The Newsroom — Country music heavy-weights were out in force at the Country Music Television awards. The whole evening was a clash of genres and generations with Taylor Swift teaming up with rock legends Def Leppard and rapper T-Pain. (June 17) more info

The Newsroom — Taylor Swift's video for 'Love Story' has been honoured 6 times at the Country Music Television awards, including video of the year. The event also saw the young singer team up with veteran rockers Def Leppard for a performance. (June 17) more info

ACountry — The 2009 CMT MUSIC AWARDS includes performances by Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and British rockers Def Le... more info

Def Leppard has joined the fight against music piracy - insisting fans who illegally download tracks over the Internet should face criminal charges. more info

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott on why band are still going strong & striving for perfection more info

My Chemical Toilet — Download Festival 2009 featured Faith No More, The Prodigy and Def Leppard, and MCT spared no expense in getting a friend to text details through as they happened. more info

NME — The band play Donington for the first time in 23 years more info

Kerrang! — Kerrang! Podcast host Simon Young heads backstage to talk to tonight's Download headliners Def Leppard, so sit back and let's all get rocked! Watch it as a streaming YouTube clip below. more info

NME — David Coverdale's band warm up the crowd for Def Leppard more info

NME — Papa Roach and Whitesnake also plays on the bash's final day more info