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Watch Def Leppard and Miley Cyrus nail Photograph at Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Predictable brilliance from Miley Cyrus as she lifts Def Leppard's Photograph to new heights at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles

Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool to headline Download UK 2019
By Scott Munro last updated
The UK's Download festival announces the three 2019 headliners along with 17 other artists - ticket details revealed

Def Leppard and Motley Crue’s Stadium Tour sold $173,000,000 worth of tickets
By Fraser Lewry last updated
It looks like Joe Elliott, Nikki Sixx and co. won't be going hungry any time soon, as Vince Neil confirms that Motley Crue's touring days are far from over

Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen for Classic Rock Roll Of Honour
By Stef Lach last updated
Voting opens as guitar heroes Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen confirmed as latest stars to appear at Classic Rock awards show in Japan

The 10 best NWOBHM songs according to Diamond Head's Brian Tatler
By Brian Tatler last updated
Which songs have made it onto the Diamond Head guitarist's playlist?

100 rock and metal songs that built the 80s
By Dave Everley last updated
In honour of metal's greatest decade, we've compiled ten landmark tracks from every single year of the 1980s to create the ultimate era-defining playlist

Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith was in contention to join Def Leppard in 1991, Rick Allen confirms
By Classic Rock last updated
Adrian Smith and ex-Thin Lizzy man John Sykes were considered for Def Leppard after Steve Clark’s death in 1991

The 10 best NWOBHM bands, by the man who gave the movement its name
By Geoff Barton last updated
At the end of the 70s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal revitalised the genre in the UK and now bears a weighty influence on metal worldwide. Geoff Barton – who invented the phrase all those years ago – charts 10 of the best
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