Def Leppard Tour History - Joe Elliott WDHA 105.5 Radio Interview

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2011 |

Joe Elliott was interviewed by DJ Terrie Carr on WDHA 105.5 radio recently ahead of the Holmdel, NJ show.

Joe talked about his father, how it's affected the tour and the positive reaction since coming back. Follow the links below to listen to and download the almost seven minute interview and also a six minute interview with the same DJ from March this year.

WDHA 105.5 - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes

"I have to admit since we've come back. We've done two shows so far in Cincinnati and Chicago. There's a feeling in the air that I didn't really notice before. I think in fairness it's kind of a double barrel situation. Before we took the break I literally had to fly home so I could get there in time and then spent a couple of weeks just helping my mum get her life organized. And those gigs that we were doing leading up to it knowing that my father was ill. I was kind of carrying a little bit of baggage around with me, it was making it a little bit difficult to concentrate to be quite honest and I wasn't really soaking up the whole vibe of what was going on. But since we've been back and the shows we've done so far which were Cincinnati and Chicago, and because they've been rescheduled and they know why they've been rescheduled there seems to be this wave, I don't want to call it sympathy, it's been like a wave of euphoria it's almost like a celebration. They're aware of what I've been going through, they're aware of what we've all been dealing with here."

"I think it was 106 in Chicago and 108 in Cincinnati so not only was I dealing with the emotional kind of trauma if you like, of just still coming to terms with what's happened, just physically getting on stage in that temperature makes it very hard but the audience. On the first night I really did run out of gas about 20 minutes from the end of the show and they just carried me and all of us all the way through to the end of the gig. It really was amazing and it was almost like. You hear these stories about Springsteen or U2 being like religious get togethers these last two shows have been absolutely just stunning from that point of view and I hope it carries on for the rest of the tour."