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Def Leppard Wins Fan Vote for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Def Leppard to Be Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Def Leppard fans are the loyal type.

While the band is known for being good to its diehards, fans have more than reciprocating, helping the British hitmakers sell over 100 million records worldwide, packing arenas for them 40 years into their career and now taking over the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan vote.

Def Leppard won the Rock Hall's fan vote by a huge margin with 547,647 votes, accounting for 17 percent of all votes cast. The next closest artist was Stevie Nicks with 427,844 votes.

In the past, the top three or four artists in the fan vote get inducted, but given the Hall of Fame's controversial voting process, Def Leppard is not actually guaranteed to get the vote.

The fan votes account for just one vote of about 1,000 ballots cast from the Hall's members. 

Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott has been unsure what a Hall of Fame induction would mean for the group.

While Elliott once said he would "politely refuse" Rock Hall induction, and that he doesn't really understand what the big deal is, this fall he admitted that he's just taking Jon Bon Jovi's word for it that it's a big deal

The inductees will be announced Thursday, December 13, at 8 a.m.

The induction ceremony will be filmed on March 29, 2019, at Brooklyn, New York's, Barclays Center. 


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