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SUMMARY:Megadeth at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
DESCRIPTION:Released by UMe on September 2\, 2022\, The Sick\, The Dying… And The Dead! further establishes MEGADETH as a band that has both defined and repeatedly redefined heavy metal since its formation. The album follows up 2016’s Grammy®-winning Dystopia\, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 (MEGADETH’s highest chart position since its 1992 classic Countdown to Extinction). \nMEGADETH has crafted a record with a visceral energy\, heaviness\, and sometimes paranormal pace that few would expect from such a seasoned band with so little to prove. The Sick\, The Dying… And The Dead! melds the ultra-frenetic riffing\, fiercely intricate guitar solos\, and adventurous spirit of the quartet’s groundbreaking early output with the musicality and melodicism of its ‘90s songwriting\, all laced with signature virtuosity and precision – plus\, of course\, Mustaine’s singular vocal snarl and wry\, take-no-shit lyrical vitriol. \nMEGADETH recently wrapped up the European leg of their 2023 Crush The World Tour. The thrash metal pioneers will soon be taking their iconic music to stages across the United States as they continue to cement the latest electrifying chapter in a career that has constantly challenged and surprised. Their journey remains one of resilience\, artistic integrity\, and unbridled passion\, leaving an indelible mark on the world of metal. \n“I don’t think we’re nearing the end\, not even close\,” Dave Mustaine concludes. \n \n \nHeavy metal quartet Mudvayne formed in Peoria\, IL\, in 1996\, its members adopting the unusual pseudonyms sPaG (M. McDonough) (drums)\, Gurrg (G. Tribbett) (guitar)\, and Kud (Chad Gray) (vocals). The group’s original bassist was replaced after two years by Ryknow (Ryan Martinie). During their development\, the bandmembers began the practice of applying bizarre makeup. After self-releasing their first album\, Kill\, I Oughta\, they were signed by Epic Records and recorded their major-label debut\, L.D. 50\, which was released in August 2000 shortly after the end of their first national tour opening for Slipknot. The album later went gold and earned Mudvayne the first-ever MTV2 Video Award at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. Mudvayne continued touring and reissued their self-released debut EP\, Kill\, I Oughta\, in November 2001 as The Beginning of All Things to End. A year later the band returned with its official follow-up\, The End of All Things to Come\, which was recorded at Minneapolis’ Pachyderm Studios with Tool producer David Bottrill. With a new album came new personas\, this time as space aliens. The bandmembers changed their names accordingly\, taking the new monikers of Chüd (Kud)\, Güüg (Gurrg)\, R-üD (Ryknow)\, and Spüg (sPaG). They embarked on a European tour\, arriving back stateside in July to join the Summer Sanitarium shed tour\, featuring such heavyweights as Metallica and Linkin Park. In 2005\, the band released Lost and Found\, their third album for Epic. In September 2007\, Mudvayne announced they would allow fans to vote on the band’s website to determine the track selection for the compilation By the People\, for the People\, released the following month. The all new full-length New Game arrived in November 2008\, followed six months later by an eponymous 2009 effort. ~ William Ruhlmann\, Rovi \n \n \nAll That Remains have built an unbreakable axis between pit-splitting metal and anthemic melodies. This signature balance has defined the platinum-certified band’s output since day one. It’s why the quintet— Philip Labonte [lead vocals]\, Jason Richardson [lead guitar]\, Mike Martin [rhythm guitar]\, Anthony Barone [drums]\, and Matt Deis [bass]—have notched multiple Top 10 Active Rock Radio hits\, sold out shows worldwide\, and generated over half-a-billion streams. By sticking to their guns\, All That Remains have continued to thrive on their own terms. Among many accolades\, signature hit “Two Weeks” received a Platinum certification\, while “What If I Was Nothing” and their cover of “The Thunder Rolls” by Garth Brooks each reached Gold status. Meanwhile\, 2008’s Overcome went gold\, and For We Are Many cracked the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. They have scored five Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart\, landing four in the Top 5. During 2022\, the group launched a successful sold-out anniversary tour in celebration of their seminal LP The Fall of Ideals—which Revolver hailed as “one of metalcore’s most essential records”. They’ve weathered the changing tides of a fickle business\, unspeakable tragedy\, and all manner of conflict only to come out stronger than ever on the other side. This strength surges through on “Divine”\, their very first full independent single offering\, embodying everything All That Remains are.
