Exclusive show on May 26 at the Whisky a Go Go as part of
SiriusXM's Small Stage Series
Performance to air on Def Leppard's limited-run channel Def Leppard
Radio and on Howard Stern's Howard
101
New Album "Diamond Star Halos" Out May
27 – The Stadium Tour with Mötley Crüe Set to Kick
Off June 16
NEW
YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/
-- SiriusXM announced today that legendary rock band,
Def Leppard, will play a special
invitation-only concert in Los
Angeles at the Whiskey a Go Go for SiriusXM
listeners. The intimate performance, part of SiriusXM's Small Stage
Series, will take place on Thursday, May
26, in celebration of Def
Leppard's forthcoming album Diamond Star
Halos which is scheduled to be released on Friday, May
27.
On June 16, Def Leppard is set to kick off "The Stadium
Tour" which will hit 36 major cities across North America. Def
Leppard will be joined by Motely Crüe, Poison, and
Joan Jett for this massive and
highly anticipated stadium run. Prior to Def Leppard's tour, this will be
the first-time fans can see the band perform new songs
live from their latest album live in addition to the stadium anthem
hits that cemented them as rock icons. The performance will
premiere on SiriusXM's Def Leppard Radio and Howard 101 on
Friday, May 27 at 5:00 pm ET and PT. Additionally, the concert will
broadcast throughout June on Classic Rewind (ch. 25) and 80's
on 8.
For information on how to attend SiriusXM's Small Stage Series,
featuring Def Leppard please visit:
www.siriusxm.com/DefLeppardLA.
Def Leppard Radio will launch on Friday,
May 27 and run through Saturday, June
25 on the SXM App. The channel will also be available on
satellite (ch. 39) on Friday, May
27 through Thursday, June 2.
Featuring a slew of guest hosts, Def Leppard Radio will delve
into the band's 40-year music career, providing insight behind both
their greatest hits and their new album. Def Leppard Radio will
also spotlight other artists performing on their stadium tour
like Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan
Jett, as well as artists who influenced Def Leppard
including David Bowie, Queen, T.
Rex, Mott The Hoople and more.
SiriusXM's Small Stage Series features performances
with premier artists spanning music genres and styles, and comedy,
and held in small iconic venues. SiriusXM launched its Small Stage
Series in August 2021 and to date has
announced performances by Alicia
Keys, Avril Lavigne,
Brandi Carlile, Coldplay, Dave
Matthews, Ed Sheeran, Glass
Animals, The Go-Go's, H.E.R., J Balvin, J. Cole,
Jason Aldean, John Mayer, John Mulaney, Kane Brown, Kenny
Chesney, Michael Che,
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night
Sweats, Old Dominion, Shaggy and Twenty
One Pilots.
SiriusXM is available to subscribers nationwide on SiriusXM
radios, the SXM App, and with Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant or
however they stream at home. Streaming access is included
with all of SiriusXM's trials and most popular plans.
About Def Leppard
With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two
prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame® inductees Def
Leppard - Joe
Elliott (vocals), Phil
Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar)
and Rick
Allen (drums) — continue to be one of the most
important forces in rock music. 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." For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full
recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download
platforms. 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. The
band have amassed a staggering 5.5 billion streams since 2018,
reaching a younger 18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of
their fanbase. Additionally, the band have garnered an impressive
15 million followers across their social media platforms. Following
the close of their historic 2018 co-headline stadium and arena run
in North America, Def Leppard sold a staggering 1,000,000
tickets and the tour grossed over $100,000,000.00, a massive feat in today's
touring world. Def Leppard will top
that number yet again with another sold out North American stadium
run in 2022 which is set to kick off the rest of the world. As
always, the group keep pushing the boundaries with their
electrifying live shows.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio
products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach
approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio
audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports,
talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a
subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio
entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's
subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make
it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics
and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM
Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and
ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and
advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings,
Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in
Canada. In addition to its audio
entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle
services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go
to: www.siriusxm.com.
Source: SiriusXM
Media contact for Def
Leppard:
Carleen Donovan
carleen@theoriel.co
Media contacts for SiriusXM:
Angela Burke
angela.burke@siriusxm.com
Carolina Dubon
carolina.dubon@siriusxm.com
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