Def Leppard Hits
05/02/05
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(press release) Def Leppard, one of the most popular bands in rock, will launch a major tour
this spring in the wake of the release of its biggest-ever "best of" album.
With more than 65,000,000 albums sold worldwide, including two of the
best-selling albums ever issued, Def Leppard celebrates their 25th
anniversary and not only continues to sell out arenas around the globe but
continues to build on its status as a genuine rock 'n' roll icon that keeps
on rockin'. How popular is Def Leppard? Only five rock groups can claim
two original albums selling 10,000,000+ copies each in the U.S.: The
Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Van Halen and Def Leppard.
Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection (Bludgeon
Riffola/Island/UMe), scheduled for release May 17, 2005, boasts 16 of Def
Leppard's Top 40 hits among the 35 selections spanning its 25-year album
career to date. Besides being the band's first two-CD set, Rock Of Ages
also highlights another first--the group's first new U.S.-issued song since
2002, "No Matter What." Attesting to Def Leppard's amazing and enduring
success, when U.K.-released with a different tunestack, the compilation
became the highest charting debut of 2004 and was gold within a week. The
band's previous "best of," 1995's Vault, has sold 7,000,000+ copies
worldwide and is U.S. triple platinum. Vault has remained on the Billboard
Top 200/Top Pop Catalog Albums Chart since its release, enjoying annual
sales of nearly 500,000 copies.
This spring, Def Leppard takes its hits on the road co-headlining the Rock
'N Roll Double Header Tour with Bryan Adams, performing at minor league
ballparks across the country. The band will also solo headline shows in
additional markets.
Def Leppard's debut album, the platinum On Through The Night (1980), is
represented on Rock Of Ages by "Rock Brigade" and "Wasted." The double
platinum High 'N' Dry (1981) yields "Switch 625," "Bringin' On The
Heartbreak," "Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)," "High 'N' Dry (Saturday
Night)," "Another Hit And Run" and "Let It Go."
1983's blockbuster Pyromania hit #2 and 10 times platinum, with its
"Photograph" and "Rock Of Ages" Top 20 and "Foolin'" Top 30. Rock Of Ages
adds its "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)," "Too Late For Love," "Die Hard The
Hunter" and "Billy's Got A Gun." 1987's #1 Hysteria soared to 13 times
platinum with the #1 "Love Bites," #2 "Pour Some Sugar On Me," #3
"Armageddon It," Top 10 "Hysteria," Top 20s "Animal" and "Rocket," and
"Women." The triple platinum Adrenalize (1992) debuted #1 led by the Top
15s "Let's Get Rocked" and "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?," Top 40
"Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)" and "Heaven Is."
From the 1993 platinum outtakes collection Retro Active are the Top 15 "Two
Steps Behind" (acoustic version) and Top 40 "Miss You In A Heartbeat." From
Vault is the then-debuting "When Love & Hate Collide"; from subsequent gold
albums are "Work It Out" and "Slang" from Slang (1996) and "Promises" and
"Paper Sun" from Euphoria (1999). The band's most recent CD, X (2002),
contributes "Now."
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