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LOCATION:Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, 85035\, United States
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SUMMARY:Halestorm & I Prevail at Arizona Financial Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Led by charismatic vocalist/guitarist Lzzy Hale\, Pennsylvania-based post-grunge/metal quartet Halestorm are one of the most successful hard rock groups of the early 21st century. With an aggressive yet hook-heavy sound that has become a fixture of American rock radio\, Halestorm have toured restlessly\, playing hundreds of shows per year and sharing the stage with nearly all of the popular American hard rock acts of their era. In 2013\, the band took home a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for the single “Love Bites (So Do I)\,” which appeared on their sophomore studio effort\, The Strange Case Of…. Subsequent efforts Into the Wild Life (2015)\, Vicious (2018)\, and Back from the Dead (2022) have shown the group to be equally adept at muscular hard rockers and piano-driven power ballads\, and their sound has branched out to include elements of dance music and pop-country. \nSiblings Elizabeth and Arejay Hale\, the core members of Halestorm\, formed the group in late 1997 near York\, Pennsylvania\, with Arejay on drums and Elizabeth on vocals and keyboard. Wanting to expand their sound\, the duo invited their father\, Roger\, to play bass with the band. Shortly after their first professional gig in 1998 at the Blue Mountain Coffee House in Hershey\, Pennsylvania\, Halestorm added various guitar players and released an EP\, 1999’s (Don’t Mess with The) Time Man. More lineup changes occurred\, but Halestorm finally solidified with Elizabeth (who was by then going by Lzzy) on vocals and guitar\, Josh Smith on bass\, Arejay on drums\, and Joe Hottinger on guitar. The band caught the attention of producer David Ivory as well as Atlantic Records — both were involved in the group’s major-label debut\, 2006’s One and Done\, a five-song EP recorded live at a show in Philadelphia. They would finally make their full-length studio debut in 2009 with the eponymous Halestorm\, all the while maintaining a rigorous touring schedule that would see them playing upwards of 250 shows a year. \nThe following year\, Halestorm released the concert recording Live in Philly 2010\, and Reanimate: The Covers EP appeared in 2011\, featuring the band’s takes on songs by Heart\, Guns N’ Roses\, and Lady Gaga. Their sophomore album\, The Strange Case Of…\, followed in 2012\, and the single “Love Bites (So Do I)” earned the group a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Reanimate 2.0 was released in 2013\, this time finding the band tackling Fleetwood Mac\, Daft Punk\, and Marilyn Manson. Halestorm’s eclectic third studio long-player\, the Jay Joyce-produced Into the Wild Life\, was released in April 2015\, and was preceded by the single “Apocalyptic.” The live EP Into the Wild Live: Chicago arrived in 2016\, followed in early 2017 by their third covers set\, Reanimate 3.0\, which featured songs by Whitesnake\, Metallica\, and Soundgarden. Vicious\, the band’s fourth studio long-player\, followed in July 2018 and earned the group a Best Rock Performance Grammy nomination for the single “Uncomfortable.” 2020 saw Halestorm issue Reimagined\, a six-song EP that featured stripped-down versions of five fan favorites and a cover of “I Will Always Love You.” \nTwo years later\, they unveiled their fifth long-player\, Back from the Dead. