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

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 LiveNation.com. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning March 4th at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program.

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.

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Poison’s new studio album, Poison’d!, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring Poison’s original members, Bret Michaels (vocals), C.C. DeVille (guitar), Rikki Rockett (drums) and Bobby Dall (bass), and produced by Don Was, Poison’d! presents the band’s first new studio recordings since 2002′s Hollyweird. Since Poison’s 1986 debut, Look What The Cat Dragged In, the band has sold more than 25 million records and DVDs worldwide.

Produced by Don Was at Hensen Recording Studios in Hollywood, Poison’d! packs 13 explosive cover songs, including new recordings of David Bowie’s “Suffragette City,” The Cars’ “You’re Just What I Needed,” The Romantics’ “What I Like About You,” Sweet’s “Little Willy,” The Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” and The Rolling Stones’ “Dead Flowers.” Some of Poison’s best previously recorded covers are also featured on Poison’d!, including KISS’ “Rock and Roll All Nite,” Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re An American Band” and Loggins & Messina’s “Your Mama Don’t Dance.”
In July, VH1 will premiere a new reality show, “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels.” VH1′s description of the show has “the hard-rockin’ Poison front man looking for a woman who can truly keep up with his rock-n-roll lifestyle and not become jealous of his one true passion — performing, which has been the reason for and destruction of most of his relationships.”
In 1986, Poison released their debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. After years of hard work, touring and controversy, radio and MTV finally took notice of the band and their music, propelling Poison into superstardom. Look What the Cat Dragged In peaked at #3 on the Billboard album charts, charted three singles and sold more than four million copies.
The band’s 1988 follow-up, Open Up and Say…Ahh! went Platinum two weeks after its release. The single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” hit #1 on Billboard’s Singles chart and the album sold more than seven million units. 1990′s Flesh & Blood featured a second Gold single, “Unskinny Bop,” and the album went multi-Platinum.
In 1991, amidst inner fighting, alcohol, drug abuse and road stories that would make a porn star blush, guitarist C.C. DeVille and singer Bret Michaels collided in an all out fist-fight seconds after leaving the stage of the MTV Music Video Awards (right between Cindy Crawford’s high heels and Eddie Van Halen’s sneakers). C.C. DeVille left the band.

Through the ’90s, Poison continued to tour arenas and amphitheatres and recorded the Platinum Native Tongue and Crack A Smile. After five years of not speaking, Michaels and DeVille met up in 1999 and, with their chemistry and friendship quickly rekindled, the band went into the studio to record Power To The People. One of the most successful reunion tours of all time followed the album’s release.
Last April, Poison rocketed into the Billboard Top 20 with the #17 debut of the band’s 20th anniversary hits collection, The Best Of Poison 20 Years Of Rock (Capitol/EMI). The 18-track hits collection was soon certified gold, and Poison tore through the summer of 2006 on their highly successful “20 Years Of Rock” North American concert tour.
Visit www.poisonweb.com and www.myspace.com/poison for the latest Poison news and links to other Poison-related websites.

After much speculation and anticipation following the airing of their “Behind The Music” episode on VH1 last spring, multi-platinum hard rock act Ratt with vocalist Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DeMartini and drummer Bobby Blotzer will grace the stage together for the first time since 1999. Plans for not only a U.S. summer tour but a full-fledged comeback are being mapped out now as the band prepares to hit the road with Poison. Joining RATT onstage will be bassist Robbie Crane and guitarist John Corabi.

White Lion, led by original member Mike Tramp (vocals), released four albums between 1983 and 1990, including 1987′s double platinum Pride. Fueled by the radio and MTV success of singles “Wait,” “Tell Me” and “When The Children Cry,” Pride remained on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart for a year. White Lion has sold millions of albums around the world and has toured with many of hard rock’s top draws, including KISS, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, and Motley Crüe.

Poison’d 2007 Tour Confirmed Dates
Wed., Jun 13 Greenville, SC BI-LO Center
Fri., Jun 15 Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheatre at the Wharf
Sat., Jun 16 Birmingham, AL City Stages (Miller Lite Stage)

Sun., Jun 17 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Tue., Jun 19 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed., Jun 20 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Fri., Jun 22 Bay City, MI Bay City River Roar
Sat., Jun 23 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Sun., Jun 24 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
Tue., Jun 26 Oakdale, CT Chevrolet Theatre
Wed., Jun 27 Reading, PA Sovereign Center

Fri., Jun 29 Big Flats, NY The Summer Stage
Sat., Jun 30 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center

Sun., Jul 01 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue., Jul 03 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Wed., Jul 04 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Fri., Jul 06 Kinder, LA Grand Casino
Sat., Jul 07 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Sun., Jul 08 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live Theater

Thu., Jul 12 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Biloxi Hotel & Casino
Fri., Jul 13 Pryor, OK Pryor Creek Music Festival

Sat., Jul 14 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
Sun., Jul 15 Bonner Springs, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue., Jul 17 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Wed., Jul 18 Minneapolis, MN The Myth
Fri., Jul 20 Waukesha, WI Waukesha County Fair
Sat., Jul 21 Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac County Fair

Sun., Jul 22 Muskegon, MI Heritage Landing
Tue., Jul 24 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Thu., Jul 26 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook Center

Fri., Jul 27 Atlantic City, NJ Etess Arena (at Trump Taj Mahal)
Sat., Jul 28 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun., Jul 29 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
Tue., Jul 31 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thu., Aug 02 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Fri., Aug 03 Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Fair
Sun., Aug 05 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Wed., Aug 08 Silverton, OR Oregon Gardens
Thu., Aug 09 Roseburg, OR Douglas County Fair

Fri., Aug 10 Salinas, CA Salinas Sports Center
Sat., Aug 11 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion
Sun., Aug 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
Tue., Aug 14 San Diego, CA Coors Ampitheatre

Wed., Aug 15 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Fri., Aug 17 Las Vegas, NV Pearl (at The Palms Casino & Resort)
Sat., Aug 18 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sun., Aug 19 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre

Tue., Aug 21 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed., Aug 22 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes
Sat., Aug 25 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Sun., Aug 26 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Fri., Aug 31 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Sat., Sep 01 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre