Def Leppard - "Foolin'"Summer 1983In the boardroom of Mercury Records, at a conference table, painted to look like a Union Jack in the wind and covered with pizzas and six packs of beer, sit the members of British heavy metal band Def Leppard (singer Joe Elliot, guitarist Steve "Steamin'" Clark, guitarist Phil Collen, bassman Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen), their manager, and video dire...
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Got a little story I think friends like you will enjoy.My son comes home from work and asks me, "do you know a band called Def Leppard?" And I, of course say, "yeah- why?". He says, "I need to learn a song and I have a week to do it".That was kind of strange, since my son recently started working full time for a company he had been interning at part time while finishing up his graphic design de...
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Severe thunderstorms that produced high winds and flying debris caused eight people to be injured and significant damage inflicted to the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC, where Def Leppard was scheduled to perform Tuesday night (August 21).Venue management has issued the following statement regarding the Def Leppard show cancellation and possible rescheduling:"The Def Leppard/Styx/Fore...
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[Bush Encourages, Helps Foreigners Buy Up US]Published: Oct 9, 2007Author: Patrick J. BuchananWhat is it that distinguishes Bush Republicanism from the Coolidge, Taft, Eisenhower and Reagan varieties? Four major issues come to mind. Bush is a "Big Government conservative" who repudiated the "government-is-the-problem" philosophy of Reagan. His No Child Left Behind program, doubling the size of...
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Britain's biggest arena band is coming to put America's arenas to the test: Def Leppard announced US tour dates today. They also announced that they've been in the studio, working on a new album! The album details will be released shortly, but we've been told that it includes "a very special collaboration." Joe Elliott (vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav" Sav...
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Britain's Metal Hammer magazine presented their Metal Hammer Golden God awards on Monday night in London. Def Leppard was given the Legends Award while Iron Maiden received the Best UK Band and Golden God awards. Steve Vai was given the Riff Award and Canada's Anvil, just resurging after years in obscurity, won the Metal as Fuck award.For the full list of winners, see the Metal Hammer site. Y...
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If you've ever wanted to interview Def Leppard - read on.Noisecreep is interviewing Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott next week - and your help is needed. Dearest Bring Back Glam! readers, here's all you need to do:To submit a question to Joe, just leave it in the comment section. I'll give you until Sunday at 11:59pm ET to leave questions and then the comments will be closed. Do not email me q...
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If you still harbored any illusions that Def Leppard were still a rock band, Geoff Barton of Classic Rock Magazine is reporting :It’s enough to shatter your achy breaky heart. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers Def Leppard have received three first-round Country Music Television (CMT) award nominations. The Leps’ duet with Taylor Swift on their song Photograph has been nominated for bot
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This will be the 3rd or 4th time I see Def Leppard in concert. First time at a venue as big as the Tweeter Center, which is kind of a downer because it isn't as intimate of a setting and I won't be as close to Vivian Campbell. Man oh man there is just something about an Irish guitarist. ;o)**be still my beating heart**It's classic 80s music for me. I'll never be one of those people who forgoes ...
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The third and final band I picked up in drama class in 1983 for $4. I bought the cassette Pyromania by Def Leppard. It was...how can words describe? It changed my world. It was loud and dark and they were blowing up a building on the cassette cover. And when I saw the video on MTV, I was blown away. The entire album was great. Truthfully, I saw "Photograph" first, which, incidentally, wa...
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It’s always sad when a show is canceled, and even more sad when it’s an entire tour. Def Leppard, due to what the band calls ‘unforeseen personal matters’, has been forced to cancel their fall tour across the United States, which was set to hit cities like Reno, St. Paul, Detroit, and Nashville. “We know [...]
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Def Leppard has announced that it is canceling the third leg of their North American tour which was scheduled to start October 22 in Reno. The band said in a statement on their website:Due to unforeseen personal matters, the third leg of Def Leppard’s North American Tour, set to begin on October 22nd, has been cancelled. "We know how truly blessed we are to have such committed fans," said the.
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Def Leppard have unexpectedly canceled the third leg of their North American tour.The jaunt was set to kick off this Thursday (October 22) but the band has announced that due to “personal matters” the tour will have to be postponed.“We know how truly blessed we are to have such committed fans,” said the band in a statement.“That’s why we’ve agonized over this decision. Even if just a
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