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In celebration of our upcoming box set release, we created a brand new lyric video for Hysteria! Watch below and pre-order the Volume 1 Box Set HERE

Full catalogue now available to stream and download: https://UMe.lnk.to/DefLeppardDigital

We just added tons of new 2018 tour merch to our webstore! Get yours here: https://bit.ly/2fGz2KX

Follow the 2018 tour with Def Leppard’s new tour map.

Visit defleppardtourbook.com to unlock the first exclusive digital laminate & band photo!

 

“The learning curve is the most amazing part of the artistic process.”

Phil Collen – The Brink of Midnight Podcast with John Brenkus

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In this special episode, Phil takes you through his musical journey and the evolution of Def Leppard. At the beginning of the conversation, he sits down with his guitar and breaks down the creation of hits like “Hysteria”, “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, “Armageddon It”, “Love Bites”, “Rock It”, among others, sharing behind-the-scenes stories that will make 80s and rock fans feel like they’re playing and singing right in the studio with Phil. 

Raised in London by parents who survived WWWII, he learned at a young age an incredible work ethic and not to take anything for granted. Those values are the foundation of Phil’s every day, whether that’s writing and recording songs, performing in arenas across the globe, being a dad, practicing martial arts, or raising awareness for causes he supports (PETA and Omaze). 

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Via Billboard: This summer, Def Leppard are teaming up with Journey for a massive co-headlining tour that kicks off May 21 and runs through Oct. 7. But that’s not the only collaboration the hard rock titans are embarking on in 2018: The Sheffield rockers have teamed up with Seattle’s Elysian Brewing Company to craft Def Leppard Pale (6% ABV), a brand new brew that will make its debut on May 23 (the second date of their tour) and be available at most stops on their tour, as well as select bars and restaurants.

“It tastes great – that’s the most important thing I can tell you,” singer Joe Elliott tells Billboard. “I would pass on doing an interview about this if I didn’t like it. That to me is the most important thing.”

 

In fact, Elliott likes it enough that he could see it becoming “the new normal to have it in the fridge,” but hardly for vanity’s sake. “We’re not going to drink it just because we put our name on it,” he says, laughing. “I don’t walk around wearing our fucking t-shirt.”

When the opportunity to work with the British heavy metal icons presented itself, Elysian Brewing Company jumped at the chance. “For our brand, our ethos is guitar, bass and drums,” Elysian CEO and co-founder Joe Bisacca tells Billboard. “It’s not ballad-y, it’s not a quiet love song — it’s hardcore rock.”

Hammered out over the course of numerous emails, Skype calls and some FedEx-ed samples that led to tweaks — “It’s like a song – you can’t rush it,” Elliott says — Def Leppard Pale reflects both the band and the brewery.

“We had the idea here that the beer should celebrate something of the band and something of us,” Bisacca says. “The best of British beer is the malt body and that beautiful malt balance. And the best thing about American beer is the citrus, piney hops. So we’ve taken those two aspects, put them together and come up with a beer you can actually drink a few of — 6% ABV you can drink all night long.”

Read the full story on Billboard.com HERE

This weeks program features songs from Sex Pistols, Jeff Beck, Mr. Bloe, The Amorettes, 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.

For those listening outside the U.K. or in the U.S. listen live from this site HERE. Please note 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!

On May 18^th, Public Television’s critically acclaimed conversation series Speakeasy, will return to New York City’s Iridium to film an all new episode featuring legendary frontman Joe Elliott and Rolling Stone Editor David Fricke. Doors will open at 1:30 pm and the show will begin promptly at 2:30 pm.  Tickets are available now here: https://bit.ly/2I0RBeD

Speakeasy is the ground-breaking public television series from the producers of Front and Center which pairs Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers, Grammy Award and Tony Award winners, and iconic musicians with and interviewer of their choice.  The result is an intimate conversation that leads to stories, experiences and compelling viewpoints that may not have been heard before. Speakeasy will return to public television for a fourth season Fall 2018.

Videos and more information about Speakeasy are available at https://www.facebook.com/SpeakeasyNYC and https://bit.ly/2cCgdJO.

Front and Center Entertainment, LLC produces the popular music performance television series Front and Center as well as the groundbreaking talk show Speakeasy and the monthly series MTV Live: Setlist. Since 2012 Front and Center has presented an eclectic mix of Grammy, Country Music Association, American Music and Academy of Country Music Award winners, rock icons and multi-platinum sellers including Keith Urban, Steven Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Counting Crows, Rob Thomas, and The Avett Brothers. Speakeasy, which began airing in January 2015, features an iconic talent chatting intimately with an interviewer of their choice.  Included are conversations with Roger Waters and Bill Weir, David Crosby and Wynton Marsalis, Nile Rodgers and Valerie Simpson, and Robbie Robertson with Warren Zanes. MTV Live: Setlist spotlights rising artists spanning multiple genres including St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Dua Lipa, and Muna.

As Def Leppard gear up for the release of the first in a series of career-spanning box sets, a new lyric video for Pour Some Sugar On Me finds its way to the internet

With the release of Volume One – the first in a series of career-spanning box sets –little more than a month away, Def Leppard have released a previously unseen lyric video for their 1988 hit Pour Some Sugar On Me. Originally released on the previous year’s Hysteria album, it was the song that sent the album from a mere three million sales to the chart-topping, record-shattering, diamond disc behemoth we’re familiar with today.

“The song became a hit because strippers in Florida started requesting it on the local radio station,” Phil Collen told us in 2016. “It had a second lease of life. Hysteria was all over bar the shouting, and then all of a sudden this song just got popular, and then the album went to Number One. It’s really funny how it suddenly became cool because it was a stripping song.”

Read the full story on Classic Rock Magazine HERE & watch the new video below.

Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard on VEVO.

SECOND SHOW ADDED
AT THE BLAISDELL ARENA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 – 2ND SHOW ADDED
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018 – SOLD OUT

THE ONLY SHOWS ON THE UNITED STATES TOUR TO PLAY “HYSTERIA” IN ITS ENTIRETY.

Rock Brigade Concert Club exclusive pre-sale starts Tuesday, May 8 at 10am HST. Tickets for the 2nd show will go on sale to the General Public Friday, May 11, 2018 at 10 AM HST

Due to popular demand a second Def Leppard show has been added to Hawaii. Friday, October 19, 2018. Tickets will go on sale to the General Public on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 10 AM HST. This is an all ages show.

With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 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 groundbreaking 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 groundbreaking 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 #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Independent Albums charts. The album also took the #5 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums and #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 #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK. Def Leppard had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart. This marks the second appearance at #1 for Hysteria , which also topped the catalog chart in 2017 on the release of the Deluxe Edition.