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz with co-production by Scott Stevens\, the 11-song set included “The Steeple” and “Back from the Dead\,” the latter of which became Halestorm’s sixth single to reach number one on the Active Rock charts. A deluxe edition of the album with seven new tracks arrived later that December. ~ Marisa Brown\, Rovi \n \nAn explosive American post-hardcore quintet with cross-genre tendencies\, I Prevail emerged in the early 2010s and found success the following year with a metallic rendering of Taylor Swift‘s “Blank Space.” The band earned a pair of Grammy nominations in 2019 with their chart-topping sophomore full-length Trauma. They returned in 2022 with True Power\, which injected electronic\, pop\, and hip-hop elements to their attack. \nBased out of Southfield\, Michigan\, I Prevail formed in 2013 around the talents of Brian Burkheiser (vocals)\, Eric Vanlerberghe (vocals)\, Steve Menoian (guitar)\, Jordan Berger (guitar)\, and Lee Runestad (drums). Employing a blistering blend of metalcore\, pop-punk\, and post-hardcore that invokes names like Bring Me the Horizon\, We Came as Romans\, and A Day to Remember\, the band issued their debut EP Heart vs. Mind through Fearless Records in December 2014. A hard-hitting cover of Taylor Swift‘s “Blank Space\,” which elicited over two million views on YouTube\, helped further establish the band as a rising force within the hardcore scene. They later proved their original songwriting capability with the release of their 2016 debut album\, Lifelines. Featuring a re-tooled lineup that consisted of Burkheiser\, Vanlerberghe\, Menoian\, and new guitarist Dylan Bowman\, the LP debuted at number one on the Billboard alternative\, hard music\, and rock charts. The following year\, the group parted ways with Runestad and bassist Tony Camposeo\, recruiting replacements Gabe Helguera and Eli Clark. They got to work on their follow-up album while touring with the Word Alive\, We Came as Romans\, and Escape the Fate. \nIn 2019\, the band returned with sophomore effort Trauma\, which included the singles “Bow Down” and “Breaking Down.” At the end of the year\, they received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album and “Bow Down” entered the fray\, competing for Best Metal Performance. The following year saw the band release a stripped-down acoustic version of the moody Trauma single “Hurricane.” After “DOA\,” a collaborative single with rapper Joyner Lucas\, I Prevail issued a live version of their previous album under the title Post Traumatic\, recorded around the world in 2019 and 2020. In 2022\, they released their third LP\, True Power\, which continued to push their genre experimentation in fresh directions\, incorporating cinematic electronic production\, rap verses\, and even shimmering pop ballads. \n \nHollywood Undead hail from the streets of Hollywood\, California\, mixing brash hip-hop\, rock\, and minor metalcore touches with cocky posturing. With their colorful pseudonyms and unique hockey goal tender-inspired masks\, the band debuted in 2008 with Swan Songs\, but didn’t hit their commercial stride until the release of their 2011 sophomore effort\, American Tragedy\, which cracked the Top Ten on the Billboard 200 chart. Subsequent outings like Notes from the Underground (2013)\, Five (2017)\, the two-volume New Empire (2020)\, and Hotel Kalifornia\, performed just as well\, if not better\, cementing the group’s reputation as one of rapcore’s leading lights. \nOwing much of their popularity and exposure to the social networking website MySpace\, the group started as the musical project of J-Dog and Tha Producer in June 2005. They uploaded some new music to their profile and very quickly started amassing song plays and online friends with tracks about drinking\, sex\, and emo kids. “The gang\,” as the guys liked to refer to themselves\, grew to include six members: J-Dog and Tha Producer alongside Charlie Scene\, Johnny 3 Tears (formerly called the Server)\, Funny Man\, and Da Kurlzz. As the band’s online profile steadily increased\, MySpace head honcho Tom Anderson wasn’t immune and wound up featuring Hollywood Undead’s song “No. 5” on MySpace’s first compilation album\, in