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DEF LEPPARD Win Best British Band/Best Live Act At Planet Rock ROCKS 2020

Def Leppard 2019. Planet Rock

Def Leppard have today been named as the winners of two awards at the Planet Rock radio's THE ROCKS 2020.

The annual THE ROCKS 2020 online vote has ended with all the winners now announced.

The winners were announced earlier today during the Wyatt Wendels show.

Def Leppard won for both categories - Best British Band and Best Live Band.

Joe's Down 'n' Outz also won the award for Best British Album for 'This Is How We Roll'.

Vivian's Last In Line were nominated for Best International Band and Best Live Band but did not win.

Joe commented on the awards during the show.

Read his full interview with Wyatt and also listen back on the Planet Rock website.


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Planet Rock THE ROCKS 2020 - News Quotes

Best British Band

  • 01 - Def Leppard - WINNER
  • 02 - Those Damn Crows
  • 03 - The Darkness

Best Live Band

  • 01 - Def Leppard - WINNER
  • 02 - Foo Fighters
  • 03 - Rammstein

Best British Album

  • 01 - Down 'n' Outz - 'This Is How We Roll' - WINNER
  • 02 - The Darkness - Easter In Cancelled
  • 03 - The Who - 'Who'

Planet Rock THE ROCKS 2020 - News Quotes

Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, The Who and Slash are among the big winners at The Rocks 2020!

Thanks to the emphatic success of their Hysteria Tour and their triumphant headline slot at Download Festival 2019, Def Leppard are the biggest winners at The Rocks 2020, scooping two prestigious gongs – Best British Band and Best Live Band. Incredibly, 2020 is the first time Def Leppard have triumphed at The Rocks.

Def Leppard frontman and Planet Rock DJ extraordinaire Joe Elliott is in fact a triple Rocks winner after his side-project Down 'n' Outz fought off stiff competition to take the Best British Album title with their first record of original material, ‘This Is How We Roll’.


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