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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 - Pour Some Sugar On Me - UK - shaped picture disc - £30.00, $38.70, €35.70 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jul-2024 09:36)on July 27, 2024 at 1:33 am
DEF LEPPARD Pour Some Sugar On Me (1987 UK Special Edition 7" Triangular Shaped Picture Disc Single, also including I Wanna Be Your Hero, clear PVC sleeve LEPS2)
- Def Leppard - Euphoria - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £24.99, $32.24, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jul-2024 16:35)on July 27, 2024 at 1:33 am
DEF LEPPARD Euphoria (2022 UK/EU limited edition 13-track double vinyl LP, originally released in 1999 and finally available for the very first time on lovely black vinyl; including the hit single Promises. Gatefold picture sleeve with photo/credit inners. The sleeve shows just some light scuffs and the vinyl reveals minimal signs of play)
- Def Leppard - Hysteria - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jul-2024 14:11)on July 27, 2024 at 1:33 am
DEF LEPPARD Hysteria - EX (1987 UK 12-track LP, the classic fourth album by the English rock band & their best-selling album to date selling over 20 million copies worldwide. Includes the singles Animal & Pour Some Sugar On Me. Complete with the illustrated credits inner & artist discography insert, the picture sleeve shows some edgewear & the vinyl is Excellent with a couple of cosmetic hairlines and few signs of play HYSLP1)
- Def Leppard - Pyromania - Dutch - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jul-2024 14:02)on July 27, 2024 at 1:33 am
DEF LEPPARD Pyromania (1983 Dutch 10-track LP on the Vertigo 'spaceship' label, the third album from the British rock band & the first to feature Phil Collen, including Photograph, Rock Of Ages & Foolin'. Complete with the orange printed inner, the glossy picture sleeve is Excellent with a little faint shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with only minor evidence of play)
- Def Leppard - Rocket - UK - 12" picture disc - £35.00, $45.15, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jun-2024 12:57)on July 27, 2024 at 1:33 am
DEF LEPPARD Rocket (Limited Edition 1987 UK individually numbered 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, featuring the Radio Edit & The Lunar Mix plus the b-side Release Me, housed in a clear PVC sleeve LEPXP6)
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