addition to giving them the distinction of being the first act signed to the site’s new record label (distributed by Interscope) in 2005. \nSwan Songs finally appeared in 2008 on A&M/Octone Records. A year later\, that label released an album of B-sides\, live tracks\, and covers titled Desperate Measures. In 2010\, vocalist Aron “Deuce” Erlichman left the group; he was replaced by Daniel “Danny” Murillo\, a former contestant on American Idol and lead singer of Lorene Drive. After shows with Avenged Sevenfold on The Nightmare After Christmas Tour\, Hollywood Undead released their sophomore album\, American Tragedy\, in April of 2011\, and the album debuted in the Top Five of Billboard’s Top 200. The following November\, A&M/Octone Records released a remix version of the record called American Tragedy Redux\, which featured mixes by Andrew W.K.\, Borgore\, and KMFDM\, among others. \nIn January of 2013\, after embarking on The Underground Tour\, Hollywood Undead released their third studio album\, Notes from the Underground\, which proved to be their highest-charting outing to date\, landing at the number two spot on the Billboard Top 200 and soaring to number one on the Canadian albums chart. Their hotly anticipated fourth studio album\, Day of the Dead\, arrived in March 2015\, and was preceded by the singles “Usual Suspects\,” “Gravity\,” “How We Roll\,” and the explosive title cut. The band returned to the studio in late 2016 to record its fifth studio album\, Five. With their contract with Interscope finished\, Hollywood Undead set up their own label\, Dove & Grenade Media\, in collaboration with BMG to release the album. The first single\, “California Dreaming” — a scathing look at the inequalities between the two sides of Los Angeles culture — was released in mid-2017\, with the full-length Five arriving later that October. In 2018 the Undead released the standalone single “Gotta Let Go\,” a summery blast of feel-good nostalgia about letting go of pain. The EP Psalms also arrived that year. Two years later\, the band released their sixth album\, New Empire\, Vol. 1. A deliberate attempt to change their sound\, it was heavier than before\, with more electronic elements. The like-minded sequel\, New Empire\, Vol. 2.\, arrived in 2020. In 2022\, the band issued their eighth full-length effort\, the confident and earworm-friendly Hotel Kalifornia. \n \nTrauma and tragedy transfer from one generation to the next. As difficult as it may be\, we still possess the power to break the cycle and start anew. Fit For A King ponder the pain of these cycles and the possibility to end them on their seventh full-length offering\, The Hell We Create [Solid State]. The Texas quintet—Ryan Kirby [vocals]\, Bobby Lynge [guitar]\, Daniel Gailey [guitar]\, Ryan “Tuck” O’Leary [bass]\, and Trey Celaya [drums]—explore this ebb and flow with a deft\, yet delicate balance of sharp metallic intensity and soaring melodic energy. “The album is a reflection of the events that happened throughout the pandemic\,” recalls Ryan. “In short\, my wife and I adopted children and had to homeschool them. She almost died from a stroke. The Hell We Create is by far the deepest and most personal record we’ve ever written.” In 2011\, Fit For A King emerged out of Texas with a searing signature style rooted in metal and hardcore and uplifted by hypnotic hooks. Following the breakout LP Creation/Destruction [2013]\, they earned four consecutive Top 5 debuts on both the Billboard Top Christian Albums Chart and the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart with Slave to Nothing [2014]\, Deathgrip [2016]\, Dark Skies [2018]\, and The Path [2020]. The latter marked their first #1 on the Top Christian Albums Chart and Top 10 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart. Plus\, the band collaborated with fellow heavy-hitters such as August Burns Red and We Came As Romans.
