Def Leppard Archives - Hot Pop Today Hot Pop Today Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:59:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Def Leppard to Release a Live Show From 1980 https://hotpoptoday.com/def-leppard-to-release-a-live-show-from-1980/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:31:52 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8077 English rock legend Def Leppard has been around for a long time — just over 40 years, in fact. With over 100 million records sold around the world, the band that started out within the New Wave of British Heavy Metal genre has grown to be considered one of the most important rock bands in […]

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]]> English rock legend Def Leppard has been around for a long time — just over 40 years, in fact. With over 100 million records sold around the world, the band that started out within the New Wave of British Heavy Metal genre has grown to be considered one of the most important rock bands in history.

And their next album is going to be a live concert… from 1980.

Frontman Joe Elliott described the upcoming record as a “celebratory release” on the show Trunk Nation and said it has been planned for “about a year and a half.

“I don’t know how much of this I can say right now,” Elliott continued. “I might be breaking protocol. But I will say this much: there’s a companion piece to ‘On Through The Night’, there’s a brand-new, just-mixed live performance from the Oxford Theatre from 1980, which has never been heard ever.”

The decision to release a live show that dates so far back is a bit peculiar. After all, at the time Def Leppard was only together for three years and has yet to develop its distinct sound or garner massive mainstream success. In addition, the band decided to leave the original recording as is, with no touchups.

“It is what it is,” explained Elliott. “It’s us live in 1980. We were discussing off-mic about lip-syncing or overdubbing … You can’t expect a 59-year-old me to go in and clean up a 20-year-old vocal. You know what I mean? So, it is what it is.”

But ultimately, Elliott and the rest of the band feel that there’s value in releasing this live show from just before the band made it big. “When you peer through the curtain of uncertainty that my voice was back in those days, there is a fantastic band onstage,” Elliott assured.

Watch an excerpt from the interview below:

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]]> The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer Added to Download Festival 2019 Lineup https://hotpoptoday.com/the-smashing-pumpkins-slayer-added-to-download-festival-2019-lineup/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 07:00:52 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=2601 If the likes of Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool were not enough to get you excited about Download Festival 2019, then the second wave of headliners might do the trick. Popular British rock festival just revealed that The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer and Dream Theater joined the already massive lineup of the event. The addition of […]

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]]> If the likes of Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool were not enough to get you excited about Download Festival 2019, then the second wave of headliners might do the trick. Popular British rock festival just revealed that The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer and Dream Theater joined the already massive lineup of the event. The addition of Slayer is especially exciting since their performance at the festival will also be the band’s last ever UK show.

Other music acts that were added to the Download Festival 2019 lineups include Lamb of God, Eagles of Death Metal, Anthrax, The Interrupters, Riding The Low, Royal Republic, and State Champs.

Besides Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool, who were announced as first wave headliners, the festival will also see performances from Slash, Die Antwoord, Whitesnake, Rob Zombie, Aman Amarth, Carcass, Delain, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Opeth, and Power Trip among others.

Of course, this won’t be all from Download Festival 2019, since the organizers promised that many more acts would be announced in the coming months.

Download Festival 2019 will take place from June 14 to June 16 at Leicestershire’s Donington Park. You can check out below the full lineup of the bands and musician announced so far.

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]]> Def Leppard’s Albums Finally Available for Streaming https://hotpoptoday.com/def-leppards-albums-finally-available-for-streaming/ Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:59:15 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=105 In case you wanted to stream “Pour Some Sugar on Me“ or “Rock of Ages” in the past, you would be unpleasantly surprised by the fact that these or any other Def Leppard hits have been unavailable. The band members refused to get into the streaming business. This all changed on Friday, when all of Def Leppard’s […]

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]]> In case you wanted to stream “Pour Some Sugar on Me“ or “Rock of Ages” in the past, you would be unpleasantly surprised by the fact that these or any other Def Leppard hits have been unavailable. The band members refused to get into the streaming business.

This all changed on Friday, when all of Def Leppard’s major releases, became available on the majority of music streaming platforms.

“We needed the right deal for the band,” said frontman Joe Elliott to Rolling Stone. “We weren’t going to be victims of the industry. We signed our deal with Mercury many, many decades ago when there was no digital part of the record deal. So when [our contract ended] in 2009, we were free to do whatever we wanted to do. We were so busy touring and not worrying about the back catalog – because people were still buying CDs – that we weren’t sure about [embracing] streaming.”

Elliott added that the idea was discussed for a long time now, but they just waited for the “right time” and the “right deal” to come across. They also wanted to make sure all of their major albums were available simultaneously on all major services.

Another big news is that Def Leppard is embarking on a tour with another hard rock legends, Journey. Two bands will tour the United States from May to October, playing more than 60 dates.

“The fact that we’re touring with Journey, and it’s putting us into huge arenas like Madison Square Garden and stadiums, that is very special for us,” Elliott told Rolling Stone about the tour. “It’s two iconic bands touring together. It makes it more of an event when the bill is all bands that people have heard of. We went out with a really good band called Tripping Daisy in 1996, but nobody cared. But when you have people like Cheap Trick, Poison, Heart or Journey, it makes for a better night for the people in the crowd. They come in and they know what they’re going to get.”

