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Def Leppard have released the new single “Rejoice” ahead of their Las Vegas residency beginning February 3rd.
The track is a joyous slab of tried-and-true arena rock, throwing it back to the sound of the band’s seminal album Hysteria. Somewhat unconventionally, singer Joe Elliott’s lyrics were the initial inspiration for the song, with guitarist Phil Collen putting together the musical arrangement to match.
Reflected Elliott in the band’s press release: “I said to Phil [Collen] one day, ‘I’ve got this idea for a lyric where the narrator is at absolute rock bottom and wants to rise up to a higher level. Do you have a musical piece that might match with that?’ And he said, ‘As it happens, yes I do.’”
Collen described the song as “hard rock for us” and having “a bit more of an ‘oomph’ than stuff we’ve been doing for a while.”
“I had this riff, this idea for a song a while ago actually, so when Joe came to me I created this drum loop based with a tribal sound and it fit perfectly with this other arrangement I had,” Collen said. “I sent it to Joe and it was like magic – he sang straight over the top of it. And that’s how the song was formed. Then we gave it to Ronan [McHugh] who’d done a proper drum loop with different sounds. It all started gelling and just sounded like a powerful chant.”
It the band’s first original tune since 2024 and comes just over a week before Def Leppard kick off their Las Vegas residency at the Caesars Palace. The residency runs from February 3rd through February 28th, with tickets available here.
Stream “Rejoice” below.
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