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Joe Elliott

The Def Leppard frontman on the upcoming US tour, not selling out, guest appearances, retirement, the next album… Interview: Paul Brannigan
Joe Elliott: might not be making a lot of use of his free bus pass.
Portrait: Ross Halfin

On February 7, 1984, Def Leppard’s year-long Pyromania tour ended in Bangkok, Thailand. Forty years on, the British hard-rock institution have no fewer than seven songs from that record - plus brand new 2024 single Just Like ’73, featuring Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello - in the set-list for their Summer Stadium Tour, a co-headlining run across the US with Journey. Leppard Frontman Joe Elliott gives us the lowdown on that and more.

We didn’t have a ‘Def Leppard ft. Tom Morello’ single on our 2024 bingo card. How did that come about?

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