Def Leppard Guitarist Phil Collen Ditches SoCal for Palm Beach Wedding

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Def Leppard's Phil Collen sure wields a lot of guitar

​No offense to our sister paper, but hey Orange County, Calif.: Sucks to your assmar! When rock music legends want to get married to costume designers 10 years their junior that they met on tour, they naturally gravitate to (where else but) glitzy South Florida.

That's what happened Friday, when Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, 52, married Helen Simmons at the Palm Beach Ritz-Carlton. The couple met during Def Leppard's 2008 Sparkle Lounge Tour, and live in California's OC.

In attendance at the swank beach wedding?

Def Leppard bandmates Rick Savage and Vivian Campbell. Though there have been no reports of total-rocking-out at the wedding, the vows were pretty damn touching. An excerpt from Collen's:

We've been looking for each other our entire lifetime. To say we're ecstatic this day has finally come is putting it mildly. It could only be us for each other.

The Ritz offers two wedding packages, and although sources would not confirm which Collen opted for, we're guessing it was the more expensive Gold package: $3500 for everything from wedding night rose petal turndown service to a full day in the "Self-Centered Garden" (no joke). The full package:

• The Ritz-Carlton Special Events Manager to personally oversee every detail of your special day

• Chilled bottle of Ritz-Carlton champagne upon arrival to resort

• Tropical floral arrangement in bride's room upon arrival

• Rose petal turndown in guest room on wedding night

• Romantic ceremony location

• Bride's signature rose bouquet and matching gentlemen's boutonniere

• The Ritz-Carlton preferred officiate, photographer and music vendor list (arrangements to be coordinated on own)

• Custom two-tiered wedding cake created by The Ritz-Carlton Pastry Chef

• Couples Swedish Massage in Eau Spa Garden Villa

• Spend the day in the Self-Centered Garden and Eau Zones at Eau Spa

• Complimentary Guest room upgrade to Suite (based on availability)

Congrats, Phil, and give us a call when you're ready to get serious and move to SoFla.