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CRUE 2022 … The Stadium Tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison has been Officially Postponed to 2022

Metal Sludge — Well for those who have been patiently waiting the news – sadly the Stadium Tour with Motley Crue has been postponed again. A press release today has informed fans and ticket holders that the summer tour has now been scheduled for 2022. Motley Crue have just shared the news on their official Instagram with the following message: ” To all our loyal fans, we wanted to let you know that we learned[…]

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DUMB LEPPARD … Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffman says Def Leppard is a Dumb band name

Blabbermouth — ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke to RJ Bayley of Metal Empire about the origin of the band’s unusual name. He said (hear audio below): “It actually existed before I joined the band, believe it or not. The guys had already performed under that name locally a couple of times. It was basically a neighborhood band, and they had that name. I was never completely happy with it, but, of course, it stuck and[…]

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CONFIRMED … Motley Crue confirms 2020 Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Poison & Joan Jett

CONFIRMED Motley Crue confirms 2020 Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Poison & Joan Jett     LOS ANGELES, California — Just as the rumors have stated, its all true and thensome. Metal Sludge first reported back in October that Motley Crue was reuniting for a huge summer 202o tour. We also reported a follow-up report HERE that the Crue would bring Def Leppard and Poison along as their support bands. And per usual, we broke this news[…]

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RUMORS IN THE AIR … Bret Michaels talks about Poison in 2020 but cannot confirm or deny the big rumor…yet?

RUMORS IN THE AIR Bret Michaels talks about Poison in 2020 but cannot confirm or deny the big rumor…yet!     POISONVILLE, U.S.A. — Bret Michaels has just released a big video announcement talking about future Poison plans. Michaels is the main cog in the wheel that is Poison and he has just spoke on a few things related to the Glam Slam Kings of Noise. Per usual, Michaels is relentless in his touring schedule,[…]

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CONFIRMED REPORTS ARE SAYING … Motley Crue, Def Leppard & Poison will Tour Stadiums in 2020

CONFIRMED REPORTS ARE SAYING Motley Crue, Def Leppard & Poison will Tour Stadiums in 2020     “There is no amount of money that would ever make me do it again because I have such pride in how we’re ending it,” Nikki Sixx said in 2014 By Andy Green Rolling Stone — Mötley Crüe are ripping up their “cessation of touring agreement” and hitting the road next year for a U.S. stadium tour with fellow hard rock[…]

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Def Leppard announce 2016 tour dates with REO Speedwagon and Tesla

Def Leppard announce 2016 tour dates with REO Speedwagon and Tesla   Tour News — Def Leppard have announced a 2016 North American tour this week that will see them hit 55 cities in total. The U.K. based rock band will take Reo Speedwagon and Tesla on the majority of the tour with Styx added on select dates. Def Leppard continue to sell massive amounts of concert tickets globally on the eve of their 40th anniversary.[…]

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LEPPARD GIRLS Joe Elliott talks about Def Leppard’s influence on Taylor Swift, Pink and Lady Gaga

LEPPARD GIRLS Joe Elliott talks Def Leppard’s influence on Taylor Swift, Pink and Lady Gaga   SPIN — For 38 years now, Joe Elliott and his bandmates in Def Leppard have, to enormous success, been unabashedly comfortable in embracing their anomalous genre identity: too metal for pop fans and too pop for metal fans. That conundrum has never really dampened their success, anyway, with the band’s two diamond-certified albums, 1983’s Pyromania and 1987’s Hysteria, putting them on[…]

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Joe Elliot of Def Leppard on vinyl craze; ‘What’s it sound like in the car?’

POUR SOME VINYL ON ME Joe Elliot on the vinyl craze; ‘What’s it sound like in the car?’   Maxim —  There was a moment in the late eighties when Def Leppard were arguably the biggest rock band on the planet. You couldn’t turn on MTV without seeing videos for “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and a slew of other bubblegum metal hits from their monster album, Hysteria, that prominently featured frontman Joe Elliott in all his mulleted,[…]

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DEF LEPPARD guitarist PHIL COLLEN on Spotify: “It’s bad, if not worse, than the whole Napster thing”

CT NOW —  In theory, recording an album is easy: reserve studio time, jam until you’ve got 12 songs together that sound good, and pack it in. For an iconic rock band like Def Leppard, who’ll play Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, July 5, there are executives to please, memos to circulate, singles to perfect and expectations to exceed. “Pyromania” (1983) and “Hysteria” (1987), two of the best-selling rock albums in history (and still the[…]

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DEF LEPPARD guitarist PHIL COLLEN to release ‘Adrenalized’ Memoir

Blabbermouth — Atria Books has acquired North American and audio rights to a memoir by Phil Collen, lead guitarist for rock band DEF LEPPARD for more than 30 years. “Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, And Beyond”, written with veteran journalist and author Chris Epting and scheduled for publication on October 27, is the first book written by a member of the group that holds claim to being one of only five rock bands with two original[…]

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