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12-Nov-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Live From Detroit CD/DVD (More Details/Japanese Editions)
More Details - More
11-Nov-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Live From Detroit 2CD/DVD February 2017 Release Announced
New DVD Release - More
30-Oct-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Members Reflect On The Current DEF LEPPARD Album
1st Anniversary Special (2) - More
30-Oct-16 - Def Leppard News One Year Ago Def Leppard Release New Self-Titled Studio Album
1st Anniversary - More
22-Oct-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Def Leppard Will Continue To Make Albums
Vivian Campbell says the band - "Want to continue to make records." - More
10-Oct-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Win Classic Rock Album Of The Year/Will Tour In 2017
Phil Collen says - "We won the Classic Rock award Album Of The Year in England." - More
06-Oct-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard To Start Work On Next Studio Album
Phil Collen says of next album - "It's just a matter of whenever we get five minutes - then we'll start recording." - More
16-Sep-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Album Second Best Behind Hysteria
Phil Collen says - "Hysteria being our biggest and my favorite album, I actually think this one would be a second." - More
01-Sep-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says Def Leppard Want To Keep On Going
Joe Elliott on latest album - "It was almost made accidentally." - More
26-Aug-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen On The Integrity Of The Current Def Leppard Album
Phil Collen says - "I think the success of the album is there's integrity there." - More
19-Aug-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott On We Belong Lead Vocals And The Def Leppard Album
Joe Elliott says of backing vocals - "This is like Queen meets the Beach Boys. Amazing backing vocals." - More
19-Jul-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Thrilled With The Current Def Leppard Album
Phil Collen says of current album - "I was really thrilled with it." - More
11-Jul-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says Making Current Def Leppard Album Was Fantastic
Joe Elliott says - "We were making a record without even realizing it. It was a fantastic experience." - More
07-Jul-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen On The Hysteria Cruise/Current Def Leppard Album
Phil Collen says - "I think this is the best thing we’ve done since Hysteria and it was a joy actually." - More
12-May-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Album Is Most Important Since Hysteria
Phil Collen says - "I think that this is the biggest, most important record we've actually made since Hysteria." - More
03-May-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen On Meeting Prince/The Current Def Leppard Album
Phil Collen says - "It's a combination of a lot of the things we've done and we got very excited about recording it." - More
22-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Re-Enters The UK Rock Chart Top 30
UK Week 18/Album Re-Enters Chart - More
22-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Band Very Proud Of Strong Def Leppard Album
Vivian Campbell says - "It is the strongest record many decades from Def Leppard. We are all very proud of that." - More
07-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Def Leppard Will Certainly Record New Album In 2017
Vivian Campbell says of 2017 plans - "However, we almost certainly will go back into the studio and make another album." - More
06-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Album Has Best Fan Response Since Hysteria
Phil Collen says of fan response - "Honestly we haven't had this kind of love if you like since we put the Hysteria album out." - More
06-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott On New Def Leppard Album/2016 Tour Setlist
Joe Elliott says - "The new material that we played in the UK went down really well because it was on the radio at the time." - More
03-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell On Def Leppard 2017 Album Recording Plans
Vivian Campbell says in 2017 there will be - "Probably another Def Leppard record." - More
01-Apr-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen On The Origins Of New Def Leppard Song Wings Of An Angel
Phil Collen says - "I had this demo a few years ago and when we were doing the residency." - More
25-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Will Release New Single This Summer
Phil Collen says of new album - "We'll have a new single off it I'm sure. We're actually working on that now." - More
17-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Is Really Proud Of Latest Def Leppard Album
Phil Collen says - "I'm really proud of the latest Def Leppard album." - More
12-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says New Album Of Higher Standard Than Past Records
Joe Elliott says of new songs - "They were just of a standard that was just up a notch maybe from the last few records that we've made." - More
08-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Vinyl Picture Disc Released For UK Record Store Day
UK Picture Disc Vinyl - More
03-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Wrote Blind Faith Lyrics On Tour In Phoenix, Arizona
