Month: June 2019

The Def Leppard Volume Two Box Set is available now! Order now HERE

This is the second of four volumes of the complete recorded output of Def Leppard available as both a 10-LP, 180gm vinyl box and a limited edition 7-CD set featuring all the recordings from the band in the 1990’s with their original packaging. The albums were re-mastered by Ronan McHugh at Joe’s Garage and cut by Greg Moore.

Def Leppard – Volume Two features 1992’s Adrenalize, which topped the charts in 23 countries, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the UK chart, and features songs such as “Let’s Get Rocked,” “Make Love Like A Man,” and “Have you ever Needed Someone So Bad,” 1993’s Top 10 release Retro Active, the bands first compilation featuring B-sides and previously unreleased recording sessions from 1984 to 1993, Def Leppard’s sixth studio album Slang, released in 1996 and the first full album to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell, and, making its vinyl debut, 1999’s Euphoria, which also went Top 10 on the US and UK charts and marked the bands return to their signature sound and features the hit “Promises.”

Also included are Rarities Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, both specially compiled by Joe Elliott containing more rare B-sides and live recordings from the 90’s, complete with newly commissioned artwork.

Housed in rigid boxes, Def Leppard – Volume Two also contains a 40-page hardbound book packed with rare photos by Ross Halfin and introductions written by the entire band.

Def Leppard was recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® alongside The Cure, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music and The Zombies, closing out the ceremony with an explosive performance in Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center. All this caps their historic 2018 co-headline stadium and arena run in North America where the band sold a staggering 1,000,000 tickets and the tour grossed over $100,000,000.00, a massive feat in today’s touring world.

This summer, Def Leppard will be taking over the Las Vegas Strip with their exclusive headlining residency show, as well as touring Europe and Canada. For more information on the summer tour dates, please click HERE. As always, the group keep pushing forward with their electrifying live shows that have transcended the test of time.

7-CD BOX SET

CD ONE – ADRENALIZE

1. Let’s Get Rocked 
2. Heaven Is 
3. Make Love Like A Man 
4. Tonight 
5. White Lightning 
6. Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion) 
7. Personal Property 
8. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad? 
9. I Wanna Touch U 
10. Tear It Down

 

CD TWO – RETRO ACTIVE

1. Desert Song 
2. Fractured Love 
3. Action
4. Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version) 
5. She’s Too Tough 
6. Miss You in A Heartbeat 
7. Only After Dark 
8. Ride into The Sun 
9. From the Inside 
10. Ring of Fire 
11. I Wanna Be Your Hero 
12. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Electric Version) 
13. Two Steps Behind (Electric Version) 

CD THREE – SLANG

1. Truth? 
2. Turn to Dust 
3. Slang 
4. All I Want Is Everything 
5. Work It Out 
6. Breathe A Sigh 
7. Deliver Me 
8. Gift of Flesh 
9. Blood Runs Cold 
10. Where Does Love Go When It Dies 
11. Pearl of Euphoria

CD FOUR – EUPHORIA

1. Demolition Man 
2. Promises 
3. Back in Your Face 
4. Goodbye 
5. All Night 
6. Paper Sun 
7. It’s Only Love 
8. 21st Century Sha La La La Girl 
9. To Be Alive 
10. Disintegrate 
11. Guilty 
12. Day After Day 
13. Kings of Oblivion

CD FIVE – RARITIES VOL 2

1. Tonight (Demo Version 2) 
2. When Love and Hate Collide (Original Demo) 
3. From the Inside – B-Side 
4. Two Steps Behind (Acoustic) – B-Side
5. She’s Too Tough (Joe’s Demo) – B-Side
6. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Phil’s Demo) -B-Side
7. Tonight (Acoustic – Sun Studios Version) – B-Side
8. S.M.C. – B-Side 
9. Hysteria (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn) 
10. Photograph (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn) 
11. Pour Some Sugar on Me (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn) 
12. Let’s Get Rocked (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn) 

CD SIX – RARITIES VOL 3

1. Armageddon It (Live in Singapore) 
2. Two Steps Behind (Live in Singapore)
3. From the Inside (Live in Singapore) 
4. Animal (Live in Singapore) 
5. When Love and Hate Collide (Live in Singapore) 
6. Pour Some Sugar on Me (Live in Singapore)
7. When Love and Hate Collide – B-Side 
8. Can’t Keep Away from The Flame – B-Side 
9. Truth – Original Version 
10. Move with Me Slowly – B-Side
11. Work It Out (Original Demo Version) – B-Side

