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Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Journey In Dublin, Ireland 6/12/09

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:31 am
by Highway Rain
http://www.bravewords.com/news/107440

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DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE, JOURNEY - More Details For O2 Arena Date In Dublin
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 15:57:28 EST

Press Release:

DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE and JOURNEY have confirmed a concert at the venue on Friday, June 12th. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, February 27th at 9 AM from Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide.

Def Leppard - Def Leppard remain one of the world's biggest and most successful live acts and 2008 was another monumental year. The band completed a full UK and USA tour - including a sold-out run of nine UK Arena shows with Whitesnake - in support of their critically acclaimed studio album Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (their first album of new material since 2002).

Def Leppard headline The Download Festival, one of the world's greatest and best loved rock festivals, on 14 June at Donington Park, some 23 years after they last headlined what was then known as Monsters Of Rock at the same location.

Having sold over 65 million albums worldwide since their debut release in 1980 Def Leppard 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).

Def Leppard 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.

Whitesnake - David Coverdale - together with his breathtaking rock band, Whitesnake, this man is an essential part of rock history; starting with his time with Deep Purple (1973-1976) and his collaboration with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, a sensational collaboration featuring two exceptional artists at the most sophisticated musical level. After leaving Deep Purple, Coverdale formed Whitesnake at the end of the '70's and the band has been one of the premier hard rock acts ever since. The list of hits, prizes and awards is long, his reputation excellent.

Whitesnake are once again very happy to announce they have committed to playing at the Download Festival with Def Leppard. The 02 Dublin concert and Download Festival will also coincide with anniversary releases of the multi-platinum albums, Slip Of The Tongue, marking it's 20th anniversary and the Slide It In album, which celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. It is understood there is also a special edition of their award winning, 2008 album, Good To Be Bad, featuring bonus tracks being released around the same time.

Journey - Journey's current album, Revelation, offers a lasting testament to Journey's legacy, and a striking glimpse of their brilliant future. The first album with lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, Revelation is Journey running on no less than twelve cylinders, a fine-tuned offering that sounds every bit like a band hitting their stride.

Journey's classic power ballad 'Don't Stop Believin'', last year became the first catalog track in history to achieve online digital sales of more than 2 million units.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:46 am
by RocknRoll
Your're a bit behind. Also, on the front page of this site since yesterday. You might want to check it out as Andrew always has good information.

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... hp?t=40511

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:55 am
by Don
Another thread that is a day late and a dollar short. :lol:

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:01 pm
by Highway Rain
sorry, only been active very recently, didn't realize this was stale news -

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:05 pm
by Don
Highway Rain wrote:sorry, only been active very recently, didn't realize this was stale news -


We wouldn't harrass you if we didn't care.
Oh, and rule number one here, never apologise (the only exception being if you kill someone or something serious like that). :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:05 pm
by Voyager
It's news to me, so thanks for re-posting it. I must have missed it the first time around. But I'm afraid I already have plans for that day, so I don't think I'll make it to the Dublin show. I'm sure it will be kicking ass. David Coverdale always rocks.

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