In May, Def Leppard released the album Diamond Star Halos, their first studio effort since 2015.
And at a state fair you're just one of the attractions, along with a big wheel and firework display, and a juggling pig or whatever. The lead singer continued, "It's the difference between an '80s artist like Madonna doing six nights at Wembley and an eighties package tour featuring Marc Almond and the Thompson Twins at Butlin's. But there's a stigma that comes with it." Still, looking back on the time, the band members certainly felt the sting.ĭef Leppard's Joe Elliott added, "In one sense, state fairs are like every other gig - big stage, big audience. The guitarist ultimately concluded, however, "Fuck it! We're better than this." And as fans have clearly seen from the group since, that rock-bottom moment didn't last long. I thought, I don't want to do this any more." Like, 'Are we going on before the puppet show?' I was so pissed off. They put fucking deck chairs out! It was full-on Spinal Tap. "If you can imagine doing a gig at a carnival. "It was like a carnival," Collen recalled to Classic Rock. Far away from Def Leppard's original stomping grounds of Sheffield, England. For Def Leppard, the mirroring moment happened in the summer of 2005 at a state fair on the banks of the Mississippi River, somewhere in the Deep South of the United States.
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