Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has filed for divorce from his wife of 25 years.

The Love Bites hitmaker filed documents at Los Angeles County Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences as the reason behind his split from longterm partner Julie.

In the papers, obtained by TMZ.com, Campbell is asking for joint legal and physical custody of their two daughters Lily Rose, 13, and Una Marigold, 11.

Campbell is also asking the judge to deny spousal support for Julie.

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Def Leppard star Phil Collen handed over a $20,000 check to a California cancer center on Thursday after selling off one of his most prized guitars.

The rocker, whose father died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, put his special Jackson PC1 guitar up for auction in September and the instrument, which he played during the band's summer tour, netted $15,000 from the winning bidder.

Collen threw in an extra $5,000 donation, and on Thursday, he presented the money to executives of the Gerson Institute in San Diego to help mark November's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

He says, "I am very e...

Def Leppard are planning to pour some sugar on Las Vegas next year after announcing a three-week residency.

The Animal hit-makers will play a total of nine concerts at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, where they will perform some of their greatest hits, as well as their 1987 album Hysteria in its entirety.

The group will kick off Viva Hysteria! on March 22nd.

Frontman Joe Elliott says, "We've never done anything like this before in our entire career so the opportunity to do something completely different like this, in such an iconic setting, is very exciting and so...

The new musical Rock of Ages stars Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx, a rock star in the ‘80s. The film uses classic heavy metal music, some of which Jaxx performs of his own. With the original artists on set for filming, Cruise impressed even the originators of the tune. Director Adam Shankman recalled the moment when Def Leppard’s lead singer heard Cruise perform.

“How about Tom singing ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’ in front of Def Leppard, that was freakin’ weird,” Shankman said. “I was scared out of my mind and then behind me, Joe Elliot was standing behind me and he said, ‘Oh my God he’s f***ing b...

The new trailer for this summer's sure-to-be-hit musical Rock Of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige was released Tuesday, and if you look close enough (near the end) you can catch Cruise, as aging rocker Stacee Jaxx, belting out a few lines of Bon Jovi's classic "Wanted Dead Or Alive".

The film features the music of numerous 80s hair bands, including Def Leppard, Journey, Poison, and Warrant.

Check out the trailer below!

Will you be going to see Rock Of Ages at the movies this summer? Let us know below in the com...

Look out Joe Elliott! Def Leppard have their eyes on another frontman - Tom Cruise.

The band's guitarist Phil Collen recently visited the set of movie musical Rock Of Ages and tells VH1 the movie star is a bona-fide rock god in the film.

Cruise plays rocker Stacee Jaxx in the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway show - which features renditions of Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive," among other rock classics - and Collen admits he was more than impressed with the actor's performing skills.

He says, "I was so impressed because he hadn't sung before...

The family emergency that brought Def Leppard's U.S. tour to a sudden halt has been revealed - singer Joe Elliott's father has died.

The British rockers scrapped a show with Heart in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday, revealing only that the ill health of a bandmate's family member had forced them to head back to England.

They also postponed a weekend show in Bristow, Virginia and scrapped dates in Wantagh, New York on July 12, and Holmdel, New Jersey on July 13.

And late on Friday it was revealed Elliott's father had died in a U.K. hospital after a long illness.

No more details were availab...

British rockers Def Leppard have postponed more gigs as a family member fights illness.

The rock group axed a show in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday, revealing few details but putting the cancellation down to the ill health of a family member. That gig will now take place on July 27th.

They have now cancelled more shows, scrapping dates in Wantagh, New York on July 12th, and at Holmdel, New Jersey on July 13th.

A planned show in Bristow, Virginia on Saturday has been postponed until July 31.

In a statement, a spokesman for the band says, "Def Leppard regrets the inconvenience and look...

A picture of a long-haired, shirtless Tom Cruise performing Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me have been posted online by Rock of Ages director Adam Shankman.

The photo is the first publicity shot for the movie musical, which is currently shooting in Miami, Florida.

Cruise plays rock star Stacee Jaxx in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

Shankman has previously tweeted photos of Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin in character from the set.

British rockers Def Leppard were honored Thursday night at the annual Kerrang! awards in London with this year's Inspiration Award. Thursday's even marked the 30th anniversary of the annual hard rock & heavy metal awards, put on by the British metal magazine.

But it was actor/rocker Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds to Mars who were the toast of the British rock scene after picking up two trophies.

The rockers beat out competition from frontrunners My Chemical Romance by winning awards for Best International Band and Best Single for their hit "Hurricane."

Leto took to Twitter.com to announce...

