Def Leppard will appear on the UK TV show Live From Abbey Road in it's new series. The show returns to Channel 4 for a 12-week run starting on June 28th.

Other artists slated to appear include Lep tour mate Bryan Adams and Alanis Morissette!. As mentioned here on the 16th April Leppard will record it's appearance in May during a stay in London to promote the new album. Other TV/Radio stuff is possible.

Exclusive: James Blunt, Mary J Blige and more for Live From Abbey Road

"James Blunt, Mary J Blige, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams and Panic At The Disco are among the acts confirmed to play a new music show that's set to challenge Later With Jools Holland, Mirror.co.uk can exclusively reveal.

Live From Abbey Road will be broadcast every Saturday night on Channel Four at pub-chucking out time and starts it's 12 week-run from June 28.

Also confirmed so far are David Gray, Herbie Hancock with guest vocalist Corinne Bailey Rae, Rascall Flatts, Dashboard Confessional and Suzanne Vega.

The show prides itself on having no presenter and no audience and is instead described as "the only show where you get an intimate portrait of musicians really being musicians".

It's also the first ever music show with Hollywood-standard production values, studio-quality sound and HD filming, plus each act gets to spend a whole day performing at the legendary London studios made famous by The Beatles.

The first series proved to be a global success and was screened in 145 countries around the world.

More guests are to be announced for this, the second series, over the next few weeks."

Def Leppard will not be on until at least mid-July.

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Link -- Live From Abbey Road Official Site

Link -- Channel 4 Mini-Site

Link -- Abbey Road Studios Official Site

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