January 11th, 2008Def Leppard Announces Spring 2008 Tour
Great Britain’s Premiere Arena Rock Band Gears Up For a New TourNew Album Details to be Announced Soon!LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Def Leppard, Britain’sgreatest arena rock band, is set to play a series of headline shows inspring of 2008 — as part of a 2008 World Tour. This year’s outing includes19 dates, kicking off on March 27 in Greensboro, NC and ending on April 26in Chula Vista, CA. The tour is being produced by Live Nation. The band isalso set to release a brand new studio album in 2008 with details to beannounced shortly. The album will see the band adding to their incrediblelegacy and promises the inclusion of a very special collaboration.(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080109/LAW059)(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070220/LATU096LOGO)”Def Leppard is consistently one of the most exciting and successfulbands we work with year in and year out,” said Live Nation Senior VicePresident of Touring Bruce Kapp. “There is no better way to kick off ourtouring season than with Def Leppard.” Tickets go on sale beginning January11th and are available at http://www.livenation.com.2007 was another monumental year for the band, playing a 50 date arenatour across the USA. Starting June 2007 and ending in September 2007, thegroup’s summer concert tour became a must-see phenomenon — regularlyselling out arenas to crowds of 15,000 to 20,000! The show featuredstunning production and a special acoustic set, in addition to DefLeppard’s huge catalogue of global hits. 2007 was also the 20th anniversaryof the band’s legendary “Hysteria” release, an album summed up by Mojomagazine in Sept 2007 as “Hard rock’s equivalent of “Thriller”".With more than 65 million albums sold worldwide, not to mention twoprestigious Diamond Awards to their credit, Def Leppard — Joe Elliott(vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick “Sav” Savage(bass) and Rick Allen (drums)– continues to be one of the most importantforces in rock music. The group’s spectacular live shows are filled withhit after hit from their groundbreaking discography that set the sound forgenerations of music fans and artists. Def Leppard’s powerful rock anthemshave become synonymous with their name and it’s easy to see why rock fanskeep gravitating toward their electrifying live performances. On their 2008tour, the band is promising a highly-charged, no-nonsense set of rockingperformances, packed with hits spanning its entire career. Def Leppard areone of only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10 millionplus selling albums in the US. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,Pink Floyd and Van Halen.Dates are as follows:Date City VenueMar 27 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum ComplexMar 29 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live ArenaMar 30 Estero, FL Germain ArenaApr 01 Greenville, SC BI-LO CenterApr 03 Reading, PA Sovereign CenterApr 04 Atlantic City, NJ Music Box at The BorgataApr 06 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless ArenaApr 08 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun ArenaApr 09 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts CenterApr 11 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi ArenaApr 12 Ottawa, ON ScotiaBank PlaceApr 13 Hamilton, ON Copps ColiseumApr 16 Winnipeg, MB MTS CentreApr 18 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel ArenaApr 19 Detroit, MI Joe Louis ArenaApr 22 Boise, ID The Idaho CenterApr 23 Spokane, WA Spokane ArenaApr 25 Las Vegas, NV The PearlApr 26 Chula Vista, CA Coors AmphitheaterMore information about the upcoming album to be released shortly. Formore information on Def Leppard and updated tour news, please visit theband’s Web site at http://www.defleppard.comABOUT LIVE NATION:Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most liveconcerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the mostcomprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation isrevolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered inLos Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York StockExchange, trading under the symbol “LYV.” Additional information about thecompany can be found at http://www.livenation.com under the “About Us”section.NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080109/LAW059http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070220/LATU096LOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.orgPRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
