“THE BAND IS ON FIRE. THERE’S NO STOPPING US”
In 2019, Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, headlined the Download festival, played a residency in Las Vegas and enjoyed the company of Brian May and Miley Cyrus. And to finish what frontman Joe Elliott describes as “a very good year”, there was the release of a new album from his other band, Down ‘N’ Outz, featuring three members of The Quireboys – guitarists Paul Guerin and Guy Griffin and keyboard player Keith Weir – plus ex-Vixen bassist Share Ross and Wayward Sons drummer Phil Martini. This Is How We Roll is the first Down ‘N’ Outz album comprised of original material. “It’s a good record,” Elliott says. As for Def Leppard, he says simply: “The band is on fire. There’s no stopping us. It’s fucking nuts.”
How will you remember 2019?
The amazing thing is, I didn’t think it could get much better than 2018, when we had one of the top rock tours of the year, we sold a million
