DEF LEPPARD: 'Best Of' Certified Gold In U.K.

Only a little over a week after DEF LEPPARD's "Best Of" compilation album was released in the U.K., it has been certified gold: at this time, more than 120,000 copies of the album have been sold already.

"Best of" is a European-only compilation album of featuring the band's greatest hits plus one new song (a cover of THE KINKS' "Waterloo Sunset"). The collection is due to receive a U.S. release in 2005.