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Rock's Def Leppard plans Jan. 28 concert at Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Def Leppard will play at Purdue University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28. Joan Jett will be the opening act. The concert in Elliott Hall of Music is presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee in cooperation with JAM Productions of Chicago. Tickets are $19.50 for Purdue students and $25 for the public. Tickets will go on sale to the public Dec. 4, but Purdue students, faculty and staff may sign up to buy tickets ahead of the public starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. Currently touring to support their latest album, "Euphoria," Def Leppard had its initial success in the 1980s. Formed in the late 1970s in Sheffield, Ireland, the band got its start playing at pubs. AC/DC's manager Petter Mensch helped the band sign with Mercury Records and got the band its first full-length album, "On Through the Night." Following some radio success, the band toured in Britain and the United States, opening for bands such as Ozzy Osbourne, Sammy Hagar and Judas Priest. Their next album, "High N' Dry," was released in 1981 and became the group's first platinum album in the United States. Their next album, "Pyromania," sold 10 million copies worldwide. "Hysteria" was released in 1987 and spawned six "Top 20" hits. Students may sign up to be assigned a time to buy tickets early via the Web site www.ssinfo.purdue.edu, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Nov. 29, and continuing through noon Wednesday, Dec. 1. The Web site can be accessed by any Purdue student from any computer with Internet access. Students should check under the category "student life," for "SCC concert ticket times." Faculty and staff may sign up in the lobby of Elliott Hall from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30. If a faculty or staff member is also a student, he or she should sign up as a student. Faculty and staff will need to present valid Purdue identification to sign up for a purchase time. All requests for purchase times will then be randomized and assigned times beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 3. These times will be posted at the Stewart Center and Elliott Hall box offices as well as on the www.ssinfo.purdue.edu Web site by 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. Students, faculty and staff should note that credit cards will not be accepted on Dec. 3 and that there is a limit of six tickets per person. Assigned times will be posted by the last six digits of the individual's Social Security number for faculty/staff and by student ID number for students. Bring valid Purdue identification to your purchase time. Sales to the public will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, via Ticketmaster outlets only. Call (765) 743-5151 to charge by phone beginning Dec. 4. Tickets also will be available at campus box offices beginning Monday, Dec. 13. At that time, patrons may charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. CONTACT: Sue Stevens, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-5045, snsteven@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page