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DEF LEPPARD Announce Title For Covers Album

DEF LEPPARD's official web site has been updated with the following message: "By now, most of you know that the next DEF LEPPARD album will be a collection of cover tunes from (mostly) '70s hits, and some of you may have read in various interviews that the album is scheduled for release in the fall...

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DEF LEPPARD Still Planning To Release Covers Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD's latest single, a cover of BADFINGER's "No Matter What", appears on the group's upcoming compilation, "Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection". But it's also part of a larger project, an all-covers album that the group started working on in 2004. Frontman...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer Already Prepping For Summer Tour

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD will hit the road this June for a tour of minor league baseball stadiums with BRYAN ADAMS. Frontman Joe Elliott told Launch that he's already in training, working on both his body and his voice to prepare for a summer of singing. "I've seen a lot of people...

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DEF LEPPARD: Full Version Of 'No Matter What' Posted Online

A full version of DEF LEPPARD's cover of BADFINGER's "No Matter What" — one of the tracks featured on LEPPARD's forthcoming compilation album, "Rock Of Ages - The Definitive Collection" — is available for listening at AOL Music. "Rock Of Ages - The Definitive Collection" will be released on May 17 o...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Talks About Upcoming 'Covers' Album

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has told Billboard.com that the song list for the group's yet-to-be titled all-covers set has yet to be finalized, as the group decided to record more cuts than it originally planned. Collen admits that the idea for the project was first hatched years ago. "Joe [Ell...

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DEF LEPPARD Schedule 'Tonight Show' Appearance

In between preparations for their Rock & Roll Double-Header Tour, DEF LEPPARD and BRYAN ADAMS will both make an appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 27. While the show itself is being recorded in California, LEPPARD and ADAMS' performances will take place at Rockefeller Plaza...

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DEF LEPPARD's 'Rock Of Ages' Collection To Include BADFINGER Cover

On May 17, "Rock Of Ages - The Definitive Collection", DEF LEPPARD's new compilation album, will be released on double CD in North America. While last year's world release of this compilation (under the title "Best Of") contained a new song in the form of "Waterloo Sunset" (originally by THE KINKS),...

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DEF LEPPARD: Covers Album Track Listing Confirmed, Additional Titles Revealed

DEF LEPPARD have confirmed the track listing for their upcoming "covers" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. A posting on the group's web site reads as follows: "For a long while, the stories and rumors have been going round about DEF LEPPARD recording an album full of cover songs. Wh...

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DEF LEPPARD: Covers Album Track Listing Revealed

MelodicRock.com has published the track listing for the as-yet-untitled DEF LEPPARD covers album, tentatively due in late 2005. It is as follows (original artist in brackets): 01. Waterloo Sunset (KINKS) 02. 21st Century Boy (T-REX) 03. Little Bit of Love (FREE) 04. Drive In Saturday (DAVID BOWIE) 0...

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DEF LEPPARD: Covers Album Track Listing A Hoax

The previously published list of songs that was alleged to be the track listing for DEF LEPPARD's upcoming CD of classic British rock covers has been exposed as a hoax. The track listing, which originally appeared on the MelodicRock.com web site on March 12, has been designed to spell out "This Is B...

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VEHEMENCE Enter Studio To Record New Album

VEHEMENCE, a self-styled "chaotic melodic death metal" band from Phoenix, Arizona, have entered Porcupine Studios in Mesa, Arizona to record their new album, "Helping The World To See", for an early 2004 release through Metal Blade Records. Additional recording and mixing will take place at DBD stud...