Def Leppard has been involved in cross-promotion with the National Hockey League (NHL). They performed at the 2008 NHL Face-Off Rocks season opening concert in Detroit and mixed a video of C'mon C'mon alongside NHL game footage.
Both the NHL promo video and the live C'mon C'mon performance are now available from the video section.
The Detroit Red Wings may be feeling a twinge of embarrassment after their 3-2 home-opening loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, in which the Stanley Cup champions passed the puck like a remedial-level pee-wee team.
That is, until Def Leppard's Joe Elliott redefined the concept of embarrassment during one of their NHL Face-Off Rocks segments at the Fox Theater in Detroit. This is what you get for booking a band from England: Drive on the wrong side of the road, place the holiest of holy hockey grails on a pedestal upside down.
KISS was right. This is Detroit Rock City.
Enough about KISS, though. This was a night for Def Leppard, a night for the hockey-crazed fans of Detroit, a night for rock-and-roll and this great sport to come together.
And boy, did they ever.
Thursday night proved to be a double-your-pleasure type of night. Those lucky enough to be at Joe Louis Arena at 7 p.m. had the opportunity to witness the fourth Stanley Cup championship banner to be raised to the rafters in the last 11 years.
But those who were unable to nab those tough tickets at The Joe had the chance for the next-best thing. The historic Fox Theatre, just down the street from The Joe, provided the opportunity not only to watch the game on a big-screen TV, but to see one of rock-and-roll's most successful bands put on a live performance.
A boy who was one of the youngest children ever to undergo open heart surgery in Northern Ireland has come face to face with his rock heroes.
Most youngsters dream of meeting their childhood heroes and for the Co Antrim boy this dream came true when he met rock 'n' roll legends Def Leppard.
Coleraine schoolboy JD Dinsmore met the Sheffield rockers in June and, says mum Gillian Shiels, the normally outgoing 11-year-old was left speechless.
"He would have been a bit shy about it," she explained, "but it was his dream come true. All he wants to be is a rock star. He loves his guitar and his rock and roll music. And he has always been into Def Leppard. There is no Daniel O'Donnell in this house!"
Gillian said the once in a lifetime meeting came about after JD's uncle, David Shiels, contacted the Make-a-Wish Foundation to see if it could help.
With over thirty years of chart-topping albums, sold out global tours and some of the biggest hair in heavy metal, Def Leppard have established themselves as one of the most influential bands in the world.
Barely out of their teens in 1977, the Def Leppard boys gathered a large pub following and made their name around the Sheffield area. Then, with the release of their spectacular debut record The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979, the band began touring with better-known metal bands. All of these elements, including their pin-up good looks made Def Leppard one of the leaders of the 1980s British Heavy Metal movement.
Joining the band in 1992, Vivian Campbell is technically the 'newest' member; however, after 16 years rocking the world with Def Leppard, Mr Campbell certainly has a lot of stories to tell. Sejal Davé caught up with him in Athens to find out how, after being part of the mainstream music industry for so long, and with the release of their latest album, these rockers just keep coming back for more…
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