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Def Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldwide, including over 35 million in the United States alone. Rick Savage (bass), Pete Willis (guitar), and Tony Kenning (drums), all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. |
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News in english
about Def Leppard
(July / 2009)
Goin' Def: Leppard roars in Mansfield Date: 01 Jul 2009
Boston Herald -
At this time last year, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott opined that popmetal band Poison was more interested in its image than its music. Poison's Rikki Rockett fired...
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Def Leppard rocks its way to Jones Beach Date: 02 Jul 2009
Newsday -
You don't need to be bonked in the head by a massive piece of Broadway scenery to figure out that something is going on.
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Def Leppard's Rick Allen helps self and others Date: 02 Jul 2009
Albany Times Union -
Rick Allen knows about drumming. Since he was 15, he's been the drummer for the heavy-metal band Def Leppard.
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My perfect 80s day off Date: 04 Jul 2009
Toronto Star -
There’s no escaping the Me Decade this summer. With ‘Beat It’ blaring from every car window and Def Leppard touring with Poison, Raju Mudhar embraces ’80s culture from sunrise to the wee hours.
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Def Leppard, Taylor Swift jam Date: 04 Jul 2009
Jam! Showbiz -
Who would have thought 32 years ago when British heavy metal band Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England, that they would end up performing on a country music awards show in Nashville?
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For rock veterans Def Leppard nothing beats touring Date: 04 Jul 2009
Toronto Sun -
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell says the band is currently writing new songs and expects to be back in the studio early next year.
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Live Review: Def Leppard in Toronto Date: 05 Jul 2009
Jam! Showbiz -
"Don't need nothin' but a good time," goes that old rock chesnut by '80s glam-metal outfit Poison. Well, look no further than Saturday night's trio of British heavy metal veterans Def Leppard with opening acts '70s pop-rock outfit Cheap Trick and Poison fronted by Bret Michaels of Rock Of Love Fame at the Molson Amphitheatre for a perfect example of that.
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Def Leppard and Poison Live and Loud in Hartford Date: 08 Jul 2009
NBC Connecticut -
Def Leppard and Poison rocked Hartford -- but don't worry if you missed the show, you still have another chance to see them play to the Hartford crowd.
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