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"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...

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Six snippets of cover artwork from non-grunge bands who went grunge
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

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Phil Collen and Adrian Smith
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

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Def Leppard fans at Bramall Lane, Sheffield
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

Concerts & Shows
Rick Allen on Good Morning America
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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Vince Neil and Joe Elliott onstage
Photo gallery: Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe's Stadium Tour has kicked off in The UK

By Fraser Lewry Published

First night photos from Bramall Lane in Sheffield have been released by Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard - setlists also online

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Def Leppard: Drastic Symphonies cover art
Def Leppard's Drastic Symphonies: You know the songs, but you’ve never heard them like this

By John Aizlewood Published

Def Leppard go orchestral on Drastic Symphonies: treading water has never sounded so legacy-enhancing

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Def Leppard backstage
"This is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and they’re playing my song!" - what happened when Def Leppard went to Abbey Road

By Paul Elliott Published

Def Leppard are joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on new album Drastic Symphonies. We went to Abbey Road Studios to watch it come together

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Dave Mustaine playing on stage, the Last Action Hero poster and Scott Ian posing for a photo
Angry again: how Last Action Hero's incredible soundtrack helped keep metal alive in the 90s

By Joe Daly Published

Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic

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Joe Elliot of Def Leppard
Joe Elliott duets with a younger version of himself on new Def Leppard album

By Liz Scarlett Published

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott says singing with his younger self on forthcoming orchestral album Drastic Symphonies was like "singing with a ghost that's still alive"

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