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]]> English rock legend Def Leppard has been around for a long time — just over 40 years, in fact. With over 100 million records sold around the world, the band that started out within the New Wave of British Heavy Metal genre has grown to be considered one of the most important rock bands in history.

And their next album is going to be a live concert… from 1980.

Frontman Joe Elliott described the upcoming record as a “celebratory release” on the show Trunk Nation and said it has been planned for “about a year and a half.

“I don’t know how much of this I can say right now,” Elliott continued. “I might be breaking protocol. But I will say this much: there’s a companion piece to ‘On Through The Night’, there’s a brand-new, just-mixed live performance from the Oxford Theatre from 1980, which has never been heard ever.”

The decision to release a live show that dates so far back is a bit peculiar. After all, at the time Def Leppard was only together for three years and has yet to develop its distinct sound or garner massive mainstream success. In addition, the band decided to leave the original recording as is, with no touchups.

“It is what it is,” explained Elliott. “It’s us live in 1980. We were discussing off-mic about lip-syncing or overdubbing … You can’t expect a 59-year-old me to go in and clean up a 20-year-old vocal. You know what I mean? So, it is what it is.”

But ultimately, Elliott and the rest of the band feel that there’s value in releasing this live show from just before the band made it big. “When you peer through the curtain of uncertainty that my voice was back in those days, there is a fantastic band onstage,” Elliott assured.

Watch an excerpt from the interview below:

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]]> The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer Added to Download Festival 2019 Lineup https://hotpoptoday.com/the-smashing-pumpkins-slayer-added-to-download-festival-2019-lineup/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 07:00:52 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=2601 If the likes of Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool were not enough to get you excited about Download Festival 2019, then the second wave of headliners might do the trick. Popular British rock festival just revealed that The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer and Dream Theater joined the already massive lineup of the event. The addition of […]

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]]> If the likes of Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool were not enough to get you excited about Download Festival 2019, then the second wave of headliners might do the trick. Popular British rock festival just revealed that The Smashing Pumpkins, Slayer and Dream Theater joined the already massive lineup of the event. The addition of Slayer is especially exciting since their performance at the festival will also be the band’s last ever UK show.

Other music acts that were added to the Download Festival 2019 lineups include Lamb of God, Eagles of Death Metal, Anthrax, The Interrupters, Riding The Low, Royal Republic, and State Champs.

Besides Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool, who were announced as first wave headliners, the festival will also see performances from Slash, Die Antwoord, Whitesnake, Rob Zombie, Aman Amarth, Carcass, Delain, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Opeth, and Power Trip among others.

Of course, this won’t be all from Download Festival 2019, since the organizers promised that many more acts would be announced in the coming months.

Download Festival 2019 will take place from June 14 to June 16 at Leicestershire’s Donington Park. You can check out below the full lineup of the bands and musician announced so far.

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]]> Def Leppard’s Albums Finally Available for Streaming https://hotpoptoday.com/def-leppards-albums-finally-available-for-streaming/ Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:59:15 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=105 In case you wanted to stream “Pour Some Sugar on Me“ or “Rock of Ages” in the past, you would be unpleasantly surprised by the fact that these or any other Def Leppard hits have been unavailable. The band members refused to get into the streaming business. This all changed on Friday, when all of Def Leppard’s […]

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]]> In case you wanted to stream “Pour Some Sugar on Me“ or “Rock of Ages” in the past, you would be unpleasantly surprised by the fact that these or any other Def Leppard hits have been unavailable. The band members refused to get into the streaming business.

This all changed on Friday, when all of Def Leppard’s major releases, became available on the majority of music streaming platforms.

“We needed the right deal for the band,” said frontman Joe Elliott to Rolling Stone. “We weren’t going to be victims of the industry. We signed our deal with Mercury many, many decades ago when there was no digital part of the record deal. So when [our contract ended] in 2009, we were free to do whatever we wanted to do. We were so busy touring and not worrying about the back catalog – because people were still buying CDs – that we weren’t sure about [embracing] streaming.”

Elliott added that the idea was discussed for a long time now, but they just waited for the “right time” and the “right deal” to come across. They also wanted to make sure all of their major albums were available simultaneously on all major services.

Another big news is that Def Leppard is embarking on a tour with another hard rock legends, Journey. Two bands will tour the United States from May to October, playing more than 60 dates.

“The fact that we’re touring with Journey, and it’s putting us into huge arenas like Madison Square Garden and stadiums, that is very special for us,” Elliott told Rolling Stone about the tour. “It’s two iconic bands touring together. It makes it more of an event when the bill is all bands that people have heard of. We went out with a really good band called Tripping Daisy in 1996, but nobody cared. But when you have people like Cheap Trick, Poison, Heart or Journey, it makes for a better night for the people in the crowd. They come in and they know what they’re going to get.”

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