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Def Leppard is readying a 2026 Las Vegas residency, but the enduring rockers also have a new album on the way.
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott looks back on the story behind their first UK and US hit single, Animal, from 1987.
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott on dueting with Swift and Cyrus, going symphonic and surviving trends: 'I had no issues with Kurt Cobain trying to kill the '80s' In 2008, Lep signed up to film a TV ...
On this day, August 1, 1980, Def Leppard made their live New York debut by opening for AC/DC at The Palladium.
Joe Elliott may not be in a rush to have his band Def Leppard join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anytime soon, but the one honor he’s proud of is having their 1987 hit “Pour Some Sugar on Me ...
“Mutt hasn't seen us for seven or eight months,” Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott recalled in 2023, “because you make the record, you go out and tour, and he goes off and does his work for ...
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott on Battle With Label: ‘We Don’t Want to Work for the Man, We Want to Be the Man’ (Q&A) As the '80s megaband fights for a bigger share of digital royalties, its ...
Back in late 1979, the fledgling Def Leppard famously supported AC/DC on Bon Scott's final tour. For the young Joe Elliott it ...
From left to right, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen and Vivian Campbell have fronted the British rock band Def Leppard since 1992, although the band was originally created in 1976.
On February 7, 1984, Def Leppard ’s year-long Pyromania tour ended in Bangkok, Thailand. Forty years on, the British hard-rock institution had no fewer than seven songs from that record - plus ...
Def Leppard have announced a massive tour starting in May with Journey. Singer Joe Elliott gives us all the details on what to expect.