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LOCATION:Arizona Financial Theatre\, 400 W Washington St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85004\, United States
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SUMMARY:Limp Bizkit at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
DESCRIPTION:Limp Bizkit is an American nu metal/rap metal/rap rock band from Jacksonville\, Florida. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals)\, Sam Rivers (bass\, backing vocals)\, John Otto (drums\, percussion)\, DJ Lethal (turntables)\, and Wes Borland (guitars\, vocals). Their music is marked by Durst’s angry vocal delivery and Borland’s sonic experimentation. Borland’s elaborate visual appearance\, which includes face and body paint\, masks and uniforms\, also plays a large role in the band’s live shows. The band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards\, have sold 40 million records worldwide and won several other awards. \nFormed in 1994\, Limp Bizkit became popular playing in the Jacksonville underground music scene in the late 1990s\, and signed with Flip Records\, a subsidiary of Interscope\, which released their debut album\, Three Dollar Bill\, Y’all$ (1997). The band achieved mainstream success with their second and third studio albums\, Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)\, although this success was marred by a series of controversies surrounding their performances at Woodstock ’99 and the 2001 Big Day Out festival. \nShortly after the release of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water\, Limp Bizkit went on a hiatus while Fred Durst recovered from being crucified by Slipknot. Borland left the group in 2001\, but Durst\, Rivers\, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Following the release of their album\, Results May Vary (2003)\, Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005) with Durst\, Rivers\, Lethal and drummer Sammy Siegler before entering a hiatus. In 2009\, the band reunited with Borland playing guitar and began touring\, culminating with the recording of the album Gold Cobra (2011)\, after which they left Interscope and later signed with Cash Money Records. In 2014\, a sixth studio album\, Stampede of the Disco Elephants\, was to be released but remained in development hell. Eventually\, a new album called STILL SUCKS was recorded with all of the original band members and released digitally only in October 2021. \nFred Durst grew up in Jacksonville\, where he took an interest in breakdancing\, hip hop\, punk rock and heavy metal. He began to rap\, skate\, beatbox and deejay. While mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist\, he developed an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop. Durst played with three other bands\, Split 26\, Malachi Sage\, which were unsuccessful\, and 10 Foot Shindig\, which Durst left to form a new band. Durst told Sam Rivers\, the bassist for Malachi Sage\, “You need to quit this band and start a band with me that’s like this: rappin’ and rockin’.” Rivers suggested that his cousin\, John Otto\, who was studying jazz drumming at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and playing in local avant garde bands\, become their drummer. Durst\, Rivers and Otto jammed and wrote three songs together\, and Wes Borland later joined as a guitarist. \nDurst named the band Limp Bizkit because he wanted a name that would repel listeners. According to Durst\, “The name is there to turn people’s heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go\, ‘Limp Bizkit. Oh\, they must suck.’ Those are the people that we don’t even want listening to our music.” Other names that were considered by Durst included Gimp Disco\, Split Dickslit\, Bitch Piglet\, and Blood Fart. Every record label that showed an interest in the band pressured its members to change its name. Limp Bizkit developed a cult following in the underground music scene\, particularly at the Milk Bar\, an underground punk club in Jacksonville. The band’s local popularity was such that Sugar Ray\, who had a major label contract\, opened for a then-unsigned Limp Bizkit at Velocity with hip hop group Funkdoobiest. Milkbar owner\, Danny Wimmer\, stated that Limp Bizkit “had the biggest draw for a local band. They went from playing ten people to eight hundred within months. Fred … was always marketing the band. He would go to record stores and get people involved\, he was in touch with high schools.” However\, the band knew that to achieve national success\, they would have to distinguish themselves in their live performances. Attracting crowds by word of mouth\, the band gave energetic live performances\, covering George Michael’s “Faith” and Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up”\, and featuring Borland in bizarre costumes. Borland’s theatrical rock style was the primary attraction for many concert attendees. \n \n \nEveryone likes to romanticize the working class.  It’s easy to fool yourself into thinking you understand a perspective because you saw it in a netflix doc or read something from a best selling “culture” critic.  