411 Mania — From Rihanna and Chris Brown being labeled the perfect couple by her father and Tommy Lee's Facebook rant to Def Leppard re-recording their old albums, Zakk Wylde's interesting name for his newborn son and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right... more info

Guardian Music — From Ocean's frank confession to Stone Roses in Heaton Park – catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis weekThere's been two big stories in the world of music over the past seven days – the first being the Stone Roses' gigs at H... more info

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ContactMusic — Following a lengthy battle with Universal Records over royalties Def Leppard are planning to take rather unusual measures to ensure that they get the upper hand over their record label The Guardian reports today July 4 2012 that the band are planning... more info

ContactMusic — Def Leppard are trying to get out of a deal that sees them loosen the grip by Universal Music Group on their royalties and are doing so by re-recording new versions of their old songs which they can then claim as 100 per cent theirs The ruse was expl... more info

Guardian Music — Sheffield rockers are so angry with their label over royalties issues that they plan to replace their old recordings with copiesDef Leppard want to rerecord their entire discography in an act of revenge against their long-time label. After 30 years w... more info

The Independent — The rock band Def Leppard have gone back to the recording studio to remake some of their best known songs from scratch, in a bid to wrestle control of their back catalogue away from their record label. more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Def Leppard have cut ties with executives at their record label insisting theyll work with them again when they have been properly compensated for digital download sales Frontman Joe Elliott and his bandmates are refusing to work with Univers... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I have a theory that musical trends always come in twos.  Grunge had Pearl Jam and Nirvana.  Heavy metal had Guns N Roses and Metallica.  Glam metal had Def Leppard and Bon Jovi.  Nu Metal had Limp Bizkit and Korn.  Boy Bands had Backstreet Boys... more info

Metalsucks — Every human being with working ears hated the recent re-recordings that Def Leppard did of their anthems “Rock of Ages” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me” for the smash box office hit, Rock of Ages. So every human being with working ears will be ha... more info