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DEF LEPPARD Performs On 'Dancing With The Stars', 'Ellen DeGeneres'; Video Available
- Apr. 30, 2008
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DEF LEPPARD kicked off the release of its new album, "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge", yesterday (Tuesday, April 29) with a couple of high-profile television appearances on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". Watch both performances below. To coincide with the release of "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge", the group's UK label has launched a new "Sparkle Lounge" microsite. TheSparkleLounge.com gives fans opportunities to listen to samples of the new album, watch the video for leadoff single "Nine Lives", listen to samples of the new album, win Guitar Hero III prizes, watch a trailer for the bonus DVD (UK only), and more. "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" contains 11 new songs, including the new hit single "Nine Lives", featuring a collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw. The album includes a limited-edition custom PikCARD, which unlocks the DEF LEPPARD online "Vault" (named after the band's best-selling greatest-hits CD). Inside the "Vault", DEF LEPPARD fans have exclusive access to a variety of content, contests and memorabilia, featuring highlights such as personal photos from the road, registration to the band's fan club, entry into an exclusive contest to win backstage passes and VIP access the next time DEF LEPPARD comes to the winner's town, new album lyrics — handwritten by Joe Elliott — and a personal messages from the band. DEF LEPPARD has announced new U.S. tour dates that will kick off this August. The dates include cities that the band postponed recently due to an upper respiratory tract infection affecting the band’s lead singer, Joe Elliott. DEF LEPPARD performs "Pour Some Sugar on Me" on "Dancing With The Stars" (April 29) DEF LEPPARD performs "Hysteria" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (April 29): (Thanks: Rowdy Yates)
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COMMENT |
posted by : Metal2TheMAX
4/30/2008 12:26:19 AM
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its hysteria; not animal. fool.
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : pukeman44
4/30/2008 12:59:43 AM
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My mom put on Dancing With The Stars when Def Leppard performed, and there was no doubt in my mind that was the CD version of Pour Some Sugar On Me being played, and not the band playing it live. LOSERS!
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COMMENT | pour some sugar
posted by :
4/30/2008 1:03:02 AM
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ummmmmm...that is the CD playing, they are faking it for the show....
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COMMENT | WOW...
posted by : bagofsoup
4/30/2008 1:06:44 AM
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Hard to decide which is more pathetic: Miming to a 20-year old recording with the solid gold dancers parading about, or that god-awful live performance of Hysteria.
Hang it up, girls.
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COMMENT | hysteria
posted by :
4/30/2008 1:08:56 AM
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that is real......
joe elliot's vocals......i think i know what he is doing wrong that he has such problems.......he can be retrained......i don't know he doesn't get a great vocal coach, who actually know what they are talking about....
find a coach who can sing opera.......
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/30/2008 1:12:26 AM
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Damn guys, can you play more gay shows? I am almost embarrassed to listen to old Leppard stuff on my ipod now. I guess when you age, your balls turn into a gooey vagina?
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COMMENT | awfull
posted by : zeets
4/30/2008 1:45:50 AM
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i'd say at this point ellen has more balls than def leppard
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COMMENT | I don't get it...
posted by : mirhagon
4/30/2008 2:33:33 AM
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With "bands" like Kid Rock, System of a Down, and Korn still running rampant in our society, who's got the time or inclination to pick on Def Leppard?
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posted by : black_art
4/30/2008 2:39:40 AM
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ahh shit cant believe they did that show ... and lip singing playback playin' faint:
def leppard are one of my fav classic rock bands!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : black_art
4/30/2008 2:43:11 AM
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and oh the live song hysterica is good, its not perfect but hey .. its live .
hope they would do that type of songs these days though :/
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COMMENT | Lip-sync'ing is so 80's
posted by : JYeager
4/30/2008 3:15:46 AM
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I actually tuned into Dancing just to hear Def Lep "perform", but they lip-sync'ed the song.
I know that's the European way to do things (even their damn award shows have fake performances), but not in America.
I was almost rooting for these guys until the song actually began and it was clear they weren't "performing" at all... unless you consider acting performing.
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COMMENT | strange?
posted by :
4/30/2008 3:27:50 AM
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Is it just me or is vivian cambell and marty friedman some sort of same person. both used to rip on metal albums better than anyone and now both play pop and have cut there hair to a stupid long/short length
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/30/2008 3:33:02 AM
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Man how bad is that harmony guitar thing they do I reckon I could play better than that playing both parts myself and I aint a good player at all.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/30/2008 4:18:02 AM
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Listen to the dirt pounding the coffin of the career of the once great Def Leppard.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/30/2008 4:20:04 AM
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Keep in mind joe elliot recently had a bad bout with a respiratory infection. That might explain the lip sync version of pour some sugar on me .....
