Joe Elliot has described Def Leppard’s Stadium Tour opening night time set the “wettest gig” the band has performed in 40 years.
The extremely anticipated trek — which was initially scheduled for 2020 earlier than being twice delayed — options Def Leppard co-headlining with Motley Crue, with Poison and Joan Jett rounding out the lineup.
Final night time’s present (June 16) in Atlanta stayed dry for many of the night time, till Def Leppard got here on to shut issues out.
“We have now simply completed the wettest gig we’ve performed since Mannheim in 1986,” Elliott declared in a video recap posted to the band’s YouTube channel. “It rained all night time lengthy. However the crowd caught with us. No person left. No person moaned. And one down, 35 to go.”
Guitarist Phil Collen known as the expertise “wonderful,” including that “all the pieces that might have gone unsuitable did.” “We had form of like a hurricane, storm — no matter that was — coming via. And simply drenched. The drums went off at one level. We carried on like nothing had occurred. And we performed the brand new songs, and so they had been nice — they only slotted straight in, like every of the classics.”
Watch Def Leppard’s Recap Following the Stadium Tour’s First Present
Def Leppard’s set featured 4 songs from their just lately launched twelfth studio album, Diamond Star Halos. The band performed one warm-up gig earlier than the Stadium tour started, a membership present on the famed Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles. Previous to that, their final live performance was in November 2019.
The Stadium Tour will wrap throughout America, with dates scheduled via September. Def Leppard and Motley Crue will take turns closing the present on alternating nights.
Although the Crue’s set didn’t function any acts of nature, it was notable for a special motive. Drummer Tommy Lee excused himself from behind the drum equipment after 5 songs, explaining to the gang that he sustained 4 damaged ribs just lately and was informed to not carry out. He was changed by session drummer Tommy Clufetos, who completed out the present.
“The truth that Tommy was informed by the physician to not play with 4 damaged ribs & he beasted half our present is a miracle,” bassist Nikki Sixx tweeted the morning after the live performance. “We’re a band and are happy with his energy. He’s doing the entire tour and day-to-day including extra songs. What a fucking animal.”
