Def Leppard’s Rick Allen Reportedly Assaulted Outside Hotel
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was reportedly assaulted outside of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. where he was staying. Per WSVN, Allen was standing near the valet area at…
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was reportedly assaulted outside of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. where he was staying.
Per WSVN, Allen was standing near the valet area at the Four Seasons in town smoking a cigarette. A police report states a 19-year-old man named Max Edward Hartley, who was in town from Ohio, "violently attacked" Allen.
Hartley reportedly was hiding behind a pillar near the valet area. He suddenly ran at Allen, knocking him to the ground. This resulted in the drummer hitting his head on the ground. After Hartely charged at Allen, the police report states a woman emerged from the hotel to help him, but then Hartely attacked her, too.
WSVN notes, "Hartley was arrested after he was found at a nearby hotel breaking car windows." He's being charged with "two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief, and abusing an elderly or disabled adult." (Allen, of course, lost his left arm in a 1984 car accident.)
Neither Allen nor the Def Leppard camp has commented on this incident. However, WSVN added, "Allen provided a sworn statement to police and told them that he indeed wants to prosecute."
Allen was in town for a March 12 show with Def Leppard at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
5 Rock Bands with Multiple Diamond-Certified Studio Albums
A number of bands have one diamond-certified title, and even fewer have more than one. However, there is an elite group of rock bands with multiple diamond-certified studio albums.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has given out a number of diamond certifications to various albums that have sold at least 10 million units. Several of those albums happen to be greatest hits/best-of compilations. Thanks to these releases, this has led to a variety of bands have more than one diamond-certified title.
Believe it or not, there are only five rock bands to have more than one diamond-certified studio albums. That's right, only five.
So, who are they? Scroll through the gallery below to find out and to see which of their studio albums have moved 10 million units or more.
Def Leppard
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images'Pyromania' (10 million); 'Hysteria' (12 million.)
Van Halen
Ethan Miller/Getty Images'Van Halen' (10 million); '1984' (10 million.)
Pink Floyd
MJ Kim/Getty Images'Dark Side Of The Moon' (15 million); 'The Wall' (23 million.)
The Beatles
John Pratt/Keystone/Getty Images'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (11 million); 'Abbey Road' (12 million); 'The Beatles' (24 million.)
Led Zeppelin
Evening Standard/Getty Images'Led Zeppelin I' (10 million); 'Houses of the Holy' (11 million); 'Led Zeppelin II' (12 million); 'Physical Graffiti' (16 million); 'Led Zeppelin IV' (23 million.)
