DEF LEPPARD Dismiss Split Rumors; Video Available
April 30, 2010, 14 years ago
According to Thestar.co.uk, DEF LEPPARD today dismissed rumours of a split as Joe Elliott and Rick Savage prepared for a special home-coming performance. In an exclusive video chat with The Star here - watch it in full at thestar.co.uk/video - lead singer Elliott and bass player Savage fleshed out their reasons for cancelling the USA tour and announced the five-piece will play on.
They are writing new material, plan to release live recordings, a box set and will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album with their music available for download on iTunes.
Dublin-based Elliott, aged 50, who recently became a dad for the first time, with the birth of a son to wife Kristine, said of the band's cancelled US tour: "There wasn't any mystery to it really. My wife was pregnant and needed a bit of attention from me, which she wasn't getting. There was a lot of things in our private lives that needed attending to. We're not splitting. Not at all. We often joke, what else would we do? You just can't imagine doing anything else."
Read the entire interview here.