Last week: two terrible OnStar promo videos later, Star Jones was fired. There are now only four Celebrities still in the game; Meat Loaf, Lil Jon, John Rich and Marlee Matlin.

We return to the lounge, where Lil Jon and John Rich are awaiting Trump’s decision. They know that Meat Loaf will give as good as he gets, but worry that Star will triumph again. They are ecstatic to see Meat. But Marlee, the other survivor, is teary and upset. She’s lost her team mate, and the win for her charity. Meat Loaf tries to cheer her up, but she clearly would have preferred Star to remain.

No time to rela...

Def Leppard stars Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell are turning the volume down on the group's hits for a new compilation of lullabies.

"Dreamin' with Def Leppard" is the latest installment in the popular "Rock The Cradle" album series, and when the guitarists heard about the project, they wanted to be a part of it.

So Collen and Campbell set to work on creating lullaby renditions of their songs.

The album features "lullified" versions of hits like "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Love Bites," "Hysteria" and "Animal."

Heart Performing On The Ellen Degeneres Show On March 29 In Support Of The Current "Night At Sky Church" DVD And Blu-ray Disc

“What About Love” Will Be Performed During The Telecast and

“These Dreams” Will Be Put On The Ellen Website.

LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2011—Ann and Nancy Wilson will bring their rock band Heart to the Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 29 (airdate.) They will perform “What About Love” and “These Dreams,” the latter will be featured on the Ellen website, both are on the Legacy Recordings, Night At Sky Church, a new full-length concert film from the ground-breaking Seat...

Def Leppard, Great Britain's premiere arena rock band, have announced that they will make their triumphant return to the US with a summer tour kicking off on June 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joining Def Leppard for this highly anticipated tour are Seattle rock legends Heart. Leppard's influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums -- including two of the best-selling albums of all time, "PYROMANIA" and "HYSTERIA". The anthemic rock megastars have earned their stripes as one of the most enduring and successful touring acts in history. H...

A top Def Leppard tribute band is on the hunt for a one-armed drummer so the line-up can look exactly like the real thing.

Texas-based covers act Pyromania want a real Rick Allen look-a-like after losing their drummer.

An advertisement they've posted on their MySpace.com page calls for all applicants to have "no prosthetics."

Allen lost his arm in a car accident in 1984 but continued drumming for the British rock band.

Rockers Def Leppard have laughed off speculation of a split, insisting they couldn't "imagine doing anything else" if they ditched the band.

The Hysteria hit-makers prompted rumors of a break-up in October after they cancelled 23 dates on their North American tour, citing "unforeseen personal matters," and failed to reschedule the gigs.

However, singer Joe Elliott insists the trek was only cancelled so he could tend to his wife Kristine, who was expecting their first child.

He tells TheStar.co.uk, "There wasn't any mystery to it really. My wife was pregnant and needed a bit of attenti...

Rockers Def Leppard are facing a $700,000 lawsuit from their former manager in a dispute over allegations of unpaid tour commission.

Trudy Green, who began managing the band in 2005, is suing the Pour Some Sugar on Me hit-makers and their accountants, claiming she's not been paid for her work on the group's 2008 and 2009 concerts.

She alleges she is owed $75,000 in commission for the 2008 trek, and $85,725 from merchandise sales, as well as $551,250 from this year's U.S. tour.

The court documents, obtained by RadarOnline.com, state, "Plaintiff (Green) was not paid its earned com...

Michael Jackson has been snubbed in a new poll to find the best hits of the 1980s - his song "Thriller" was beaten to the top spot by Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'."

Thriller only managed to hit fourth spot in the top ten, compiled by the editors of AOL, behind Journey, Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget about Me)" and A-Ha's "Take On Me."

Journey's hit has gotten a second wind, thanks in part to being the "theme song" of the World Champion 2005 Chicago White Sox, as well as the music played in the "scandalous" last minutes in the finale of The Sopranos.

The top ten is as follows...

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film 'This is Spinal Tap and now England's Loudest Heavy Metal Band, Spinal Tap, is celebrating with the release of their first new album in almost two decades, Back From The Dead (The Label Industry Records/Artist2Market/INgrooves), due out Tuesday, June 16. Spinal Tap's last album was 1992's Break Like The Wind.

On Back From the Dead, Tap members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls unearth their long-self-suppressed studio versions of the classic songs from the movie This is Spinal Tap, as well as six new addition...

Random Thoughts While Waiting for the American Idol Contestants to Start Singing:

-It's amazing how four judges can combine to say absolutely nothing in the show open.

-What a strange theme. Why not just say, "pick whatever song you want"?. How does one define a 'popular' download? Conspiracy people!

