DEF LEPPARD's RICK ALLEN To Tour USA With LAUREN MONROE Next Week

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Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen will be joining his wife Lauren Monroe on tour in the USA next week.

Lauren Monroe released her third studio album titled 'Messages From Aphrodite' on 9th September.

Rick features as a guest drummer on the album and will once again be joining his wife on tour.

Rick will play at three shows next week on the East Coast of the USA.

The shows take place in Boston, MA, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA.

Rick also toured for up to 8 shows last year with his wife after the end of The Stadium Tour which included two of these same venues.

Listen to the album below and view all the tour dates.

Visit the Tour News section. For more news on future tour plans.

Visit the Album News section for more news on new music (based on band member quotes).

Lauren Monroe 2022.

Lauren Monroe (Plus Rick Allen) - July 2023 USA Tour Dates

Monday, July 17th - Boston, MA @ The Haymarket Lounge At City Winery

Tuesday, July 18th - New York, NY @ The Loft At City Winery

Wednesday, July 19th - Philadelphia, PA @ The Loft At City Winery

Lauren Monroe Press Release

New York-born, California-based polymath Lauren Monroe conducts parallel careers as a gifted singer-songwriter and a renowned mental-health advocate. She approaches these intertwined roles with equal passion, her nuanced understanding of human behaviour informing her music.

Inspired by artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and Janis Joplin, Lauren Monroe developed producers, musicians and rock historians compared to those legendary women of rock and blues. Her sounds and vocal quality- raw, sawdust-on-the-floor honey- combined with emotional and spiritual power of her performance draws audiences in, invigorates and speaks to us on so many levels.

Messages From Aphrodite, Monroe’s third album—and her second in collaboration with acclaimed producer Jim Scott—widens the aperture opened by its predecessor, 2021’s Under the Wolf Moon, bringing her musical and spiritual vision into even sharper focus. The title, which references the ancient Greek goddess of love in its myriad aspects, signifies the emotional expanse of Monroe’s songs, to which she brings a rarefied degree of insight and compassion, enabling her to nimbly plumb the depths and scale the heights of the human condition in her songwriting.

In 2021, she staged the first Big Love Benefit Concert, which featured performances by Billy Idol, Wynonna Judd and the Allman Betts Band, among others. Proceeds from the event, which brought financial and mental-health support to music-industry professionals affected by the pandemic, were donated to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.

“Being of service is a way of helping yourself as well,” she reflects. “And the healing power of music is profound. Everything I do is part of a journey of healing.”