CD SEVEN – RARITIES VOL 4

1. Bringin’ On the Heartbreak (Live in Montreal) 
2. Switch 625 (Live in Montreal)
3. Miss You in A Heartbeat (Live in Montreal) 
4. Work It Out (Live in Montreal) 
5. Deliver Me (Live in Montreal) 
6. When Saturday Comes – B-Side
7. Jimmy’s Theme – B-Side
8. Burnout – B-Side
9. Immortal – B-Side 
10. World Collide – B-Side 
11. I Am Your Child – bonus track 
12. Demolition Man – Denver
13. When Love and Hate Collide – Tokyo 
14. Paper Sun – Tokyo
15. Goodbye – Tokyo

10-LP BOX SET

ALBUM ONE – ADRENALIZE

1. SIDE ONE
   Let’s Get Rocked
   Heaven Is
   Make Love Like A Man
   Tonight
   White Lightning
2. SIDE TWO
   Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)
   Personal Property
   Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?
   I Wanna Touch U
   Tear It Down

ALBUM TWO – RETRO ACTIVE 

1. SIDE ONE
   Desert Song
   Fractured Love
   Action
   Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version)
2. SIDE TWO
   She’s Too Tough
   Miss You in A Heartbeat
   Only After Dark
   Ride into The Sun
3. SIDE THREE
   From the Inside
   Ring of Fire
   I Wanna Be Your Hero
4. SIDE FOUR
   Miss You in A Heartbeat (Electric Version)
   Two Steps Behind (Electric Version)

 

ALBUM THREE – SLANG

1. SIDE ONE
   Truth?
   Turn to Dust
   Slang
   All I Want Is Everything
   Work It Out
   Breathe A Sigh
2. SIDE TWO
   Deliver Me
   Gift of Flesh
   Blood Runs Cold
   Where Does Love Go When It Dies
   Pearl of Euphoria

 

ALBUM FOUR – EUPHORIA

1. SIDE ONE
   Demolition Man
   Promises
   Back in Your Face
   Goodbye
2. SIDE TWO
   All Night
   Paper Sun
   It’s Only Love
3. SIDE THREE
   21st Century Sha La La La Girl
   To Be Alive
   Disintegrate
4. SIDE FOUR
   Guilty
   Day After Day
   Kings of Oblivion

 

ALBUM FIVE – RARITIES VOL 2

1. SIDE ONE
   Tonight (Demo Version 2)
   When Love and Hate Collide (Original Demo)
   From the Inside – B-Side
   Two Steps Behind (Acoustic) – B-Side
2. SIDE TWO
   She’s Too Tough (Joe’s Demo)- B-Side
   Miss You in A Heartbeat (Phil’s Demo) – B-Side
   Tonight (Acoustic – Sun Studios Version) – B-Side
   S.M.C. – B-Side
3. SIDE THREE
   (In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)
   Hysteria
   Photograph
   Pour Some Sugar on Me
   Let’s Get Rocked
4. SIDE FOUR
   (Live in Singapore)
   Armageddon It
   Two Steps Behind
   From the Inside
   Animal
   When Love and Hate Collide
   Pour Some Sugar on Me

 

ALBUM SIX – RARITIES VOL 3

1. SIDE ONE
   When Love and Hate Collide – B-Side
   Can’t Keep Away from The Flame –B-Side
   Truth – Original Version
   Move with Me Slowly – B-Side
   Work It Out (Original Demo Version) 
2. SIDE TWO
   (Live in Montreal)
   Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
   Switch 625
   Miss You in A Heartbeat
   Work It Out
   Deliver Me
3. SIDE THREE
   When Saturday Comes – B-Side
   Jimmy’s Theme – B-Side
   Burnout – B-Side
   Immortal – B-Side
   World Collide – B-Side
   I Am Your Child –bonus track
4. SIDE FOUR
   Demolition Man – Denver
   When Love and Hate Collide –Tokyo
   Paper Sun – Tokyo
   Goodbye – Tokyo

DEF LEPPARD

With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees, Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick “Sav” 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 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 an institution in both the music and touring industry. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages”, “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” The band’s 2015 self-titled studio album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Independent Albums charts. The album also took the No. 5 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums and No. 10 spot on the Top 200, as well as claiming 15 top 10 debuts around the world.  For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download platforms. As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again.  Chart stats saw their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at No. 3 in the U.S., and #5 in the U.K.  Def Leppard had the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 records on the U.S. catalog albums chart.

