Def Leppard Announces 40-City Tour With Poison & Special Guest Cheap Trick

TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT EVENT OF THE SUMMER GO ON SALE BEGINNING MARCH 6TH

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In what is sure to be the biggest rock
event this summer, Britain's greatest arena rock band Def Leppard will join
forces with Poison and special guest Cheap Trick for a 40-city North American
Tour. Tickets go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 6th at
www.livenation.com. Citi(R) cardmembers will have access to presale tickets
beginning March 4th at 10am local time through Citi's Private Pass(R) Program.
For complete presale details visit: www.privatepass.citi.com.

With combined sales of 100 Million albums worldwide, 65 million from Leppard
alone, fans can expect hits like "Photograph," "Rock Of Ages," "C'mon C'mon,"
"Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Foolin'," "Bringin' On The Heartbreak," "Nine
Lives," and countless others creating an evening of rock 'n' roll unlike any
other this summer.

The tour, which kicks off on June 23rd in Camden, N.J., promises an
unprecedented night for those in attendance. The show will highlight three
decades of music from three of rock 'n' roll's greatest bands for a four-hour
interactive concert experience that will begin the moment that the doors open.
It will feature Bluetooth technology and delivery, text communications prior
to and during performances and a host of interactive offerings. This in
addition to an arsenal of nearly 60 Top 40 hits including Poison's "Every Rose
Has Its Thorn," "Unskinny Bop," "Ride the Wind," "Somethin' To Believe In,"
and "Nothin' But A Good Time," as well as Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want
Me" and "Surrender."

"I'm very pleased that we are coming back to North America," said Def Leppard
front man Joe Elliott. "We're gonna be touring with some new friends and some
old friends and can guarantee it will be the Rock Tour of the summer."

"There is nothing better than an epic summer concert and this tour is a dream
come true for rock 'n' roll fans. It will be a night of a thousand hits with
three hard-charging rock bands on the road together," said Poison front man
and star of VH1's top-rated "Rock of Love Bus" reality show Bret Michaels.

Def Leppard (Joe Elliott - vocals, Vivian Campbell - guitar, Phil Collen -
guitar, Rick "Sav" Savage -bass and Rick Allen - drums) sits at the top of an
iconic class of rock 'n' roll bands. In fact, they are one of a handful of
select groups, including the likes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
and The Eagles, who have been awarded the R.I.A.A.'s prestigious Diamond Award
more than once (Pyromania and Hysteria). The band's most recent album Songs
From The Sparkle Lounge debuted last year at #5 on the Billboard Top 200;
earning Def Leppard their highest-charting debut since their 1992 album
Adrenalize.

Over the course of their career, Def Leppard has produced a series of classic
groundbreaking albums that set the sound for generations of music fans and
artists. The group's spectacular live shows, filled with powerful melodic rock
anthems, have become synonymous with their name and are an institution in the
touring industry as they continue to sell out arenas worldwide.
Poison, one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, has been one of the
music industry's top acts, with multi-platinum album sales and sold out tours
since first bursting onto the scene in 1986. Poison's Bret Michaels, C.C.
Deville, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett have sold more than 30 million albums
worldwide and charted twelve Top 10 hits. Throughout Poison's career, the
band's members have enjoyed collaborative and solo successes from the stage to
screen. Bret Michaels currently stars in the #1 viewed reality show on cable,
VH1's "Rock of Love Bus."
With more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold, 29 movie
soundtracks and 40 gold and platinum-recording awards, Cheap Trick may be one
of the most covered bands of all time. Since the 70s they've been blending
elements of pop, punk and even metal in a way that is instantly catchy and
recognizable.

Live Nation will produce the tour nationally.

Def Leppard has teamed up with I Love All Access to offer the ultimate fan
experience for the tour featuring a variety of packages. For more details go
to www.iloveallaccess.com.

For more Def Leppard tour news and information go to www.defleppard.com.

DEF LEPPARD TOUR DATES

23-June Camden, NJ
25-June Cuyahoga Falls, OH
26-June Darien Center, NY
28-June Scranton, PA
30-June Mansfield, MA
01-July Holmdel, NJ
03-July Saratoga Springs, NY
04-July Toronto, CAN
07-July Hartford, CT
08-July Wantagh, NY
10-July Burgettstown, PA
11-July Virginia Beach, VA
12-July Bristow, VA
15-July Cincinnati, OH
17-July Tinley Park, IL
18-July Milwaukee, WI
20-July Maryland Heights, MO
21-July Kansas City, MO
23-July Noblesville, IN
24-July Clarkston, MI
07-August Raleigh, NC
08-August Charlotte, NC
10-August Nashville, TN
11-August Birmingham, AL
13-August West Palm Beach, FL
14-August Tampa, FL
15-August Atlanta, GA
18-August New Orleans, LA
19-August Houston, TX
21-August Dallas, TX
22-August Tulsa, OK
24-August Englewood, CO
25-August Salt Lake City, UT
28-August Albuquerque, NM
29-August Phoenix, AZ
30-August Irvine, CA
02-September Mountain View, CA
03-September Sacramento, CA
05-September Las Vegas, NV
06-September San Bernadino, CA

SOURCE PFA Media

FOR DEF LEPPARD: Keith Hagan, PFA, +1-212-334-6116, khagan@pfamedia.net, or
Paul Freundlich, PFA, +1-212-334-6116, paulf@pfamedia.net; or FOR POISON:
Laurie Gorman, HK Management, +1-310-550-5256, laurie3g@aol.com; or FOR CHEAP
TRICK: Carla Dragotti, trickintl@aol.com