![]() But these musicians were wearing Def Leppard T-shirts, sweatpants and runners. Whenever you see an orchestra, they’re usually wearing tuxes. We spent two days on a balcony overlooking these guys. ![]() Were you there for any of the Philharmonic’s recordings? We wanted to strip these songs down and bring the base of them back up. We’re by far not the first band to do (an orchestral album), but we didn’t want to just be buttering a piece of toast and slapping the orchestra on top of a record. But we’re well aware of walking a well-trodden path. Question: Even with all that Def Leppard has accomplished in 40-plus years, how surreal was it to have the Royal Philharmonic playing your songs?Īnswer: It was very surreal. 5 in Syracuse, New York.Īmiable frontman Elliott chatted with USA TODAY from his home in Dublin about which Def Leppard hits sounded “hideous” with an orchestra, why the band is compelled to still be better and how he's still holding on to rock star mystique. ![]() for six stadium dates with Motley Crue and Alice Cooper, commencing Aug. If that isn’t enough Lep in your life, after an early summer gallop through Europe, Def Leppard returns to the U.S. Part memoir, part photo essay, the hardcover is a treasure of 1,500 elements of band history, including recollections from singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen and archival interviews with original guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis. Then, on June 13, “DEFinitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard” lands. On May 19, Def Leppard will release “ Drastic Symphonies,” a creative collaboration with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra that recasts hits (“Love Bites,” “Hysteria”) and album cuts (“Paper Sun,” “Goodbye for Good This Time”) with a symphonic bent. We don’t understand what it means either, but they told us so 36 years ago in “Animal.”Īnd here we are, a year after the rock behemoths released their 12 th studio album, “Diamond Star Halos,” and co-headlined a massive stadium tour with Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts for a haul of $176 million. Like the restless rust, Def Leppard never sleeps.
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