Def Leppard has unexpectedly pulled out of the third leg of its 2009 North American Tour with Cheap Trick less than a week before it was scheduled to begin.

Due to unforeseen personal matters, the third leg of Def Leppard's North
American Tour, set to begin on October 22nd, has been cancelled. "We
know how truly blessed we are to have such committed fans," said the band
in a statement. "That's why we've agonized over this decision. Even if just a
single concert, we don't take cancelling shows lightly, but unfortunately life's commitments need to be the priority."

Uh oh.

Maybe they're short-handed?

No doubt fans are up in arms.

I hate hearing about stuff like this second hand.

I wonder who else has a hand in this matter? At least we got to see them a month or so ago.

First an arm, now a leg. What's the deal with these guys?

I'm stumped as to why they'd do this.

Talk about over-compensating.

You guys are really going out on a limb here.

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

Not sure if it's been mentioned here yet, but I once learned from a Bloodhound Gang song that "the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm."

I was ready to buy my tickets. News like this is hard to handle.

Their drummer only has one arm!

Similar to the Slick Rick song about "Steve Clark and his compressed brain stem".

Arms, legs -- they may have to relaunch the tour as "We Need Body Parts!"

The long arm of the law may be to blame for this....

This is the funniest thread I've read all week. You guys deserve a hand.

And just think that some people were within arms length of seeing a show to then be dealt a shitty hand.

This is the best and there is more to come!!!!

You guys are rough, the reason why they cancelled is because at $99.00 per ticket they aren't going to sell shit. For $99.00 their drummer had better give me a hand job.

Yeah, you'd really have to twist my arm to get me to pay that much.

I heard they had a hard time finding armed security at the venues they were supposed to play.

It's pure hysteria on the Def Lepard forums...

I know one of the members just had his father pass away - altho I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I had 3rd row tix to see them in AC. Main reason I was going was because Cheap Trick was opening up. Ahh well.