During a new interview with France 24, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott revealed the band is deep into songwriting for the band’s next studio album:
“We’re actually recording it. As I speak, somewhere in the world, people are adding their bits to some new songs. We’ve developed a whole new method of recording, which was brought on by COVID. I’ve got a studio at home, and everybody has always gracefully come to my house to record. We’d do a month at a time, and then everybody goes home. But they couldn’t travel, so we ended up recording remotely, and we found it to be exhilarating. Everybody got to be at home with their families, yet still make a record, and we trusted each other that we were writing songs. Everybody just played on everybody else’s bits, and it’s easy to do.”
“We don’t all record in one room when we are in the same studio; we do it, the drums and the bass and the guitars and the vocals; it’s all layered. So we’ve been recording while we were in Vegas (for their Caesars Palace Residency). On days off, we had the drums set up in the basement of the theater, and Rick (Allen) played loads of drums on his days off, and they’d do guitars in their hotel rooms, stuff like that. And I sing when I get home. So we’ve got about 17 or 18 songs written; we’ve actually almost got two albums recorded. So we’re still deciding which songs are gonna go on album one, if you like. We’re looking at an early ’27 release.”
On June 12, Def Leppard – Britain’s greatest arena rock band – will release two new editions of Greatest Hits, an album of the band’s biggest songs from their illustrious career.
The newly mastered set is being made available on 1LP, and across two formats: Standard black vinyl and special edition blood red marbled vinyl featuring exclusive 2026 tour edition artwork. The latter is exclusive to the tour.
The album includes some of the bands most iconic tracks from their stellar career.
Tracklisting:
Side One
“Pour Some Sugar On Me”
“Hysteria”
“Photograph”
“Love Bites”
“Animal”
Side Two
“Rock Of Ages”
“When Love and Hate Collide”
“Bringin’ On The Heartbreak”
“Foolin’”
“Armageddon It”
2026 has already seen Def Leppard complete a Sold Out months’ residency in Las Vegas, tour India and release a brand new single. A lyric video for the new song, “Rejoice,” can be viewed below:
Def Leppard tour UK and Europe in June and July 2026. This tour features special guests Extreme (unless noted). The tour includes a headline show at the iconic The O2 London and the band’s first show in Paris, France for nearly 30 years. For tickets and further information please see defleppard.com.
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