic Symphonies alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The critically acclaimed album charted at No 4 in the UK – the band highest UK chart position in 32 years. Recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios it led to the band performing a stunning set on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Rooms – their version of ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’ featuring Emm Gryner and the BBC Concert Orchestra is available to see HERE.

The tour is supported by Meghalaya Tourism in Shillong with The Circus as Event Partner.

For tickets and further information www.defleppard.com and www.bookmyshow.com.

Stay tuned on BookMyShow and on these social media handles for more information on the show.

ABOUT DEF LEPPARD:

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S.,Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career, the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums – including the 14x Platinum Hysteria and 11x Platinum Pyromania – that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as the world’s greatest live rock band. In May 2022, Def Leppard released their critically and commercially acclaimed twelfth studio album Diamond Star Halos. The album debuted at #1 on the Apple, Amazon Music and Billboard’s Hard Rock charts, and scored a Top 10 debut on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, marking the band’s eighth Top 10 album of their career. Globally, it notched numerous Top 10 chart entries including a Top 5 debut in the UK. Following this success, the band released their 13th studio album Drastic Symphonies with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023, which charted at #4 in the UK– their highest UK chart entry in over 32 years—and spent an impressive 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Current Classical chart. By the end of this year, Def Leppard will have sold over 4.5 million tickets across the globe since their sold out stadium run in 2022 alongside Mötley Crüe, a massive feat in today’s touring world. The group continues to push the boundaries with their electrifying live shows on their current summer tour with a number of headline shows and festival dates. Next year, the group returns to Las Vegas for their third residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Most recently, the band teamed up with legendary guitarist Tom Morello for their single “Just Like 73”, which soared to #1 on the Mediabase Classic Rock chart.

About BookMyShow:

Launched in 2007, BookMyShow, owned and operated by Big Tree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (founded in 1999), is India’s leading entertainment destination with global operations and the one-stop shop for every entertainment need. The firm is present in over 700 towns and cities in India and works with partners across the industry to provide unmatched entertainment experiences to millions of customers. Over the years, the company has evolved from a purely online ticketing platform for movies across 7,000 plus screens, to end-to-end management of live entertainment events including music concerts, live performances, theatricals, sports and more, all accomplished at par with global standards. Some of the key properties that BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, has brought to its markets over the past few years include Lollapalooza India, Bandland, Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour, Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour, Ed Sheeran: +–=÷x Tour, Maroon 5, Guns N’ Roses, Backstreet Boys’ DNA World Tour, Post Malone’s debut India show at the Feeding India concert, U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour, NBA’s debut games in India, Disney’s Aladdin, Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR as also international artists such as Justin Bieber to name a few.

BookMyShow is invested in providing the best user experience, whether on-ground or online and to that effect, launched BookMyShow Stream, India’s largest home-grown transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) platform hosting award-winning and critically acclaimed content from around the world, complementing its cinemas business. BookMyShow also houses India’s most extensive organic reviews and ratings engine for movies and has driven technology innovations, such as the m-ticket and Movie Mode, impacting tens of millions of users and the industry at large. With continued support from marquee investors like TPG Growth, Stripes Group, Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners), Accel and Network18, BookMyShow has constantly demonstrated category leadership, growing beyond India with operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, UAE and Sri Lanka. BookMyShow is also committed to society at large, by way of BookAChange, by BookMyShow Foundation, dedicated to enriching lives through the transformative power of music and the performing arts.