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Euphoria will be released on vinyl for the first time ever with the new Def Leppard Volume 2 Box Set coming out June 21. Pre-order now HERE

Via UDiscover: Returning to their anthemic trademark sound, Def Leppard came back in a “big, bad ‘Hysteria’-sleek way” with their seventh album, ‘Euphoria’.

Released in May 1996, Def Leppard’s sixth album, Slang, was a diverse alt.rock record which sat well with the times, but it largely eschewed the band’s anthemic trademark sound – something the Yorkshire stalwarts were keen to revisit on their next studio set, Euphoria.

Listen to Euphoria right now.

Leppard’s brief, but fruitful, reunion with Lange resulted in three of Euphoria’s stand-out tracks: the classy, semi-acoustic ‘It’s Only Love’, the quixotic ‘All Night’ (a throwback to the Prince-esque funk of Slang’s title track) and the album’s signature song, ‘Promises’: a turbulent rocker with bags of panache which bore the hallmarks of a future classic.

For the rest of the album, Leppard reconvened with Slang producer Peter Woodroffe and decamped to Joe’s Garage studio in Dublin to lay down the bulk of their new record. A collective confidence prevailed and their ensuing performances proved that their initial session with Lange had energised the whole band.

Issued on 8 June 1999, Euphoria quickly made it plain that Def Leppard were right back in the game, something Joe Elliott himself acknowledged, singing “It’s like I’ve never been away” on the assured ‘Back In Your Face’. The troops also made some truly consummate noise on the roaring ‘Demolition Man’, the seemingly effortless ‘Promises’ and the irrepressible ‘Kings Of Oblivion’, with the latter providing lead guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell the ideal launch pad for some vintage, Thin Lizzy-esque interplay.

Yet Euphoria had far more to offer than just rampaging rockers. Bassist Rick Savage’s dreamy ‘Goodbye’ and Campbell’s ‘To Be Alive’ ranked highly among the band’s best widescreen ballads, while Collen’s exhilarating instrumental, ‘Disintegrate’, and the brooding, psych-imbued ‘Paper Sun’ suggested Leppard were still keen to prowl in pastures new as they headed into their third decade together.

Joe Elliott and company knew they were onto something good all along with Euphoria, and they were proved right when the album’s lead single, ‘Promises’, thrust Leppard back to their rightful place at the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart.

Leading the way in the press, Entertainment Weekly cut to the chase when they declared, “Def Leppard are back in a big, bad Hysteria-sleek way.” When Euphoria again yielded Top 20 Billboard chart success and a further brace of gold discs, it served notice that these seemingly invincible hard rockers remained in fine shape as they strode fearlessly into the new millennium.

The Def Leppard Volume Two 7CD and 7LP box set is due for release on 21 June and can be pre-ordered here.

Def Leppard is on the cover of this month’s Sweden Rocks Mag! On newsstands now.

Via Rolling Stone: Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Cage the Elephant, Chance the Rapper and Camila Cabello will headline the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival, set for Friday, September 20th and Saturday, the 21st at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Def Leppard, Heart, Mumford & Sons, French Montana, Halsey, H.E.R., Tim McGraw and the Zac Brown Band also lead the line-up.

The Daytime Stage, held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, will feature sets from Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, Lauv, Old Dominion, Maren Morris, Zara Larsson, CNCO, Brett Young, FLETCHER, Monsta X and Bryce Vine, with others yet to be announced.

General tickets go on sale June 14th at 1 p.m. ET via the AXS site, with tickets for the Daytime Stage available at Ticketmaster. Capitol One cardholders can access a special pre-sale that runs from Tuesday, June 11th at 1 p.m. ET through Thursday, June 13th at 1 p.m. ET.

Ryan Seacrest will continue his tenure as host for the festival, which promises “one-of-a-kind collaborations and surprise performances” during its two-day run. iHeartMedia radio stations will broadcast the event live across the country; following the fest, the CW Network will air a two-night television special on Wednesday, October 2nd and Thursday, October 3rd from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT, along with an hour-long best-of special airing Sunday, September 29th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

iHeartRadio 2018 featured Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes and Kelly Clarkson among its headliners.