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DEF LEPPARD TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION BOX SET -‘VOLUME TWO’ ON JUNE 21, 2019

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DEF LEPPARD TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION BOX SET  ‘DEF LEPPARD – VOLUME TWO’ ON JUNE 21, 2019

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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

SIDE ONE
Let’s Get Rocked
Heaven Is
Make Love Like A Man
Tonight
White Lightning

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

 

SIDE ONE

Desert Song

Fractured Love

Action

Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version)

SIDE TWO

She’s Too Tough

Miss You in A Heartbeat

Only After Dark

Ride into The Sun

SIDE THREE

From the Inside

Ring of Fire

I Wanna Be Your Hero

SIDE FOUR

Miss You in A Heartbeat (Electric Version)

Two Steps Behind (Electric Version)

 

 

 

ALBUM THREE – SLANG

 

SIDE ONE

Truth?

Turn to Dust

Slang

All I Want Is Everything

Work It Out

Breathe A Sigh

SIDE TWO

Deliver Me

Gift of Flesh

Blood Runs Cold

Where Does Love Go When It Dies

Pearl of Euphoria

 

ALBUM FOUR – EUPHORIA

  

SIDE ONE

Demolition Man

Promises

Back in Your Face

Goodbye

SIDE TWO

All Night

Paper Sun

It’s Only Love

SIDE THREE

21st Century Sha La La La Girl

To Be Alive

Disintegrate

SIDE FOUR

Guilty

Day After Day

Kings of Oblivion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALBUM FIVE – RARITIES VOL 2

 

SIDE ONE

Tonight (Demo Version 2)

When Love and Hate Collide (Original Demo)

From the Inside – B-Side

Two Steps Behind (Acoustic) – B-Side

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

SIDE THREE

(In the Club in Your Face – Bonn)

Hysteria

Photograph

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Let’s Get Rocked

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

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) 

SIDE TWO

(Live in Montreal)

Bringin’ On the Heartbreak

Switch 625

Miss You in A Heartbeat

Work It Out

Deliver Me

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

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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Joe Elliott’s Planet Rock Radio Show (Saturday 20 April)

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This weeks program features songs from David Bowie, Whitesnake, The Beatles, Sparks amongst others, as well as some stories from Joe!

Radio show time is Saturdays at 6pm (GMT) / 1pm (EST) and repeated on Tuesday nights @ 9pm (GMT) / 4pm (EST).

For those in the U.K. tune into Joe’s weekly radio show on PlanetRock.com.

Follow the monthly recap playlist on Spotify HERE

For those listening outside the U.K. listen live from this site HERE.  Please not this Surf.com internet site may not work in some countries.  As a quick fix, please download a VPN application and set it to the UK territory.  Then download the Planet Rock app and boom, it works!

Joe Elliott’s Songs From The Vault on Sirius XM (April Edition)

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JOE ELLOTT’S SONGS FROM THE VAULT ON SIRIUS XM’S DEEP VINYL

Tune into Joe’s new monthly radio show on Sirius to hear artists like Roxy Music, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Queen, Kansas and more!

WHO: Def Leppard frontman, musician, and musicologist Joe Elliott
WHAT: Will debut “Joe Elliott’s Songs from the Vault”

WHEN:

Premiere – Thursday, 4/18 at 4pm

Encores 4/19 10pm, 4/20 10am, 4/21 12am, 6pm

WHERE: SiriusXM’s DeepTracks (Ch. 27)
MORE:
In his youth, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott was creatively influenced by the music of the late 60’s and early 70’s. From legendary acts like T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and so many others. Each month, listen to Elliott play “Deep Tracks” from his personal music collection. Expect to hear songs from Joe’s vault and some of the stories behind them. You can also see Def Leppard on tour this summer. Promising to be the Tour of the Year, two of the world’s greatest rock bands – Def Leppard and Journey- are teaming up for a massive co-headlining North American tour composed of both stadium and arena concerts, and will feature complete sets and all-new production from both bands, and an arsenal of their greatest hits. A full list of tour dates can be found HERE.

The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard Volume 2 Out Now

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Visit your local record store and pick up a copy of the new Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard Volume 2. Info & locations HERE

Joe Elliott’s Planet Rock Radio Show (Saturday 13 April)

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This weeks program features songs from UFO, THE SCORPIONS, GIRL, RAINBOW amongst others, as well as some stories from Joe!

Radio show time is Saturdays at 6pm (GMT) / 1pm (EST) and repeated on Tuesday nights @ 9pm (GMT) / 4pm (EST).

For those in the U.K. tune into Joe’s weekly radio show on PlanetRock.com.

Follow the monthly recap playlist on Spotify HERE

For those listening outside the U.K. listen live from this site HERE.  Please not this Surf.com internet site may not work in some countries.  As a quick fix, please download a VPN application and set it to the UK territory.  Then download the Planet Rock app and boom, it works!

Def Leppard celebrate in style at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony

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via Louder

On Friday evening, Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by Queen guitarist Brian May.

May paid tribute to the band’s work ethic and spoke about how they overcame adversity after drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident and the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991.

As for their music, May said: “They released 50 singles, most of which were hits and many were number ones. There was this kind of feeling abroad in the press, particularly in the UK, that maybe that made them uncool.

“But let me tell you, those songs, the fact that they wrote real songs that people can sing and carry in their heads is the reason that Def Leppard will be remembered in hearts and minds long after all of us have left this Earth.”

Taking to the stage, Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott spoke about the chance meeting between him and guitarist Pete Willis in 1977, which led to the birth of the band.

Elliott also paid tribute to Willis, who was also enshrined with the band, saying: “Sadly Pete couldn’t be with us tonight, but I want to emphasise how very important Pete’s role in this band was in the early days.

