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"For some bizarre reason, women seem to feel compelled to take their shirts off when we play it..." How Florida's strippers made Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me a hit and saved the band's career

In 1988, sales of Hysteria had stalled, and the record company were desperate to recoup the album's enormous costs. The story of the "stripping song" that came to the rescue...

Before she became one of the planet’s biggest pop stars, Taylor Swift collaborated with Def Leppard: “She heard our music in her mother’s womb”

Before she became one of the planet’s biggest pop stars, Taylor Swift collaborated with Def Leppard: “She heard our music in her mother’s womb”

Remembering the time a pre-megastardom Taylor Swift ended up playing a gig with Def Leppard

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

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Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe review – from the pathetic to the sublime

On this co-headline tour, Mötley Crüe are crass and limp, and then shown up all the more by the triumphant power of Def Leppard’s homecoming

The Guardian - UK

Photo gallery: Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe's Stadium Tour has kicked off in The UK

First night photos from Bramall Lane in Sheffield have been released by Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard - setlists also online

Def Leppard's Drastic Symphonies: You know the songs, but you’ve never heard them like this

Def Leppard go orchestral on Drastic Symphonies: treading water has never sounded so legacy-enhancing

Def Leppard return home to help save famous Sheffield venue

It was 10 songs in before singer Joe Elliott launched into the instantly recognisable hits Hysteria and Pour Some Sugar On Me.

The Independent UK

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'David Bowie gave me my break as a drummer and I'm still pinching myself'

'David Bowie gave me my break as a drummer and I'm still pinching myself'

Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey was a hard-up 19-year-old when he got a call from up-and-coming star David Bowie, who asked him to join his band to record the Aladdin Sane album

"This is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and they’re playing my song!" - what happened when Def Leppard went to Abbey Road

"This is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and they’re playing my song!" - what happened when Def Leppard went to Abbey Road

Def Leppard are joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on new album Drastic Symphonies. We went to Abbey Road Studios to watch it come together

The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs

The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs

AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe

Joe Elliott duets with a younger version of himself on new Def Leppard album

Joe Elliott duets with a younger version of himself on new Def Leppard album

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott says singing with his younger self on forthcoming orchestral album Drastic Symphonies was like "singing with a ghost that's still alive"

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