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"When he introduced me so beautifully, and the roar of the crowd was so loud, I burst into tears": the story behind Rick Allen's triumphant comeback
By Rick Allen published
On August 16 1986, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen made his first live appearance since losing his arm in a car crash. This is what happened that day, in his own words

Def Leppard's Joe Elliott: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott travels back to the 1970s to pick the 10 records that shaped his taste and changed his life

"For some bizarre reason, women seem to feel compelled to take their shirts off when we play it..." How Florida's strippers made Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me a hit and saved the band's career
By Henry Yates published
In 1988, sales of Hysteria had stalled, and the record company were desperate to recoup the album's enormous costs. The story of the "stripping song" that came to the rescue...

Before she became one of the planet’s biggest pop stars, Taylor Swift collaborated with Def Leppard: “She heard our music in her mother’s womb”
By Joe Daly published
Remembering the time a pre-megastardom Taylor Swift ended up playing a gig with Def Leppard

Six classic rock bands who "went grunge" and lived to tell the tale
By Geoff Barton published
Grunge swept all aside as it barrelled in from Seattle, and some bands preferred to jump the bandwagon rather than stand in the way and get mown down

Phil Collen talks about Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith's audition for Def Leppard: "Adrian's great"
By Paul Brannigan published
Def Leppard's Phil Collen reveals that five guitarists were invited to try out for the band following Steve Clarke's death

Def Leppard and Motley Crue add Australian dates to Stadium Tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard's much-hyped Stadium Tour continues to plot its inexorable path around Planet Earth

Rick Allen has spoken publicly for the first time about being attacked in Florida
By Fraser Lewry published
The Def Leppard drummer has opened up about the violent attack outside a hotel in Fort Lauderdale: "I wasn’t a threat because I’ve only got one arm"
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