Joe & Phil on Tim Burgess’s Listening Party Podcast

Joe & Phil recently joined Tim Burgess for a listening party to talk about the brand new album Drastic Symphonies, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. They go through this record of reimagined classics with the help of orchestral arranger Eric Gorfain, speaking about how they managed to take some of classic rock’s greatest songs and give them a new classical edge.

Listen HERE

 

 

Phil Collen Interview with Music Radar

 

“We use backing vocals as an instrument and when you put it with strings, just sonically, it just sounds beautiful. When you hear a choir in an orchestra as well, it kind of has that thing. We’ve got our own choir – we’re Def Leppard, so it’s it really works in that context as well. We were just blown away with that.”

-Phil Collen on Drastic Symphonies

 

Read the full Music Radar article: HERE

 

Def Leppard Takes Over SiriusXM’s (“Let’s Get Rocked at Home Weekend”) –  April 24 on Channel 39

Def Leppard Takes Over SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Channel 

 

“Let’s Get Rocked at Home Weekend” Begins Friday April 24 on Channel 39

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WHO:              With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., legendary rock band and 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees,  Def Leppard will take over SiriusXM’s Hair Nation channel this weekend.  Def Leppard continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music, and over the course of their career, the band have produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that have set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike.

 

WHAT:            Def Leppard’s “Let’s Get Rocked at Home Weekend” will see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell, Rick Allen and Phil Collen, spinning Def Leppard’s biggest hits and sharing the stories behind those songs.  Listeners can also expect to hear exclusive SiriusXM ‘at-home’ performances from Joe and Phil.  The takeover will also feature music from their tour-mates on The Stadium Tour, Motley Crue and Poison, and other bands they love.

 

WHEN:             Friday, April 24 at 6 a.m. ET through Monday, April 26 at 3 a.m. ET.

 

WHERE:           Def Leppard’s “Let’s Get Rocked at Home Weekend” on Hair Nation can be heard on the SiriusXM app in the Rock category and on SiriusXM radios on channel 39. The channel is available to subscribers nationwide on most SiriusXM radios, and is available to everyone – including anyone who is not already a SiriusXM subscriber – on the SiriusXM app and connected devices as part of SiriusXM’s recently announced free streaming access period. For more information and to start listening, visit: siriusxm.com/streamfree.

JOE ELLIOTT Interviewed By SAMMY HAGAR – ‘Rock & Roll Road Trip’

On April 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT., catch Joe Elliott rocking out with Sammy Hagar on the season 5 premiere of AXS TV’s popular music interview series, “Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar”. 

Shot during Def Leppard’s residency at Planet Hollywood, the interview covers their “Northern English working class background,” and more.

Check out the episode preview below, and read about the upcoming season of Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar here.