-Just when you thought the product placement couldn't get any more shameless - Seacrest uses it to promote his own show!

-Wow, Ryan Seacrest plays drops of Simon Cowell and the "American Idol" theme on his show. Local FM Radio now seems like a bastion of creativity and w...

Poison frontman Bret Michaels has unveiled plans to team up with fellow rockers Def Leppard for a summer 2009 tour - ending a bitter feud between the two groups.

Michaels fell out with singer Joe Elliott in June 2008 after the star criticized Poison's music - accusing them of lacking "substance" in their songs and relying too much on their 1980s image. Elliott's comments led to a war of words between the two frontmen, with Michaels slamming the British group for allegedly lip-syncing during a performance on TV show Dancing With The Stars.

But now the two bands appear to have men...

As another year ends and 2009 looms, we wondered if you've all been paying attention for the past 12 months.

In amongst all the political, environmental and economical changes around the globe, there has been a great deal of celebrity tittle-tattle to report about.

From pop pregnancies, marriages and splits to high and low notes, it has been a rock 'n' roller coaster ride of fun, horror and giggles.

But will you be the party animal or the party pooper when it comes to the quiz to end all pop quizzes this year?

Put down your eggnog and switch off the TV, for it's time to ...

Since the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reformed last December for a one-off show to pay tribute to late Atlantic Records founder and legend Ahmet Ertegun, the man who discovered and brought us some of the most talented artists of all-time (seriously, we really could use another Ahmet right about now-- but since the almighty dollar overshadows the need for actual talent we can forget that) and gave a handful of folks in England the greatest holiday gift ever, there has been a weekly story about the band going on tour. And not going on tour. But wanting to tour. And not wanting to tour. ...

Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has urged Led Zeppelin star Jimmy Page to record a new album using a variety of different guest vocalists.

The Kashmir hit-makers announced in October that they plan to tour in 2009 without Plant, who has opted out of the reunion shows. The band is reported to be auditioning singers to take Plant's place for the concerts and a possible new album.

However Coverdale, who was recently forced to deny his own band would be opening for Led Zeppelin on tour, is adamant that a reunion with a new full-time singer wouldn't work. And the star admit...

So this morning I decided to make myself feel better about... myself. All these slideshows of beautiful people got me thinking, "gee, how do all the ugly stars feel about all the hotties getting slideshows all the time?" So I did something about it... and this is probably just the beginning...

Clay Aiken

Seriously, Clay Aiken looks like the female version of k.d. lang. Remember that banjo scene in Deliverance? Need I say more?

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British singer Dido has been named Songwriter of The Year at the 28th annual ASCAP Awards in London. The Wednesday night American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards also honored "Solid" hit-makers Ashford & Simpson, while Kate Nash and The Kooks received special awards.

Nash received the College Award for their multi-platinum selling debut album, Inside In/Inside Out.

Corinne Bailey Rae's global smash hit "Put Your Records On" was named Song of the Year.

Radiohead star Jonny Greenwood, Howard Goodall and Elizabeth Fraser were among the composers hono...

Late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark's alleged manic-depressive episodes led to the rocker's drug overdose at the age of 30, according to a new tell-all book written by his former girlfriend.

Clark was found dead at his home in 1991, with autopsy reports indicating he'd fallen victim to a lethal mixture of anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol.

And his former girlfriend Lorelei Shellist is now revealing details of his tortured past and struggle with addiction in her own memoir, Runway Runaway.

She tells the New York Post, "I was 24 when Steve and I met... he was the lov...

Live From Abbey Road, the Sundance original music series, reaches its halfway point in episode 6 of the twelve part series.

The episode begins by featuring British self-described "Odd Pop" band, The Hoosiers. After recording their first album, The Trick To Life and securing two top ten hits on the UK charts, The Hoosiers are currently touring. They stop by the legendary recording studio Abbey Road to perform their hits "Goodbye Mr. A" and "Run Rabbit Run" off of their debut album along with Billy Joel's classic hit "We Didn't Start the Fire".

Blues-rock duo The Black Keys will al...

We all know that the 70s was the decade of classic/arena rock, the 80s was the decade of hair metal/synth pop and the 90s was the decade of grunge/alternative rock. This brings up a question that a lot of music lovers must wonder: how will we categorize our current decade of music?

It's funny how music tends to change every generation. The 70s was the era of classic rock where groups such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Lynyrd Skynyrd took over the entire music scene. Next up was the 80s, where both hair metal rockers such as Guns 'N Roses, Def Leppard and Bon Jovi reigned, along with ...