New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On April 24, Eagle Rock Entertainment/Universal Music, will present legendary British Rock 'N' Roll icons and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame® inductees Def Leppard: London to Vegas. This limited edition 2Blu-ray+4CD, 2DVD+4CD and digital format release features two spectacular concert films: Hysteria At The O2 and Hits Vegas, Live At Planet Hollywood.
Filmed in December 2018, Hysteria At The O2 captures
Def Leppard celebrating the groundbreaking Hysteria, one of their two diamond-certified 10x platinum albums (the other being Pyromania). Performed in its entirety before a ravenous sold-out crowd, this momentous homecoming event is made all the more powerful as it was their long-awaited debut at the iconic O2
Arena in London. Featuring electrifying performances of "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "
Animal", "Women", and "
Love Bites", band members Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav"
Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar), and Rick Allen (drums), conclude the set with a host of extra hits including "Let's Get Rocked", "When Love and Hate Collide", and "
Photograph".
Six months later, just after their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
Def Leppard undertook a residency in Las
Vegas at Zappos Theatre in Planet Hollywood. Hits Vegas, Live At Planet Hollywood is a 28-song deep dive into not only their greatest hits, but rarities such as "
Too Late For Love", "Billy's Got A Gun", and "Slang", and "
Promises". Highlighting Def Leppard's versatility, Hits
Vegas presents a livewire stage show with two stages and video walls, punctuated with intimate, acoustic renditions of rarely performed songs "
Let Me Be The One", "
We Belong", "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad", and "Two
Steps Behind".
Hits
Vegas offers a behind-the-scenes bonus feature, while Hysteria At The O2 is rounded out with the bonus "Hysteria: Then And Now" mini-documentary. As a whole, Def Leppard: London To
Vegas encapsulates the prestige of one of rock's most iconic bands.
Packed in a 10" box with a 40-page hardback book, the set is completed with audio from both concerts. HYSTERIA LIVE, featuring the performance of the complete Hysteria album from the O2 show, will also be available separately on crystal clear 2LP, packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Finally, in addition to these in-depth sets, Def Leppard: London To
Vegas is now available for pre-order as a direct-to-consumer package with exclusive merchandise bundles here. These include a London To
Vegas T-shirt, London To
Vegas 12x12 lithograph, branded envelope featuring replica setlist, guitar pics, and replica laminates from both shows, and an exclusive 4-song picture disc "Acoustic In Vegas."
With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, THE 2019 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES with two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., Def Leppard-Joe Elliott(vocals),Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav"
Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar)and Rick Allen (drums) - are one of the most important forces in rock music. The band have amassed a staggering 2.5 billion streams since releasing their music digitally only one year ago. As they did with the original release of their records,
Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again. Chart stats saw their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK.
Def Leppard had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart.
Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group's spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading
Def Leppard to be heralded as an institution in both the music and touring industry. Def Leppard's influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group's legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as "Rock of Ages", "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Foolin". The band's 2015 self-titled studio album debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Top Independent Albums charts. The album also took the #5 spot on Billboard's Top Current Albums and #10 spot on the Top 200, as well as claiming 15 top 10 debuts around the world.
