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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 - Pyromania - Half Speed Mastered - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.49, €34.79 (New Item) (arrived 23-Apr-2024 18:11)on April 25, 2024 at 6:43 am
DEF LEPPARD Pyromania (40th Anniversary 2024 UK/EU limited edition 10-track audiophile vinyl LP Half Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios and cut by Miles Showell for superior audio quality. Featuring the singles Photograph, TooLate For Love and the classic Rock Of Ages. Picture sleeve with spine-wrap Abbey Road series obi, factory sealed. Recommended)
- Def Leppard - Release Me - UK - 12" vinyl - Promo - £25.00, $31.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Mar-2024 12:14)on April 25, 2024 at 6:43 am
STUMPUS MAXIMUS AND THE GOOD OL' BOYS Release Me (1988 UK promotional vinyl 12" for the single release, featuring Def Leppard as the backing band, also including a live version of Rock Of Ages, recorded in Tilburg, Holland, housed in a customglossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some light general wear, whilst the vinyl shows little signs of play LEPDK6)
- Def Leppard - Photograph - UK - 12" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jan-2024 11:36)on April 25, 2024 at 6:43 am
DEF LEPPARD Photograph (1983 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Bringin' On The Heartbreak plus Mirror, Mirror [Look Into My Eyes]. The picture sleeve has a little shelfwear to the edges with a small patch of residual sticker wear and the vinyl shows a few signs of play but appears in excellent condition VERX5)
- Def Leppard - Adrenalize - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £19.99, $24.99, €23.19 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2024 12:09)on April 25, 2024 at 6:43 am
DEF LEPPARD Adrenalize (2022 UK/EU limited edition 10-track black vinyl LP, their fifth studio album originally released in 1992 and featuring the anthemic hit single Let's Get Rocked. Picture sleeve replicating the original 'eyeball' cover artwork, factory sealed. Recommended)
- Def Leppard - Def Leppard & Motley Crue World Tour T-shirt - UK - t-shirt - £45.00, $56.25, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 20-Feb-2024 10:24)on April 25, 2024 at 6:43 am
DEF LEPPARD Def Leppard & Motley Crue World Tour T-shirt (2023 Bangladesh manufactured Gildan 100% Cotton Black T-Shirt [Size M] which covers the dates of the tour Mexico City on 18 February through to Syracuse on 5th August. The front displays an re-worked double-band logo with classic band names image on the front with a list of the tour dates printed on the reverse over a stadium image. The T-shirt measures 26" x 18" [Collar to Hem x Pit to Pit] and does display signs of its age and having been worn with some light fading evident!)
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