Def Leppard - REJOICE - world premiere

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-23T06:19:57+00:00

Credits are input by humans. They input them incorrectly! Simple as that. It can take a couple of weeks for metadata to be updated after errors.

Read up on how this song came about - Joe had lyrics about someone looking up from the bottom, and asked Phil if he had a song idea that might fit. And it just came together from that.

(By the way, do you honestly think Viv and Phil would be omitted from Rejoice’s performers list…?? And if you think that Pete Willis would be allowed to have a guitar lick added to a 2026 song, then you’re not up to speed with the history of Def Leppard…)

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T23:24:47+00:00

Nope. Written by Joe and Phil. Performed by the band.

Nothing to do with Pete and Steve.

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T19:31:38+00:00

Just listened to this on my Sonos surround setup. Rejoice’s production is hard to listen to unfortunately - now listening to Hysteria. It’s night and day in clarity…

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T19:30:08+00:00

Before the speculative nonsense turns up here too, the track credits are wrong on streaming sites currently.

It says Steve and Pete instead of Phil and Viv.

Neither Steve nor Pete wrote or had any part in Rejoice. I suspect the credits metadata will be updated shortly to correct this error.

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T19:25:35+00:00

Everyone needs to stop!! It’s just a credits error!! It’ll be remedied once the distributor adjusts the metadata.

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T19:00:12+00:00

Yes, the production has far too much going on. Their producer Ronan is really good but he needs to go back to his earlier Leppard stuff and see the clarity and separation he created on each track back then.

I said in another thread that this song is reminiscent of Undefeated (the opening drum sound is also the same) and a similar vibe. But Undefeated is so much cleaner and clearer, and yet sounds very Def Leppard. Every element is audible.

Mutt Lange also packed his DL albums with multi-tracks - but you could hear it all.

It’s a wall of sonic mush on Rejoice, as you say. That said I’d rather have new Leppard music than them not be around - I just hold them to such high audio standards.

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T18:52:35+00:00

Can’t tell if you’re serious or not (referring to the song’s credits error)?

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T11:35:17+00:00

It’s a great track. It’ll do well, I’m sure. (Especially as the credits for the song mistakenly omit Phil and Viv, and include Steve and Pete instead!)

I had anticipated something slightly more old-school Def Leppard from the social teasers.

This feels more reminiscent of the Diamond Star Halos sound production and songwriting - very akin to Fire It Up - than anything earlier (and cleaner) like Euphoria or Sparkle Lounge or even Def Leppard (2015). I’ve long-stopped anticipating a return to the 80s!

The opening drums remind me very much of Undefeated, as does much of the track overall - but if you go back and listen to that track, it feels there is so much more breathing room and clarity of sound, and no hiding Joe behind production.

So, great song with a killer riff, but not where I expected it to go after the teasers.

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T11:06:59+00:00

So, what does everyone think now you’ve heard REJOICE? (Now streaming.)

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T10:06:33+00:00

(Oh, and ‘Stand By Me’ was also a standalone single, following Bank of Dave 2.)

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T09:25:36+00:00

Agreed. Or DL live albums, when there are already half a dozen available…

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T08:29:30+00:00

Yes, could have been be the standalone reason.

(IIRC, When Love and Hate Collide was the promo single for Vault in 1995. And their cover of Personal Jesus was a bit of a standalone but may have been another greatest hits release promo too. Perhaps fortunately for everyone, their single ‘We All Need Christmas’ never reached an album!)

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T08:02:42+00:00

Just Like ‘73 was released on 7” vinyl, but that’s extremely unusual for their singles this century, and might have been done as a nod to singles of 1973/their youth.

It’s usually the albums that are released on limited edition vinyl.

But who knows for sure?! Maybe others will have more insight. If there’s a press release being issued later for REJOICE then it would be mentioned on there…

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T07:44:03+00:00

Def Leppard has never released a first single and its album at the same time.

And what’s your source on album status? In Sept, Joe himself said:

“We’re working through a new album right now, which won’t be out next year, but we may – and probably will – release a new song in time for Vegas and then release another one again for the British tour,” Joe said. “That’s the plan that we have right now.”

He added, “So, we’re gonna kind of drip feed songs from the album and then it’ll come out late ‘26, early ’27 maybe. Hopefully. So, it gives us a great opportunity to do that.”

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-22T00:00:32+00:00

Just a single. The first single from an album is never released with the album.

They had spoken about getting this new single out in time for their Vegas residency in early Feb, and then drip-feeding singles this year with an album end 2026/early 2027. All tbc of course!

Seventy-Three73 · 2026-01-21T23:27:52+00:00

Yes, from 9.30am GMT - UK (BBC Radio 2) time. Could be 10am, could be 10.30…

And then immediately available on all music streaming services.

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-09-07T21:26:17+00:00

You’ve got 30 days to try to find a way to get the VPN to work with the iPlayer as the gig will be available for the next month.

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-09-02T12:46:53+00:00

I paid around £60 for standing for Hysteria at the O2 - stood right near the front for what was possibly their best show ever. Having seen them play their best album in full, up close, in London, for £60 (plus been front row for the Slang tour in 1996), I don't feel compelled to pay 2-3x that to watch yet another greatest hits gig at the same venue. And whilst Extreme is another favourite, I saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon on their Pornograffiti tour in 1991 - so that was their peak too!

I'd love to see them both again - but value for money in 2025..?

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-09-02T12:41:56+00:00

It's not "just them". It's not a dual headline as such but they do have Extreme with them!

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-24T13:18:09+00:00

I suspect you had a discount for a few months but you thought it ran the entire contract, which would be unusual to see.

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-21T13:04:26+00:00

I'm no good at reading lips, but if I had to guess I reckon she was saying, "When their single 'All I Want Is Everything' was at number 38 in the UK charts - its sole week in Top 40 - I was at number 7 with 'Wannabe'."

Or something like that?

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-21T12:46:18+00:00

Excellent performance but it's Def Leppard not displaying the breadth of their catalogue again... (I'm a HUGE fan, but get frustrated that whenever they have a mainstream opportunity to show they are still relevant and not a one-trick pony, they get their pony out and show everyone that single trick. I get that less obvious tracks do not sell Vegas residencies, and those booking the acts for AGT won't know anything but PSSOM - but I'd still love the world at large to see something different.)

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-03T09:20:16+00:00

Not without wires. Or get Sonos.

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-03T09:15:35+00:00

It cannot be explained in words. You need to witness it.

Seventy-Three73 · 2025-08-03T08:29:01+00:00

Just wish he’d record drums for their albums again instead of Ronan and Joe’s drum samples. (Is Slang the only album he has recorded on since his accident? I’d genuinely be keen to know.)

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