![]() ![]() The aforementioned new album, Diamond Star Halos, is Def Leppard’s twelfth studio album. Hopefully it’s the whole thing, but if not, then a version of it, I guess.” I don’t know whether everyone can make it, but I think us and Mötley definitely would be on that. Will that be a Def Leppard headline tour, or some configuration of The Stadium Tour? “I think it’s going to be some configuration of this. They have to route the whole thing, but it’s the rest of the world.” Those dates, we’re kind of ticking them off, getting there. I get calls and emails all the time – when are you coming to South America, Japan, Australia, England? It’s like, oh my god! So, we have to do all of those things. ![]() We’re still promoting a new album (Diamond Star Halos, which was released May 27), so that’s it. What does the rest of 2022 hold? “The rest of the world, actually. There’s no tour dates listed on after September 9 – the final date of The Stadium Tour. At the turn of a dime – okay, we’ve got this coming out. And obviously it’s all on digital, so you can do anything. The great thing – we’ve done this before with live albums – we record every single night, everything. Not as of yet, but we have all the content. ![]() Will there be a Blu-ray filmed on The Stadium Tour? “Good point actually. Fans have been treated to lots of Behind The Stadium Tour YouTube clips and updates. It's no secret that Def Leppard has cameras on the road. It’s all fun, it’s great and everything, but we’re a different kind of band really.” So, we’d rather do another one of our songs than jump into that. When you do stuff like that, it’s all fine and dandy, but you actually sacrifice some of your art, your production. I remember we were touring with Journey, and one of the guys said, ‘Why don’t you guys stretch out and do jam parts?’ I said, ‘We want to get extra songs in.’ We already don’t have enough time to do as many songs as we want. “Everyone can jam, and they can do all that stuff, but we don’t really do that. “Absolutely not! We ain’t that kind of band,” states Phil without a moment’s hesitation. It hasn’t happened thus far, but any chance that members of Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Joan Jett, and Classless Act may participate in an all-star on-stage jam, perhaps at the final show September 9 in Las Vegas, NV? In 2010, when The Big 4 filmed their DVD live in Sofia, Bulgaria, members from all four bands came together on stage to jam a cover of “Am I Evil?”, originally by Diamond Head. Totally different genres of music, but parallels do exist between The Big 4 – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, and The Stadium Tour – Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Joan Jett, and Classless Act. And that’s exactly what it’s been every single night. When you first start playing guitar, you actually imagine that – a stadium full of people and it being amazing. So that was spectacular! All of it’s been spectacular, this kind of boyhood dream. (an invitation only show for SiriusXM listeners on May 26) – but we hadn’t done a proper show in nearly three years. ![]() “Obviously the first one was Atlanta, which was amazing, cause we hadn’t done a show for – we did The Whisky in L.A. “All of it actually,” beams Collen from his hotel room. Speaking exclusively with BraveWords, guitarist Phil Collen has difficulty picking a personal highlight or favorite city. After a two-week break, the second leg, again comprised of 18 shows, began August 5 in Boston, MA. The first leg, comprised of 18 shows, ran until July 21. After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, The Stadium Tour – featuring Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Joan Jett, and Classless Act – finally kicked off on June 16 in Atlanta, GA. ![]()
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