2016 also saw the group play a few Japanese dates and the Legends Rock Cruise.
A live album and DVD, Memories in Rock , was released in late 2016.
In late 2016, Zac Baird left the live band after 10 years.
Def Leppard then returned to North America with REO Speedwagon and Tesla in early-2016.
In Late 2016, the band supported Bullet for My Valentine on a European tour.
In 2016, Bullet for My Valentine announced that drummer Michael Thomas would sit out for a few months to be with his wife as they were expecting their first child. Jason Bowld, former drummer of Pitchshifter and Tuck’s bandmate from AxeWound, became Thomas’ replacement.
which was released in January 2016.
Vocalist Jizzy Pearl departed the band at the end of 2016 to concentrate on his solo career, and was replaced by former Adler’s Appetite and Icon vocalist Seann Nicols, formerly known as Sheldon Tarsha . On February 13, 2017, the band announced that they would release a new album Road…
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On November 29, 2016, Pearcy, Croucier and DeMartini announced that they had expelled Blotzer from the Ratt partnership and announced their own Back for More Tour.
During the break following their 2015 tour, Def Leppard led the Hysteria on the High Seas concert cruise aboard the MSC Divina in January 2016. Joe Elliott became ill with laryngitis on the night of their cruise performance. This led to the band performing without Elliott for the first time…
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