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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 - Triangular Stickered P/S + Insert - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $49.35, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2021 15:57)on May 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm
DEF LEPPARD Hysteria (1987 UK 12-track LP featuring the fourth studio album by the English rock band and their best-selling album to date selling over 20 million copies worldwide, which yielded seven hit singles including the classics 'Rocket', 'Pour Some Sugar On Me', 'Love Bites' & 'Animal', housed in a yellow triangular song-hype stickered picture sleeve with illustrated inner & discography insert. The sleeve shows very light wear and the vinyl has little sign of play HYSLP1)
- Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry - Dutch - vinyl LP - £20.00, $28.20, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2021 16:22)on May 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm
DEF LEPPARD High 'N' Dry (1981 Dutch 10-track vinyl LP on the Vertigo 'spaceship' label, the second studio album from the UK NWOBHM group, including the singles Let It Go and Bringin' On The Heartbreak, picture sleeve with illustrated inner. Thesleeve shows only light wear & the vinylhas only light signs of play)
- Def Leppard - Pyromania - Dutch - vinyl LP - £20.00, $28.20, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2021 16:20)on May 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm
DEF LEPPARD Pyromania (1983 Dutch 10-track vinyl LP on the 'spaceship' Vertigo label, the third album from the British rock band and the first to feature Phil Collen, including Photograph, Rock Of Ages and Foolin', picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light edgewear and the vinyl has a few light surface scuffs - an excellent example)
- Def Leppard - On Through The Night - EX - Dutch - vinyl LP - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 24-Mar-2021 15:22)on May 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm
DEF LEPPARD On Through The Night (1980 Dutch 'spaceship' label 11-track LP, one of the first albums in the 'NWOBHM' movement, including Wasted, Rock Brigade and Hello America, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve has a faint sticker mark in the top right corner and shows some minor edgewear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played)
- Def Leppard - Hysteria (The Singles) - Sealed - UK - 7" box set - £74.99, $105.74, €86.99 (New Item) (arrived 16-Mar-2021 14:09)on May 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm
DEF LEPPARD Hysteria (The Singles) (2018 UK limited edition 10 x 7" vinyl singles box set containing of all of the incredible singles from the multi-platinum album including Woman, Animal, Pour Some Sugar On Me and Rocket plus two unique to this collection Excitable and Love and Affection. Includes a 16-page booklet with liner notes from Joe Elliott and complete Hysteria singles discography. Housed in a 7½" x 7½" x 2" picture box - still sealed in its hype-stickered shrinkwrap)
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