But what if you’re on the other side of that story\, focused on survival\, watching the world pay attention to all the wrong things\, waking up each day fighting to get to the next. \nWhat if the sci-fi dystopian future happening this very minute\, is your reality\, and all you have is a guitar\, cheap synthesizer\, old computer and a tangled rusty voice? \nThat’s the constant starting-line embraced by N8NOFACE. \nOriginally from Tucson\, N8NOFACE made his way to LA to double down on the visual\, audio and live expression naturally running through his veins.  While his influences range from Suicidal Tendencies to Stones Throw compilations of minimal wave music\, his sound can be uniquely classified as the past\, present and future heartbeat of the real LA.  A dirty melding of 80s/90s nostalgic synthpunk combined with the amalgamation of chaos heard in grimy soundcloud rap tapes. \nN8NOFACE screams for those left behind\, presenting the hard truth of police brutality\, mental health\, and the untold stories of the voiceless.  His 1-2 minute minimalist distorted dark synth movements challenge every listener to accept what the real world sounds like\, and dares the complacent to be shocked out of their musical safety net of never-ending sameness. \n \n \nCorey Feldman is an American Singer & Songwriter who has been entertaining audiences globally for almost 50 years. Corey released his 1st Single “Something in your Eyes” in 1989 for “Dream a Little Dream” soundtrack. He followed up with 1994’s LOVE LEFT became his 1st full LP release. Through the 90’s and 2000’s Corey landed multiple sync deals\, had several successful American tours and continued to release solo projects and also released albums with his band Truth Movement. In 2013 Corey’s single “Ascension Millennium” went Viral and was picked up by MTV. This was a major turning point for Feldman as a musician. Corey continued to evolve musically\, with his album “A2TC”. In 2014 Corey’s single “Everybody” (Feat. Doc Ice of Whodini & U.T.F.O) became his first of many DRT top 20 charting singles. By 2016 Corey scored his first Top 40 Billboard hit with“Go 4 it” peaking at No. 32. In May 2020 “U R Free” peaked at No. 17 on Billboard. By 2022 Feldman’s CiFi Records made some big announcements. Michael DeBarge is now C.O.O. of CiFi Records\, and is now a joint venture with Midtown Radio & Records\, Distribution is through Sony/Orchard. If that wasn’t enough Feldman announced his 1st Sony release titled “Without U” Peaked at #21 on Billboards Adult Contemporary Indicator Chart. Now Feldman and his band have just released a brand new single CALLED The Joke with a video directed by Fred Durst \, & are preparing for a 24 city Arena tour opening for Limp Bizkit. COREYFELDMAN.NET \n \n 
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LOCATION:Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, 85035\, United States
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SUMMARY:Def Leppard\, Journey\, and Steve Miller Band at Chase Field
DESCRIPTION:Def Leppard are one of the most successful hard rock bands to ever wield six strings; their blend of glam rock\, hair metal\, and big pop ballads led to massive wave of success in the ’80s that the band has continued to ride over the ensuing decades. Emerging in the late ’70s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal\, they gained a following outside of that scene by toning down their heavy riffs and emphasizing melody. After a couple of strong albums\, they found crossover success with 1983’s Pyromania\, and skillfully used the fledgling MTV network to their advantage. They reached the pinnacle of their career with 1987’s blockbuster Hysteria\, then had another big hit\, 1992’s Adrenalize\, that defied the mainstream turn toward grunge. After that\, the band settled into a pattern of touring exhaustively and releasing an album every few years\, maintaining a steady audience and occasionally surprising fans with a new album\, like 2008’s Yeah! or 2022’s Diamond Star Halos\, that harked back to the sound of their glory days. \nDef Leppard originated in a Sheffield-based group that teenagers Rick Savage (bass) and Pete Willis (guitar) formed in 1977. Vocalist Joe Elliott\, a fanatical follower of Mott the Hoople and T. Rex\, joined the band several months later\, bringing the name Deaf Leopard with him. After a spelling change\, the trio\, augmented by a now-forgotten drummer\, began playing local Sheffield pubs\, and within a year the band had added guitarist Steve Clark to the lineup\, as well as a new drummer. Later in 1978\, they recorded their debut EP\, Getcha Rocks Off\, and released it on their own label\, Bludgeon Riffola. The EP became a word-of-mouth success\, earning airplay on the BBC. \nFollowing the release of Getcha Rocks Off\, 15-year-old Rick Allen was added as the band’s permanent drummer\, and Def Leppard quickly became the toast of the British music weeklies. They soon signed with AC/DC‘s manager\, Peter Mensch\, who helped them secure a contract with Mercury Records. On Through the Night\, the band’s full-length debut\, was released in 1980 and instantly became a hit in the U.K.