Def Leppard’s first gigs of 2026 will find the Sheffield band digging “a little deeper in the set,” according to Joe Elliott.

Music in the 80s wasn’t background noise. It was identity. We used to save up allowance money for weeks just to buy one ...

Our writers' picks for the very best bands since rock became a permanent part of popular music. One thing is for sure every year around the time of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies — ...

If ever a rock band aimed high it was Def Leppard with their 1987 album Hysteria. As singer Joe Elliott said: “We wanted to blow people’s minds. We wanted rock fans to go, ‘Yeah, this is way beyond ...

The Sheffield icons will embark on live dates in sumer next year. Find out where they're headed. The band will be joined on all the dates (except in Sweden and at their Wacken Open Air Festival set) ...

On this day (August 29) in 1987, Def Leppard found their first No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with Hysteria. The album became an international hit, topping charts in multiple countries around the world.

“Slang was something we’d been craving to do… but then we were happy to go back to making classic Def Leppard again,” vocalist Joe Elliott explained to Classic Rock in 2014. “I suppose people can say ...

A new era is born.

Sunday, August 24, 1980: the final night of Reading festival. Second-on-the-bill to headliners Whitesnake, this should be the crowning glory of what has been a momentous year for Def Leppard. Instead ...