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HISTORICAL FACTS: Def leppard - Caught on Camera

“The studio bill came to £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought a celebratory bag of fish and chips”: Before superstardom and multi-million-selling albums, the young Def Leppard made their very first record on the cheap

“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”

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"It's going to be an incredible night for all the fans!": Def Leppard announce 2026 European tour with brand new show

News of Def Leppard's plans for next year breaks as they gear up for their only UK show of 2025

Louder

Simon Cowell Called Out America Got Talent Producers For Pulling A ‘Very Mean' Trick On The Competitors, And I’m So Glad It Was Live

You know it's bad when Simon Cowell says something was mean.

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“He and I played some sweet music together. He was a great musician”: Thin Lizzy legend Scott Gorham pays tribute to his former bandmate John Sykes

Sykes also starred for Whitesnake in the '80s

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Bank of Dave 2: How much of the Netflix sequel is true?

After the phenomenal success of Bank of Dave, Netflix were quick to bring audiences a sequel - but how much of Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger really happened?

Woman & Home

“Too big for our boots? We were a bunch of kids destined for factory life. We were not going to screw this up”: The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars

1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever

Louder

Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Shinedown, Nickelback and more confirmed for inaugural Boardwalk Rock festival

Boardwalk Rock will take place in Ocean City, Maryland, next May

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“Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

Metal Hammer

Fill your heads with heavy metal thunder: The Saxon albums you should definitely listen to

Almost 50 years on from their formation, NWOBHM spearheads Saxon and much-loved frontman Biff Byford are verging on national treasure status – and these are their best albums

Louder

"This blistering set of old and new material deserves to be heard": Def Leppard's homecoming captured on the slick One Night Only Live at The Leadmill

Def Leppard’s spectacular homecoming show, now available on CD and DVD

Louder

“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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"Well here we are again. In the middle of a wonderful tour": Neal Schon responds to Jonathan Cain's lawsuit

Neal Schon has taken to social media to hit back at Jonathan Cain's claims of profligate spending

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Heart cancel remaining tour dates as Ann Wilson prepares to undergo preventive chemotherapy

Heart cancelled their European tour last month, and now their remaining US dates have been shelved

Louder

"This next song is about destruction, like all heavy metal songs": In 1979, the fledgling Def Leppard played a small club show in Sheffield, and our man was there

Joe Elliott might decry the phrase "heavy metal" in 2024, but 46 years ago he was ready to embrace it

Louder

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"MTV was the first time that technology became a rock star": The story of 1984, the year everything changed

Sitting between the heritage of the 70s and the glitzy, big-haired peak to which the 80s would ascend, 1984 was a quietly pivotal time for music, popular culture and the world as we knew it

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“Just Be Yourself”: 20-Year-Old Woman Lives in The 1980s, And She Couldn’t Be Happier

"Any malls that have a hint of 80s original architecture in it makes me feel like I’ve been transported back in time." The post “Just Be Yourself”: 20-Year-Old Woman Lives in The 1980s, And She Couldn’t Be Happier first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The 50 greatest metal EPs of all time

From the early days of Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to modern classics via the likes of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the best metal EPs in history

Louder

Watch Nancy Wilson and Sammy Hagar join forces for a stellar cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb

Sammy Hagar joined Nancy Wilson onstage at Alice Cooper’s 21st Annual Christmas Pudding Fundraiser in Phoenix, AZ

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Disturbed's David Draiman would "love" to collaborate with Taylor Swift: "She's a brilliant woman and one of the great songwriters of our time"

Disturbed frontman David Draiman is a total Swiftie, and would "collaborate with Taylor if she ever wanted to, on any given day"

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30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid

Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom

Metal Hammer

10 brilliant but overlooked albums turning 40 this year

1983 was the year heavy metal truly took off in America, but some of rock and metal's biggest bands released albums that fell by the wayside

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ScotRail to put on extra trains and late services for TRNSMT, Mötley Crüe, and Def Leppard crowds

Glasgow is set for a massive few days for music fans with TRNSMT festival returning to Glasgow Green from Friday to Sunday following a show by Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard.

Manchester Evening News

Lytham Festival 2023: Full line up, stage times, schedule and how to get tickets

George Ezra, Lionel Richie and Sting are among this year's headliners

Louder

Watch Alice Cooper and his writhing snake lift Billion Dollar Babies to psychotic new heights

More gold from the Midnight Special archive: footage of Alice Cooper performing Billion Dollar Babies in 1979

Irish Mirror

Ireland's top music promoter already securing A-list acts for festivals next year

Melvin Benn, Festival Republic MD, was speaking ahead of Marlay Park's week-long concerts later this month

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