DEF LEPPARD’s new single will reportedly receive its world premiere this coming Thursday, March 17 on BBC Radio 2’s “Zoe Ball Breakfast Show”. The track is expected to appear on the band’s next studio album, which is titled “Diamond Star Halos”, according to a tweet from the DEF LEPPARD fan forum Def Leppard Rock Brigade.
A new web site, www.diamondstarhalos.com, has been launched, featuring a countdown clock that is scheduled to hit zero at 5 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 17. There are also icons of five members of DEF LEPPARD as psychics. By clicking on each individual icon, fans can hear the respective musician “predict the future.”
It’s been 7 years since the band released an album. Their self-titled album was released in 2015.
In 2019, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
As one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and have two albums with RIAAdiamond certification: Pyromania and Hysteria, making them one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling more than 10 million copies in the US.
The band is set to embark on The Stadium Tour with Mötley Crüe and Poison this summer.