\, also earning significant airplay in the U.S.\, where it reached number 51 on the charts. Over the course of the year\, Def Leppard relentlessly toured Britain and America\, playing their own shows while also opening concerts for Ozzy Osbourne\, Sammy Hagar\, and Judas Priest. High ‘n’ Dry followed in 1981 and became the group’s first platinum album in the U.S.\, thanks to MTV’s strong rotation of “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.” \nAs the band recorded the follow-up to High ‘n’ Dry with producer Mutt Lange\, Pete Willis was fired from the group because of his alcoholism\, and Phil Collen\, a former guitarist for Girl\, was hired to replace him. The resulting album\, 1983’s Pyromania\, became an unexpected blockbuster\, due not only to Def Leppard’s skillful\, melodic metal\, but also to MTV’s repeated airing of “Photograph” and “Rock of Ages.” Pyromania went on to sell ten million copies\, establishing Def Leppard as one of the most popular bands in the world. Despite their success\, they were about to enter a trying time in their career. Following an extensive international tour\, the group reentered the studio to record the follow-up\, but producer Lange was unavailable\, so they began sessions with Jim Steinman\, the man responsible for Meat Loaf‘s Bat Out of Hell. The pairing turned out to be ill-advised\, so the bandmembers turned to their former engineer\, Nigel Green. One month into recording\, Allen lost his left arm in a New Year’s Eve car accident. The arm was reattached\, but it had to be amputated once an infection set in. \nDef Leppard’s future looked cloudy without a drummer\, but by the spring of 1985 — just a few months after his accident — Allen began learning to play a custom-made electronic kit assembled for him by Simmons. The band soon resumed recording\, and within a few months\, Lange was back on board; having judged all the existing tapes inferior\, he ordered the band to begin work all over again. Recording sessions continued throughout 1986\, and that summer\, the group returned to the stage for the European Monsters of Rock tour. Def Leppard finally completed their fourth album\, now titled Hysteria\, early in 1987. The record was released that spring to lukewarm reviews\, with many critics claiming that the album compromised Leppard’s metal roots for sweet pop flourishes. Accordingly\, Hysteria was slow out of the starting gates — “Women\,” the first single\, failed to really take hold — but the release of “Animal” helped the album gather steam. The song became Def Leppard’s first Top 40 hit in the U.K.\, but more importantly\, it launched a string of six straight Top 20 hits in the U.S.\, which also included “Hysteria\,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me\,” “Love Bites\,” “Armageddon It\,” and “Rocket\,” the latter of which arrived in 1989\, a full two years after the release of Hysteria. During those two years\, Def Leppard’s presence was unavoidable — they were the kings of high school metal\, ruling the pop charts and MTV\, and teenagers and bands alike replicated their teased hair and ripped jeans\, even when the grimy hard rock of Guns N’ Roses took hold in 1988. \nHysteria proved to be the peak of Leppard’s popularity\, yet their follow-up remained eagerly awaited in the early ’90s\, as the band took a break from the road and set to work on a new record. During the recording process\, however\, Steve Clark died from an overdose of alcohol and drugs. Clark had historically battled alcohol\, and following their Hysteria heyday\, his bandmates forced him to take a sabbatical. Although he did enter rehab\, Clark’s habits continued\, and his abuse was so crippling that Collen began recording the majority of the band’s guitar leads. Following Clark’s death\, Def Leppard resolved to finish their forthcoming album as a quartet\, releasing Adrenalize in the spring of 1992. Adrenalize was greeted with mixed reviews\, and even though the album debuted at number one and contained several successful singles\, including the Top 20 hits “Let’s Get Rocked” (notable for having one of the first ever CGI music videos) and “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad\,” the record was a commercial disappointment in the wake of Pyromania and Hysteria. After its release\, the group added former Whitesnake guitarist Vivian Campbell to the lineup\, thus resuming Def Leppard’s two-guitar attack. \nIn 1993\, Def Leppard issued the rarities collection Retro Active\, which yielded another Top 20 hit with the acoustic ballad “Two Steps Behind.” Two years later\, the group released the greatest-hits collection Vault while preparing for their sixth album. Slang arrived in the spring of 1996\, and while it proved more adventurous than its predecessor\, it was greeted with indifference\, indicating that Leppard’s heyday had indeed passed\, and they were now simply a very popular cult band. Undaunted\, Leppard soldiered on\, returning to their patented pop-metal sound for Euphoria\, which was released in June of 1999. Despite the success of “Promises\,” the record failed to produce any additional hits\, resulting in a return to adult pop balladry on 2002’s X. The two-disc Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection arrived in 2005\, followed in 2006 by Yeah!