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Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick To Tour Together This Summer

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Mid-’80s rock radio is going to come alive in the nation’s amphitheatres this summer as Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison join forces for a full summer tour. “We’re going out with three bands, which limits the amount of time we can play to about 90 minutes. When you do your greatest hits and some new material or extra stuff you might throw in, you have got to push and shove and clamp down,” Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot told Billboard.com. To avoid the expected concert industry slump this summer he adds, “We’ve taken the path of least resistance, we’ve put a bill together that we think is attractive.” The tour has something for all rock fans, from Poison’s hair-metal antics to Cheap Trick’s classic power pop to Def Leppard’s….. well, what exactly was Def Leppard anyway? When Rolling Stone talked with Elliot back in 2006, he was quick to confront the popular belief that the band was “hair-metal” or “heavy metal.” “We may have once accidentally… had one picture taken that let the hair dresser run riot with the hair spray,” Elliot said. “But generally speaking, we were a long-haired band. If we’re hair metal, so are Led Zeppelin. Warrant and Ratt were hair metal, we’re not. We were always better than that. If you came from the L.A. metal strip thing, Motley Crue, Ratt, Poison, Warrant, whatever. And we get lumped in with that, I don’t get it.” So what genre would Elliott consider the band to be? “We belong in the same kind of category as Van Halen are. It’s just rock.” It’s interesting that a band trying to distance themselves from hair-metal would tour with a band synonymous with Aqua-Net, but desperate economic times call for desperate measures. In case that tour doesn’t fill your rock needs, a trio of power ballad-heavy bands are also teaming up for the Can’t Stop Rockin’ Tour: REO Speedwagon, Styx and .38 Special. Check out the full dates for both megatours, after the jump… Def Leppard/Cheap Trick/Poison June 23 - Camden, NJ June 25 -

Published: 2009-02-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Rock Band II Track List Revealed; Ratt To Go At Least One More Year Without Starving

The track list for Rock Band II has been announced, and I will say, in addition to coming out just in time to rekindle the interest in the game I never thought I'd lose interest in, they have also fulfilled just about every standard "Rock Band Track List" category, namely: The One That Never Gets Old Foo Fighters - “Everlong” The One That Gets Old Instantaneously Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger" Don't Care What The Screen Says, I'm Singing The Curse Word (formerly the "Creep" Category) Alice in Chains - “Man in the Box” Do We Need a Video Game For This? Bon Jovi - “Livin’ on a Prayer” Sorry, Person On Vocals Allman Brothers - “Ramblin’ Man” This Is Aweeesome!!!! Um... This Gonna Be Over Anytime Soon? Sonic Youth - “Teenage Riot” The Drunken Karaoke Song Billy Idol - “White Wedding Pt. I” The Drunken Karaoke Song, If You're Me Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy” So Those Were The Actual Lyrics This Whole Time? Pearl Jam - “Alive” Huh? Bob Dylan - “Tangled Up in Blue” Is There A Keyboard In Rock Band II? Elvis Costello “Pump It Up” Are There Trombones In Rock Band II? Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” Is There An Entire Brass Section In Rock Band II? Steely Dan - “Bodhitsattva” Talking Heads! Finally!! Ahhhh... This One? Ok. [Nerdy 'Beggars Can't Be Choosers' Pout] Talking Heads - “Psycho Killer” Dan, Why Did You Know All Those Lyrics Without Looking At The Screen? Jethro Tull - “Aqualung” The One No One Ever Picks, Ever Norman Greenbaum - “Spirit in the Sky” Really? Awesome! Devo - “Uncontrollable Urge” Really? Ratt - “Round & Round” Why Did This Game Not Exist When I Was In Grade School? The Offspring - “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)” ; Soundgarden - "Spoonman" Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle” Never Mind, This Game Will Never Actually Exist. Damn. Guns N’ Roses - “Shackler’s Revenge” (Kotaku)

Published: 2008-07-14 Provider: Best Week Ever Keywords: Entertainment