News : Def Leppard to tour Australia

After a fifteen year absence British hard rockers Def Leppard will be returning to Australia to ‘Run Riot’ in early November. Sources today exclusively confirmed that the boys from Britain will be touring with some very special guests, but would not say who that is going to be at this stage! Hailing from Sheffield, Def Leppard formed in 1977 and were regarded as one of the most popular and successful bands to ever come from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Selling over 65 million albums during the 1980’s alone not to mention the millions that have followed since!

Def Leppard were one of the fortunate hard rockin bands during the eighties to receive commercial successes beyond their expectations largely on the strength of the bands albums ‘Pyromania’ and ‘Hysteria’. Even though Def Leppard haven’t toured in Australia since the early nineties their fan base here has remained strong. It was only a matter of time before ‘Excitable’ fans would get the chance to once again ‘Rock Rock til they drop’.

In May 2006, alongside Kiss, Judas Priest, and Queen, Def Leppard was the inaugural inductees of “VH1 Rock Honours”. During the show, The All-American Rejects paid homage to the band with a cover of “Photograph”. Soon afterwards, Def Leppard embarked on a successful US tour with Journey. That October, Hysteria was re-released in a two-disc deluxe edition format, which combined the original album, remastered for the first time, with b-sides, remixes, and bonus tracks from single releases.

Most recently legendary British rockers Def Leppard released their eleventh studio album ‘Songs from the Sparkle Lounge’ which debuted at 5 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The first single is entitled “Nine Lives” and features country singer Tim McGraw, who co-wrote the song with Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, and Rick Savage. The band recently announced their first Japanese tour dates in more than six years and are currently touring throughout the United States with the likes of Joan Jett, Everclear, Styx and Reo Speedwagon.

Don’t Miss Def Leppard Touring Australia in November with very special guests.

Full confirmed Tour Dates will be released in coming days.