\, a strong collection of covers. \nIn 2008\, the guys released their tenth studio album\, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge\, which debuted at number five and was supported by a lucrative summer tour. Material from that tour helped make up the bulk of 2011’s Mirror Ball: Live & More\, a three-disc live album containing a full concert\, three new studio recordings\, and DVD footage. Another live album followed two years later: Viva! Hysteria found Def Leppard running through their 1987 blockbuster in its entirety on the first disc\, and a collection of early\, rarely played material on the second. In 2015\, the band released Def Leppard\, their 11th studio album and first collection of original music since 2008. \nIn February 2017\, the group issued And There Will Be a Next Time\, a live album culled from the Def Leppard supporting tour. Later that year\, a Super Deluxe Edition of Hysteria came out in celebration of the record’s 30th anniversary. Further repackagings continued in 2018 with a box set of their ’80s albums titled The Collection\, Vol. 1 and The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard\, a multi-disc set that included the band’s first four studio albums and various rarities. The next year saw the release of The Collection\, Vol. 2\, a set of their ’90s records\, and The Story So Far\, Vol. 2: Hits & B-Sides\, which picked up where the first volume left off with material from the band’s ’90s run and beyond. Def Leppard continued to tour on a regular basis and played a Las Vegas residency\, then in 2020 issued a collection of their first two albums plus a live set and BBC sessions titled The Early Years 79-81. After this slew of live and reissued material\, the band finally released another studio album in 2022\, their 12th. Entitled Diamond Star Halos\, it was heralded by the barnstorming\, old-school promo track “Kick” and featured two collaborations with Alison Krauss. In 2023 the band issued Drastic Symphonies\, a set of reimagined Lep classics and hidden gems recorded with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\, Rovi \n \n  \nPhoto by Brian Ach/Getty Images for Journey\nJOURNEY is one of the most popular American rock bands of all time\, creating some of the best-known songs in modern music. Since the group’s formation in 1973\, the band has earned 19 top 40 singles and 25 Gold and Platinum albums and has sold nearly 100 million albums globally. Their Greatest Hits album is certified 15 times-Platinum\, bringing Journey into the elite club of Diamond-certified award holders. The band continues to tour and record into the 21st century\, performing concerts for millions of fans worldwide\, and received the prestigious Billboard “Legends of Live” touring award. 2018’s massive co-headlining tour with Def Leppard was the band’s most successful tour to date\, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold. In 2017\, Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In March 2019\, Journey released a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo\, featuring the first-ever performances of the band’s “Escape” and “Frontiers” albums in their entireties. Journey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\, was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame\, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary\, “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey.” \n \n \nSteve Miller was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. With albums like Children of the Future\, Sailor and Brave New World\, he perfected a psychedelic blues sound that drew on the deepest sources of American roots music and simultaneously articulated a compelling vision of what music could be in the years to come. In the ’70s\, he crafted a brand of pure pop that was polished\, exciting and irresistible and dominated radio in a way that few artists have ever have. Hit followed hit: “Take The Money and Run\,” “Rock’n Me\,” “Fly Like an Eagle\,” “Jet Airliner” among them. Those songs are instantly recognizable when they come on the radio. Their hooks the definition of indelible. Running through this catalog is a combination of virtuosity and song craft. His parents were jazz aficionados – not to mention close friends of Les Paul and Mary Ford – so\, as a budding guitarist\, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from that musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas\, Miller deepened his education in the blues\, then moving to Chicago\, where he played with Muddy Waters\, Howlin’ Wolf\, Buddy Guy and Paul Butterfield. Miller has now immersed himself in the blues once again. And\, whether he was riding the top of the charts or exploring the blue highways of American music\, he is performing with conviction and precision\, passion and eloquence\, making records that are at once immediately accessible and able to stand the test of time. – AD \n \n 
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