1 Year Ago DEF LEPPARD Release JUST LIKE 73 Single Ft. Tom Morello
Def Leppard 2024
Def Leppard released the Just Like '73 single on this day in 2024 featuring a guest appearance by Tom Morello.
Following a radio premiere the song was released worldwide.
The first release of new material since the 'Diamond Star Halos' album in May 2022.
New Single Just Like '73
'Just Like '73' was officially released following its world premiere broadcast on BBC Radio 2 earlier in the day.
The single was officially confirmed and announced the day before just ahead of a private SiriusXM event in Los Angeles.
The third year running that new material had been premiered first on BBC Radio 2.
Listen to the full song below via Spotify.
Tom Morello Guest Solo
Former Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello features on the song as first revealed by Rick Savage in an April 2023 interview.
Def Leppard Single Phone Teaser
The song was first previewed a few days earlier via a telephone hotline number given out with an email to fans.
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Def Leppard Feat. Tom Morello - Just Like '73
01 - Just Like '73 (Tom Morello Version) - 3:43 - Amazon - (MP3)
- Producer - Def Leppard/Ronan McHugh
- Written By - Phil Collen/Joe Elliott/Dave Bassett
- Release Date - 13th June 2024
Just Like '73 - 7" Vinyl
01 - Just Like '73 (Tom Morello Version) - 3:43 - Amazon - (MP3)
02 - Just Like '73 (Def Leppard Version / Alternate Version) - (Time tbc)
- Producer - Def Leppard/Ronan McHugh
- Mixer - Ronan McHugh
- Release Date - 2nd August 2024 (Regular Black Vinyl 7")
- Cat. No./Catalogue Number -
- Release Date - 2nd August 2024 (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl 7")
- Cat. No./Catalogue Number - 6567104
- Release Date - 2nd August 2024 (Limited Edition Coloured + Signed Art Card Vinyl 7")
- Cat. No./Catalogue Number - 391554244
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Def Leppard Just Like '73 - Press Release Quotes
Joe Elliott
"It encapsulates a time that burned deep into our DNA. We wanted to celebrate that very important and glorious time."
Phil Collen
"When I saw David Bowie on TV between 1972 and 1973, everything I thought I knew about music went from black and white to vivid Technicolor."
"Our song ‘Just Like 73’ represents that awakening."
Tom Morello
"I had a blast rocking a solo on “Just Like 73."
"I played “Rock Of Ages” in my college cover band almost 40 years ago and here Def Leppard are still killing it in stadiums with a brand new tune that’s one of their best."
Def Leppard - Vinyl Single News Quotes
"Ahead of a colossal US stadium Summer 2024 tour, Def Leppard announce a brand new, one-off single ‘Just Like 73’ featuring Rock guitarist Legend Tom Morello."
"Inspired by the Glam Rock Stompers of the 1970s, the single is available to own on limited edition 7” black vinyl, the B side to which showcases an alternative Def Leppard only version of the single."
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