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'80s Power Ballad Bands Are Going On Tour Together

Def Leppard, Journey will be joined next summer by Heart, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band

(Newser) - The '80s seem so far away now—for context, Def Leppard's Pyromania and Journey's Frontiers, the latter of which featured the song "Faithfully," both came out 40 years ago. If you're ready to relive those power ballad days, there's some good news from...

Def Leppard Drummer Attacked After Florida Show
Def Leppard
Drummer Says
He's Recovering
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Def Leppard Drummer Says He's Recovering

Rick Allen was assaulted outside a Fort Lauderdale hotel

(Newser) - Rick Allen has thanked fans for their support after he was attacked outside a Florida hotel earlier this month. "Your love and prayers are truly helping," Allen wrote, per Deadline . The Def Leppard drummer posted that he's relieved that his wife, Lauren, wasn't with him at...

Sorry, Millennials, These 2 Big Music Tours Are for Your Elders

Unless you like Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Poison, or Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald

(Newser) - Get ready for a pair of mega-music tours in 2020, though the news may spur sudden outbursts of "OK, boomer" (and perhaps a less catchy "OK, Gen X"). Rolling Stone reports that Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Poison will embark on a nationwide stadium tour next year,...

A First for Women in 2019 Rock Hall
'We Can Stop Holding
Our Breath' on Rock Hall
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'We Can Stop Holding Our Breath' on Rock Hall

Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson to be inducted

(Newser) - Congratulations to Stevie Nicks. The rocker was announced Thursday as a 2019 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame following her first appearance as an individual nominee. She'll become the only woman to be entered twice, following Fleetwood Mac's 1998 induction. "I have been in...

Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback
 Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback 

Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback

Hair we go again: '80s nostalgia brings monsters of rock back to life

(Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned...

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