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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Releases Exclusive Acoustic Medley on AOL
<i>Noisecreep </i>TODAY!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Track Available for Download on iTunes Now</span></i></b><b><u><sup><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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Leppard, Great Britain’s premier arena rock band, have announced that they will be releasing a special<b> medley</b> of
<b>acoustic </b>rock songs that were featured during their 2012 live shows, exclusively on
<b>iTunes today.</b> The 7 ½ minute medley includes snippets of: <b>“Where Does Love Go When It Dies,” “Now,” “When Love and Hate Collide,” “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”</b> and
<b>“Two Steps Behind.”</b> To listen to the track </span><a href="http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/12/18/def-leppard-acoustic-medley/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“We decided to change the acoustic section of the set for the
<i>Rock Of Ages</i> tour, and what we ended up with just grew into a really magical experience every night,” says frontman Joe Elliott. “We all enjoyed doing it so much and it was so well received by our audience, we decided to do a studio recording of it.
I think it complements our main body of work very well.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The release comes on the heels of the band’s announcement of a nine-show residency in Las Vegas. Titled
<b><i><u>VIVA Hysteria!</u>,</i></b><i> </i>Def Leppard will take over <b><i>The Joint</i></b><i>
</i>inside the <b>Hard Rock Hotel & Casino</b> to play their iconic album <b><i><u>Hysteria</u></i>
</b>in full. The spring 2013 residency will kick off in March and run through mid-April.
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</span><a href="http://www.defleppard.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.defleppard.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
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