Joe Elliott on Blind Faith - "We knew that if we get this right, this could be something very special." - More
02-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Def Leppard Will Be Back In The Studio Next Year
Vivian Campbell says - "Probably by next year, we'll be back in working on another record." - More
01-Mar-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Band Hope To Record New Album In 2017
Vivian Campbell says - "So I wouldn't be at all surprised if in 2017 Leppard's back in the studio." - More
27-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says We Belong Inspired By All The Young Dudes
Joe Elliott on All the Young Dudes - "I tried to rewrite it on "We Belong." - More
26-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Week 17 UK Chart Positions
UK Week 17 - More
25-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Album Is Purest The Band Has Made
Phil Collen says - "It is the purest Def Leppard album we've ever done." - More
24-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Recalls The Making Of The New Def Leppard Album
Joe Elliott says of new album - " The variation within the songwriting is immense." (from May 2015) - More
23-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Def Leppard Will Definitely Make Another Studio Album
Vivian Campbell says - "We'll definitely make another Def Lep album very soon." - More
20-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Climbs Back Up The UK Rock Chart In Week 16
UK Week 16 - More
19-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says Def Leppard Summer Tour Will Have Around 40 Shows
Joe Elliott on Blind Faith - "I don't think it will be the last thing we ever do." - More
18-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Vivian Campbell Says Band Will Make Next Album Quicker
Vivian Campbell says - "I think we'll see another record a hell of a lot sooner." - More
13-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Week 15 UK Chart Positions
Week 15 - More
12-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Rick Allen Says Def Leppard Is A Classic Sounding Album
Rick Allen says - "We ended up with a very classic-sounding Def Leppard record." - More
11-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen/Vivian Campbell Discuss New Def Leppard Album/Guitars
Phil Collen says of album recording - "It was a joy." - More
06-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Weeks 13/14 UK Chart Positions
Weeks 13/14 - More
05-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Talks About New Album Origins On The Hysteria Cruise
Joe Elliott on making the album - "That's when we realised we'd made an album without making an album." - More
01-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott On How He Changed The Lyrics For Dangerous
Joe Elliott says - " I said I just wanna get rid of the word drug and just use Dangerous." - More
01-Feb-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Talks About Man Enough And Let's Go
Joe Elliott says - "I think Let's Go came somewhere in the middle." (of recording) - More
31-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Discusses The Lyrics Of New Song Blind Faith
Joe Elliott says Blind Faith is - "About blindly following any specific say religion without questioning why you're doing it." - More
26-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Album Is Special And Unique
Phil Collen says - "This is the most special and unique album we’ve done." - More
5-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen Says Band Are Shocked By Def Leppard Album Success
Phil Collen on album success - "Shocking to us actually how well it's doing." - More
21-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Talks About New Def Leppard Single Dangerous
Joe Elliott says Dangerous is - "Fist pumping rock and roll." - More
20-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott On We Belong Band Member Lead Vocals
Joe Elliott on We Belong vocals - "It was just something to give it a bit of a twist and do something different." - More
20-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Joe Elliott Says New Album Is One They've Been Trying To Make
Joe Elliott says - "I think it's the record that we've been trying to make for quite a while." - More
19-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Dangerous Radio Single UK/US Release Dates
New Single - More
19-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Phil Collen On Writing New Def Leppard Album Song Blind Faith
Phil Collen says - "It had an integrity that we probably haven't had before." - More
16-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Rick Allen Says Band Let Influences Shine On New Album
Rick Allen says - "It was a great opportunity for us to let the musical influences really shine." - More
15-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Rick Allen Says Band Is Really Proud Of New Album
Rick Allen says - "We're just really proud of it." - More
05-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Dangerous/Let's Go New Radio Edit Promo CD Details
New Promo CDs - More
02-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Discuss The Recording Of The New Album Part Two
9 Minute Video/Part Two - More
01-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Discuss The Recording Of The New Album Part One
8 Minute Video/Part One - More
01-Jan-16 - Def Leppard News Def Leppard Album Weeks 8/9 UK Chart Positions
UK Weeks 8/9 - More
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