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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Newly Recorded Def Leppard Tracks to Exclusively Premiere on AOL Music’s Noisecreep.com Today
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Versions of “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and “Rock of Ages” to be released and available worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and all digital carriers at midnight on June 4<sup>th</sup>
just prior to the band’s performance of “Rock of Ages” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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Britain’s premier arena rock band <b>Def Leppard </b>have announced that two of their greatest hits have been newly recorded and will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated summer blockbuster that shares its name with one of the band’s biggest
hits, <b><i>Rock of Ages.</i></b> Both “Rock of Ages” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me” will be available on all digital music carriers at midnight on June 4<sup>th</sup>. This will mark the first time in Def Leppard’s legendary history that studio versions of their
tracks will be available digitally. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The songs will be available for purchase following the band’s performance on
<u>The Tonight Show With Jay Leno</u> this evening. In addition, Def Leppard are set to perform an outdoor concert on
<u>Fox & Friends</u> on Friday, June 15<sup>th</sup>.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Def Leppard
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">will make a return to the United States this June with their Rock of Ages summer tour. The tour is scheduled to kick off on
<b>June 20<sup>th</sup></b> in <b>Salt Lake City, UT </b>and will end September 15<sup>th</sup> in
<b>California</b> at the <b>Santa Barbara Bowl</b>. Joining Def Leppard for this highly anticipated summer tour are rockers
<b>Poison</b> and <b>Lita Ford</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The band’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best selling albums
of all time, <b><u>Pyromania</u></b> and <b><u>Hysteria</u></b>. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">With 100 million records sold worldwide and
<b>two</b> prestigious <b>Diamond Awards </b>to their credit, Def Leppard--<b>Joe Elliott</b> (vocals),
<b>Vivian Campbell</b> (guitar), <b>Phil Collen</b> (guitar), <b>Rick "Sav" Savage</b> (bass) and
<b>Rick Allen</b> (drums)—continues to be one of the most important forces in rock music. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Over the course of their career, the band has produced a series of classic groundbreaking albums that set the sound for generations
of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows, filled with powerful melodic rock anthems, have become synonymous with their name. For the past thirty years the band’s concerts have become must-see events and have quickly made them an
institution in the touring industry, as they continue to sell out arenas worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">For more information, please go to
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.defleppard.com">www.defleppard.com</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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