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Back in October, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott revealed the band were planning on launching a “warts and all” show recorded in Oxford in 1980.
The performance was captured while the band toured in support of their debut album On Through The Night, with the news coming to light when Elliott was speaking with SiriusXM’s Volume show.
Now, the vocalist has given more information about the release – and reports it’ll make up part of a new box set titled The Early Years.
He tells SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation (via Blabbermouth): “It will be out in what the grown ups call the first quarter, so sometime between January and April – I’m not sure of the exact date.
“We’re doing the first two albums with bonus material and there’s a live recording from Oxford New Theatre in the UK from April 1980, which is actually astounding. I didn’t realise how good it was.”
Elliott also reports that Def Leppard are planning a campaign next year titled 2020 Vision which will see the Sheffield heroes re-releasing “a lot” of the band’s past video projects “in much better condition than it was originally released.”
Elliott continues: “In other words, no hissy VHS tapes any more, but cleaned-up, 5.1 Surround Sound remixes on the sound of some live stuff – and some live things that have never seen the light of day before.”
Def Leppard will head out on the road across the US next summer with Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett for a 29-date stadium tour.
Further information about The Early Years box set will be revealed in due course.
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- Def Leppard - Hysteria - Stickered - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 22-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 10:58 am
DEF LEPPARD Hysteria (1987 UK 12-track vinyl LP featuring the fourth studio album by the English rock band, their best-selling album to date selling over 20 million copies worldwide, yielding seven hit singles including the classics Rocket, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Love Bites & Animal. Comes housed in a song hype stickered picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve has just minor shelfwear & the inner has some faint foxing. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition withonly light signs of play and handling HYSLP1)
- Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked - CD Singles Collector's Box - Complete - UK - box set - £60.00, $75.00, €72.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2024 14:24)on November 24, 2024 at 10:58 am
DEF LEPPARD Let's Get Rocked CD Singles Collector's Box (Scarce 1992 UK box set complete with all four limited silk-screen printed Picture Disc CD singles, includes Let's Get Rocked [DEFCD7], Make Love Like A Man [LEPCB7], Have You EverNeeded Someone So Bad [LEPCD8] and Heaven Is [LEPCD9], featuring a total of 15-tracks including some great live recording. The 12" x 12" box has red metallic embossed text on the lid - a stunning set!)
- Def Leppard - On Through The Night - Spaceship - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $62.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 05-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 10:58 am
DEF LEPPARD On Through The Night (1980 UK first issue 11-track vinyl LP on the 'spaceship' Vertigo label with the A1/B1 matrices, their debut album and one of the first in the NWOBHM movement, including Wasted, Rock Brigade and Hello America,glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
- Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 05-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 10:58 am
DEF LEPPARD High 'N' Dry (1981 UK graduated orange Vertigo label 10-track LP, including the singles Let It Go & Bringin' On The Heartbreak, glossy picture sleeve with illustrated card inner. The sleeve displays just a little edge wear whist the vinyl shows minimal signs of play)
- Def Leppard - Pyromania - UK - vinyl LP - £45.00, $56.25, €54.00 (New Item) (arrived 05-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 10:58 am
DEF LEPPARD Pyromania (1983 UK 10-track LP, the third studio album by the English rock band, including the singles Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin' & Too Late for Love, complete with the red printed inner. The picture sleeve is Excellent withsome light corner scuffing & the vinyl appears Near Mint VERS2)
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