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Great Britain’s Premiere Arena Rock Band Gears Up For a New TourLOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Def Leppard, Britain’sgreatest arena rock band, is set to play a series of headline shows in springof 2008 — as part of a 2008 World Tour. This year’s outing includes 19 dates,kicking off on March 27 in Greensboro, NC and ending on April 26 in ChulaVista, CA. The tour is being produced by Live Nation. The band is also set torelease a brand new studio album in 2008 with details to be announced shortly.The album will see the band adding to their incredible legacy and promises theinclusion of a very special collaboration.(Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080109/LAW059)(Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070220/LATU096LOGO)”Def Leppard is consistently one of the most exciting and successful bandswe work with year in and year out,” said Live Nation Senior Vice President ofTouring Bruce Kapp. “There is no better way to kick off our touring seasonthan with Def Leppard.” Tickets go on sale beginning January 11th and areavailable at 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 — regularly sellingout arenas to crowds of 15,000 to 20,000! The show featured stunningproduction and a special acoustic set, in addition to Def Leppard’s hugecatalogue of global hits. 2007 was also the 20th anniversary of the band’slegendary “Hysteria” release, an album summed up by Mojo magazine in Sept 2007as “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 with hitafter 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 fans keepgravitating toward their electrifying live performances. On their 2008 tour,the band is promising a highly-charged, no-nonsense set of rockingperformances, packed with hits spanning its entire career. Def Leppard are oneof only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10 million plusselling albums in the US. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, PinkFloyd 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. For moreinformation on Def Leppard and updated tour news, please visit the band’s Website at 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 most comprehensiveconcert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the musicindustry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveNation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol”LYV.” Additional information about the company can be found atwww.livenation.com under the “About Us” section.SOURCE Live NationJohn Vlautin of Live Nation, +1-310-867-7129, johnvlautin@livenation.com; DefLeppard Contact, Carleen Donovan, +1-212-246-2640,carleen@pressherepublicity.com, or Julie Solomon, +1-212-246-2641,julie@pressherepublicity.com