Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was recently interviewed on The Sessions Panel and confirmed that the band has plenty of new music. He kept the details close, but said the song he has worked on are strong, with recording, overdubs and fine-tuning still underway.
“We are fans of it, so we figure if we are fans of it, then other people are gonna love it.”
Back in September, singer Joe Elliott told Planet Rock that the band is deep into its thirteenth album. You won’t hear it anytime soon. The plan is to drop a new song ahead of their Las Vegas residency and another before their British tour in June. Expect the full album late 2026 or early 2027.
The band’s third Vegas residency, Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency, runs February 3 to 28, 2026 at The Colosseum. Their last two residencies, in 2019 and 2013, sold out.
This January, Def Leppard released a cover of Ben E. King’s 1961 classic Stand By Me, with proceeds going to FireAid to support those affected by this year’s Los Angeles fires. You hear their version in the Netflix film Bank Of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger, right before the credits roll.
Last June, Def Leppard relesed Just Like 73, a single featuring RATM’s Tom Morello. Their twelfth studio album, Diamond Star Halos, dropped in 2022. In 2023, they followed it with Drastic Symphonies, a full-scale reimagining of their biggest songs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road. It spent fifteen weeks at number one on the Billboard Current Classical chart.
The band was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2019, fourteen years after first becoming eligible.
Legends. Would you road trip to Vegas to see a show of Def Leppard’s residency?
