TV ALERT: LIVE & LOUD FRIDAYS

Show: Live & Loud Fridays

Premiere Date: Friday, July 17, at 9PM
Channel: VH1


VH1 has teamed up with LiveNation.com to present Live & Loud Fridays for the next few weeks. Each half-hour program will take an inside look at one of the biggest tours currently making music all across America and will feature live performances, behind-the-scenes snippets and artist interviews (conducted by Michele Merkin). Viewers will also be presented with information about each tour—such as how to purchase tickets for upcoming shows.

The schedule of featured bands for VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays is as follows:
July 17: Def Leppard & Poison
July 24: Nickelback
July 31: The Fray
Aug. 7: Creed

Check out the series' website by clicking here.

NewsBLITZ: DEF LEPPARD, POISON & CHEAP TRICK LINE UP SUMMER TOUR!

Arena rock fans get ready for the hottest tour of 2009—Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick are teaming up for a 40-city North American summer tour.

“I’m very pleased that we are coming back to North America,” says Def Leppard frontman 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.”

Poison leader Bret Michaels adds: “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.”

Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick Tour Dates:
June 23: Camden, NJ
June 25: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 26: Darien Center, NY
June 28: Scranton, PA
June 30: Mansfield, MA
July 1: Holmdel, NJ
July 3: Saratoga Springs, NY
July 4: Toronto, CAN
July 7: Hartford, CT
July 8: Wantagh, NY
July 10: Burgettstown, PA
July 11: Virginia Beach, VA
July 12: Bristow, VA
July 15: Cincinnati, OH
July 17: Tinley Park, IL
July 18: Milwaukee, WI
July 20: Maryland Heights, MO
July 21: Kansas City, MO
July 23: Noblesville, IN
July 24: Clarkston, MI
Aug. 7: Raleigh, NC
Aug. 8: Charlotte, NC
Aug. 10: Nashville, TN
Aug. 11: Birmingham, AL
Aug. 13: West Palm Beach, FL
Aug. 14: Tampa, FL
Aug. 15: Atlanta, GA
Aug. 18: New Orleans, LA
Aug. 19: Houston, TX
Aug. 21: Dallas, TX
Aug. 22: Tulsa, OK
Aug. 24: Englewood, CO
Aug. 25: Salt Lake City, UT
Aug. 28: Albuquerque, NM
Aug. 29: Phoenix, AZ
Aug. 30: Irvine, CA
Sept. 2: Mountain View, CA
Sept. 3: Sacramento, CA
Sept. 5: Las Vegas, NV
Sept. 6: San Bernadino, CA