“He was a terrific player, had a very mischievous sense of humour, but he brought plenty of great musical ideas to the band.”

Closing his speech, Elliott thanked their families, wives and children “who help to keep us grounded and also give us a good reason to keep doing what we do.”

He added: “And last but absolutely not least, my fellow bandmates here. We’re not blood, but we’re the closest thing to brothers this only child has ever known. I couldn’t and wouldn’t want to do it without you guys.”

Def Leppard then took to the stage to play Hysteria, Rock Of Ages, Photographand Pour Some Sugar On Me, before coming out at the end of the ceremony to lead an all-star jam of Mott The Hoople’s All The Young Dudes with Ian Hunter.

They were also joined by May, Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone from the Zombies – who were also inducted into the Rock Hall on Friday night – Steven Van Zandt and Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles.

Stevie Nicks, The Cure, Radiohead, Roxy Music and Janet Jackson were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

 

Queen’s Brian May reveals how Joe Elliott saved his life at Def Leppard gig

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via Planet Rock

Close friends with Def Leppard for decades, Brian May has guested on stage with them numerous times, including for a performance of ‘Now I’m Here’ at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness in 1992.

Speaking on stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Brian spoke about joining Def Leppard at a Los Angeles gig in 1983 to play a mashup of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Travelin’ Band’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Rock and Roll’, which nearly ended with him being engulfed by flames.

Fortunately for Brian, Def Leppard frontman and Planet Rock DJ, Joe Elliott, was on hand to save him.

Brian explained:

“Cut to September ’83, I’m in Los Angeles, again we’re recording an album, which, this time, is The Works, I think, and I go out. This time, Def Leppard are playing the local arena, which is the legendary L.A. Forum. I go down there, very inconspicuous, I sit in the back, and when these boys hit the stage, I have to tell you — I have never seen anything like it. I’ve seen some great shows in the Forum, but I’ve never seen an audience react like that. They got to their feet, they never sat down and they screamed and shouted the whole way through the performance. Def Leppard killed that night. I went backstage to see them afterwards, they invited me, and just like when we first played in the States, all their moms and dads are there — very proud moms and dads, and I get introduced to them. And the boys say, “Will you come out and play with us tomorrow night?” So I said yes, and the rest is history. We played “Travelin’ Band.” It’s history because I nearly lost my career and my life because this is Pyromania and the production has all kinds of fire. Joe warned me, he said, “Watch out for the fireworks at the end, just be careful.” But I’m at the end, we finish “Travelin’ Band,” we’re up behind the drums and there’s a kind of chasm in front of us where the fire’s about to come out — I have no idea. I’m gone, I’m like giving it all this, and Joe’s going, “Brian, Brian!” And I’m thinking he’s just kind of appreciating me, you know? He’s going, “Brian, Brian, the fire!” Anyway this huge sheath of flame comes up in front of me, and just in time, Joe’s dragged me out of it — otherwise I wouldn’t be here tonight. So early on in their career, Joe Elliott saved my life!”

Elsewhere in his speech, Brian praised Def Leppard saying: “Not everybody realises that these guys are not just crowd pleasers. They also embody such an amazing technical excellence. They have it all.

“I regard all these guys as great friends and kind of part of my family, that’s why it’s so important for me to be here. I wouldn’t have let anybody else do this (induct them).”

He also hailed them as “a magnificent rock group, in the classic tradition of what a rock group really is” and “a bunch of magnificent human beings.”

Following their induction, Def Leppard closed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday night with an all-star performance of Mott The Hoople’s ‘All The Young Dudes’.

The Sheffield rockers played the David Bowie-penned song alongside stars including Queen’s Brian May, Steven Van Zandt, The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, and Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter.

Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, The Cure, Roxy Music, The Zombies and Janet Jackson were also all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday.

DEF LEPPARD’S PHIL COLLEN REVEALS THE SECRET TO STAYING YOUNG AT 61

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via Metalhead Zone

Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen had a recent interview with 93.1 WMPA, and discussed how can he be in great shape at 61, him not using any drugs and how did they earn millions of dollars in their early days.

Here is the interview (Transcribed by Ultimate-Guitar):

93.1 WMPA:

“When ‘Women’ premiered on MTV [as the second single off 1987’s ‘Hysteria’], I later read that it was not as big as you thought it was gonna be. Was Hysteria a slow burner when it first started?”

Phil Collen:

“We were in really serious debt, like, $5 million in three years. Studios and everything – shipping, cargo, hotels, and god knows what.

So we were really in debt, and the first three singles didn’t have absolutely any traction at all. I mean, they were out there… But now you look back and you see ‘Hysteria,’ or ‘Women’ – I think ‘Animal’ was the third one – you look at them now, ‘Animal’ is a Top 10 single in England. They caught fire later on, but we were still $3 million dollars in debt when that happened.”

93.1 WMPA:

“Your health regiment has become something of a legend. I mean, a lot of you guys look exactly the same as you did 30 years ago. What is your key to success – because I believe you’re in your early 60s, are you not?”

Phil Collen:

“Yeah, 61. The really easy one is just consistently working out. You don’t have to kill yourself, but just keep the blood flowing in the joints. If I stop doing that – even just kicking the bag or something like that – within a week or so, I start aching, I start feeling like the rest of the population of my age.

“So last night, just kicking the bag, all of a sudden the pain’s gone. You got to be consistent with it, and diet. I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, I don’t smoke, none of that stuff, that really helps.

“I’m a vegan – I know some unhealthy vegans, but again, you just apply and when you’re traveling, you just feel better. It helps, it’s amazing, and that doesn’t cost anything.”

Click here to read the whole interview.