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Def Leppard's third studio album, 1983's commercial breakthrough Pyromania, is returning from Bludgeon Riffola/UMe (U.S.)/UMR (U.K.) on April 26 in a variety of formats including a 4CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition, 2LP and 2CD expanded remasters, and a 1LP half-speed master of the original album. Produced by Mutt Lange, Pyromania broadened the British band's metal sound by embracing a radio-friendly sheen and big, anthemic choruses.  Guitarist Pete Willis had already completed recording

After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections of rarities. X, Def Leppard's first album of the millennium, was the band's eighth studio LP

On June 21, UMC will continue their celebration of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard with Def Leppard: Volume 2, a new limited-edition set that includes their studio albums Adrenalize (1992), Slang (1996), and Euphoria (1999), as well as the 1993 compilation Retro Active and three volumes of rarities recently compiled by Joe Elliott. The rarities sets collect hard-to-find B-sides and live recordings and feature newly commissioned artwork. Def Leppard: Volume 2 will be available

Def Leppard as been in the headlines a lot lately.  The legendary rockers just wraped up a U.S. tour co-headlined by Journey, they're set to tour across Ireland and the U.K. next month, and were recently announced as nominees for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2019.  On November 30, Bludgeon Riffola and UMe will release two new collections that look back on Def Leppard's illustrious career:  a best-of compilation entitled The Story So Far:  The Best Of, and a new 10-disc 7" single box

As Def Leppard gears up for its summer tour with Journey, the hard rock heroes have announced a new series of career-spanning box sets.  Volume One of the series will arrive on June 1 from Bludgeon Riffola, Mercury, and UMe.  This first installment of the band's complete recorded output will arrive in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard's first four studio albums -- along with bonus live and studio tracks --spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs,

Step inside, walk this way: British rockers Def Leppard have finally allowed their most popular albums to stream or download for the first time. Ahead of a major co-headlining tour with Journey, fans old and new can finally take the hits of Def Leppard along with them wherever digital music is found, thanks to the band's label, Bludgeon Riffola, and Universal Music Enterprises, who distributes much of the group's catalogue. "Given a bit of time to sit down and think about it and read and do

In very many ways, Def Leppard's fourth studio album Hysteria was their biggest--and a new box set due this year looks to prove that en masse. On August 4--exactly 30 years since it was first released--Bludgeon Riffola and UMC will release multiple expanded editions of Hysteria, including a new 3CD deluxe edition, a 5CD/2DVD box set (both boasting material not on the 20th anniversary deluxe edition released in 2007) and vinyl formats. Hysteria was the culmination of more than three years