SHEFFIELD rock giants Def Leppard return home to play Hallam FM Arena on Saturday, June 17. And we’re giving one lucky reader and a guest the chance to meet the band.
It will include an exclusive photo and signing session plus a pair of tickets for the show featuring frontman vocalist Joe Elliot, bass player Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell. Four runners up will get a pair of tickets each.
The band has sold over 65 million albums world wide - with hits including Let's Get Rocked, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Animal, Photograph, Rock Of Ages, Hysteria and Love Bites.
Def Leppard, Britain’s greatest arena rock band, will play a series of headline shows and select festivals across Europe this summer - including this Support bands are Cheap Trick and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Since their debut release in 1980 they have proved themselves one of rock music’s hardest working and consistently powerful live bands, playing to over 50 million fans in the last 15 years alone.
The European shows come fresh off the back of Def Leppard playing 100 shows to one million fans in the US through 2005 alone. They are one of only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10 million plus selling albums in the US. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Van Halen.
Yeah!, their new covers album, draws on the band’s influences and inspirations - from the 70’s glam of the Sweet, T Rex and Mott the Hopple through to the classic rock of Thin Lizzy and Free, from the unique British flavour of Bowie and The Kinks through to the punk leanings of Blondie. It is a celebration of classic songs in the unique Def Leppard style and includes songs by The Faces, ELO, John Kongos (with a song later utilised by The Happy Mondays) and Roxy Music.
For a chance to win our dream prize collect two tokens from The Star. You will find one every day from Thursday, June 8 to Saturday, June 10. Attach them to the entry form in paper on Thursday, June 8.
You can also download an entry form and a web token, only one per household allowed, by
clicking here. Complete your details, answer the question and post to Meet Def Leppard, The Star, PO Box 693, Promotions, York Street, Sheffield S1 1 PU. Get to us by deadline on Tuesday, June 13, 2006,10am. Winners will be first names picked at random from all correct entries received by deadline. No photocopies allowed.
* Guarantee your tickets - buy now. Tickets are £32.50, subject to a booking fee. Call the Hallam FM Arena Box Office on Sheffield 0114 256 5656, visit
www.hallamfmarena.co.uk,
www.getLive.co.uk or call Ticketmaster on 0870 153 5353.
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