However I got free tix to see them live in 2000 and the show sounded too perfect. My friend and I actually left early because there was basically no energy at the show. It sounded like we were listening to a really loud cd player. Had no "live" vibe at all...
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COMMENT | WTF?
posted by :
4/30/2008 4:52:57 AM
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Why the hell they are not playing new songs.. There's a new album..
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COMMENT | It was all fine...
posted by : The Hammerguy
4/30/2008 5:56:47 AM
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then the dancers came...
GIMME VAH HALEN OR GIMME HEAD
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COMMENT | When did Posh Spice join DL?
posted by : ThisIsMyUsername
4/30/2008 6:57:30 AM
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I know Rick Savage has Bells' Palsey, but he's starting to look like a woman.
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posted by : darthadv
4/30/2008 9:33:52 AM
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these "performances" are so wrong on so many levels... both lip-synched and live...
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COMMENT | embarrasment.....
posted by : subprime jim
4/30/2008 10:56:16 AM
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They should really be embarrassed about this "performance". Do they really need the money that bad?? I don't understand when bands do this. If they has a shred of integrity, they wouldn't have done either of these shows. And the worst part is - they weren't even playing/singing - ala Ashlee Simpson....
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COMMENT | Pour some boogers on me
posted by :
4/30/2008 12:06:06 PM
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Steve Clark is rolling in freaking grave right now!!!!!
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COMMENT | They both had upper respitiory infections..
posted by :
4/30/2008 12:14:34 PM
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I'm not def-ending the crap they've made since 1991. rust me. But It's been in the news that both Phil Collen and Joe Elliott were sick with respitory infections. They had to cancel shows in Canada cuz of it. I mean, he sounds congested on Ellen. I guess after the crappy performance on Ellen management probably suggested they lip-synch on Dancing with the Stars. Doesn't excuse how gay they are now. They ceased being a metal band in 1983 after Pyromania. Hey, why are they on Blabbermouth anyway?
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COMMENT | wtf
posted by : Hardcore666
4/30/2008 12:20:38 PM
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why are they playing old songs with a new cd released?
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COMMENT | My response to the comment below....
posted by :
4/30/2008 12:28:49 PM
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"They should really be embarrassed about this "performance". Do they really need the money that bad?? I don't understand when bands do this. If they has a shred of integrity, they wouldn't have done either of these shows. And the worst part is - they weren't even playing/singing - ala Ashlee Simpson.... "
PSST..DUDE! Their target audience is women. Has been since Hysteria.
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COMMENT | The Pour Some Sugar On Me lip-syncing thing...
posted by : Your Ornery God
4/30/2008 7:30:02 PM
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...is decided by the show, not the band - yes the band has to agree to it but its not their preference. Bands often play songs faster live than the original, and being that there was choregraphed dancers, the show probably wanted to use the recorded version of the song that the dancers rehearsed to so they wouldnt be thrown off by a different version/tempo.
Funny though how they have a new album, but don't get to play NEW songs when they get these "high-profile" shows. lol
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COMMENT | I wish I was deaf so as to not hear this shit!!!
posted by :
5/1/2008 1:04:40 AM
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The reason Def Kitty Kat is playing "or acting" 2 older songs is that Def Leppard has been played by virtually all US corporate radio stations to death over the last 25 years so even if you hate 'em you still will know the fucking songs!!! Hell, I even heard a Leppard song used in a car commercial once. If they played a new one, nobody would know it. Their new material is obviously too weak that they only live in the past from their hits.
Seeing as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard were considered among the top 2 of the NWOBHM bands in 1980 with a successful future it is embarrasing to see D.L. lip sync any song. PATHETIC!!
Iron Maiden would never do that as they have too much integrity and respect for their music and the fans, and that is why they are the best and my favorite and they are still going strong today. They also never followed any trends and to change and plan songs for the US corporate radio stations.
If only D.L. new album matched the style of their old logo!! I agree with whoever said that they ceased to be metal after Pyromania.....
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COMMENT | Ever since he passed away.,.,
posted by :
5/1/2008 10:00:10 AM
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RIP Steve Clark,.,.,.,.You ban greatly misses you,.,. we do too.
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COMMENT | A theory as to why they play the way they do
posted by :
5/1/2008 10:07:22 AM
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Rick Allen lost his arm. The guy obviously couldn't do what he did on the drums on the first three albums. The first three albums were heavy and hard. They switched to a more synthesized rock sound to suit Rick Allens handicap on Hysteria. Rather than get rid of their friend, a great drummer, and founding member, they structured the band around his handicap. Which created more of a Depeche Mode meets AC/DC sound. They will never publically come out and say that because it would tacky for them to do so. If that's truly what they did, i'd say I respect them for that even if their music is gay now.
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