'So the people in maybe the first 20 rows knew of it and everyone else was just there to hear, I imagine, what they've already heard for the last 10, 20, 30 years. Now I can walk and run and sing and … do interviews! And I'm working with a vocal coach and getting mentally prepared for the upcoming blitz on the U.S.'Īs for what people can expect to hear on this next round of dates, Elliott reports that the band will be adding in more music from Def Leppard alongside mega-hits like 'Photograph' and 'Pour Some Sugar on Me.' 'When we were out last summer, the new album was just a rumor,' he says. 'You just take four, five, six weeks off to let it heal, then you get into some training and you're back again. 'You've gotta think about what happened to me this past January as what would happen to Peyton Manning if he pulled a muscle in his arm,' Elliott explains.

Earlier this year, Def Leppard had to cancel some dates after Elliott had a bit of a vocal scare, but he says he's currently on the mend. tour, during which the band will spend six months on the road, from May through October, hitting arenas across the country. Last year, Def Leppard released their 11th studio album, simply titled Def Leppard, and they're currently gearing up for another massive U.S. 'It's just good to be in a nice, warm place instead of wet, overcast Dublin where I live.'Ĭareer-wise, things aren't too bad, either. We're having a barbecue in about an hour,' he says.

The singer is speaking with Rolling Stone from an undisclosed, but quite tropical-sounding, vacation spot, where he's 'chilling with friends and family. Now 56, Elliott is having a very good time indeed.

But when you enjoy something, it goes too quick. 'Because when you don't like what you're doing, time drags. 'I feel like it's been half that amount of time,' he says. But for singer Joe Elliott, it seems like not quite so long ago. It was close to 40 years ago that the five lads in Def Leppard, then just teenagers, came roaring out of the gloomy industrial environs of Sheffield, England.

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