Tuesday, 9th December 2014
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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott has been interviewed by the Irish Examiner and commented on having no label for the next album.
Joe talked about U2's Songs Of Innocence iTunes deal, Mott The Hoople, the Down 'n' Outz UK Tour, record labels and living in Dublin.
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Irish Examiner - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes
Record Label
"It's the best feeling ever," he says. "Twenty years ago, if someone said that you'd have called them a liar. People wanted the security of having a record deal - if you had a deal in the 1970s, 1980s, even the 1990s, you were looking at three, four albums. You had a security blanket for five or six years. Nowadays, you get one shot - if your album doesn’t sell, you are dropped. You might as well do it yourself."
U2's iTunes Deal
"They sold it to Apple - it was Apple that gave it away. For me, that was one of the most astute pieces of business ever done by a rock band. I'm sorry. I don't care who you are or how credible your music. If someone like Apple says 'Here's $70m for your album', what manager is going to tell a band to turn that down?"
- Read the full Interview at - irishexaminer.com
- Def Leppard - 2014 Album News
- Def Leppard - Interviews 2014
- Down 'n' Outz - UK Tour 2014
- Previous News - 7th December 2014