Def Leppard bring Goo Goo Dolls and The Struts to Prudential Center in March

The band's first North Jersey show since 2018 lands on Saturday, March 13, early in a 45-date 2027 tour.

The last time Def Leppard played North Jersey was June 15, 2018, at Prudential Center. Nearly nine years later they're booked back into the Newark arena, and this time they're bringing a co-headliner-sized bill with them.

Def Leppard play Prudential Center on Saturday, March 13, 2027, at 7 p.m., with Goo Goo Dolls and The Struts. Tickets start at $95.30 through Ticketmaster. The show was announced Oct. 8, and the arena holds about 19,500.

The Newark date is part of a 45-show North American run that Def Leppard announced on Oct. 8, with Goo Goo Dolls and The Struts as special guests across four months in the United States and Canada, as JamBase and uDiscover Music reported. The tour opens March 2 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and wraps July 2 in Indianapolis, which puts Newark less than two weeks into the run.

There's a cause attached, too. One dollar from every ticket sold on the tour goes to City of Hope, according to ABC6 in Columbus, which covered the tour's Ohio stop.

Three bands, three eras of radio rock, one Saturday night in Newark.

Both headliners arrive with momentum. Def Leppard finished their third Las Vegas residency earlier this year, and Goo Goo Dolls wrapped their own Summer Tour 2026, per HollywoodLife. The Struts round out the night as the youngest band on the bill.

What that adds up to is a bill built for a wide crowd. Def Leppard's hits come from the '80s, Goo Goo Dolls carry the '90s, and The Struts bring a newer take on big, glammy rock. It's a show where parents and kids can each claim a headliner, and a Saturday night in March in a full arena is the right setting for it.

Tickets went to Def Leppard's Rock Brigade fan club in presale on Oct. 12, with the general sale opening Oct. 16, so the on-sale rush is over and what's left is on the ticket page now. With a 7 p.m. start and three bands to get through, plan on getting to the arena early if you want to see The Struts.

Nine years is a long time between visits from a band this size. Def Leppard are coming back to the same Newark arena, with two more bands on the bill and a full arena's worth of choruses. That's a Saturday that books itself.

Sources: Def Leppard Schedules 45-Date 2027 Tour With Goo Goo Dolls — JamBase (jambase.com); Def Leppard Announces 2027 Tour With Goo Goo Dolls — uDiscover Music (udiscovermusic.com); Def Leppard to bring 2027 tour to Columbus with Goo Goo Dolls, The Struts — ABC6 (abc6onyourside.com); Def Leppard 2027 Tour: Cities, Dates & How to Get Tickets — HollywoodLife (hollywoodlife.com); Def Leppard hit the road, will tour with Goo Goo Dolls, The Struts — WFTV (wftv.com); Def Leppard and Goo Goo Dolls at Prudential Center — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net)