Sunday, 11th October 2015
Phil Collen Auburn 2014
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen recently wrote a song with Tesla and the band will release it in February 2016.
The band confirmed the song will be called "Save That Goodness" yesterday via Facebook and also posted photos from the studio.
View one of their postings below.
The band say its release will coincide with their next tour which starts in February 2016.
Tesla's final show on the 2015 world tour took place last night in Wichita, KS.
Phil told a radio station on 30th September that he was working on a new song with Tesla.
Visit the Album News section. For more news on new music (based on band member quotes) dating back to January 2011.
Tesla - News Quotes
"The guys in Def Leppard have always had a close camaraderie with TESLA since they met in Amsterdam back in 1987, and now for the first time ever the band is collaborating with guitarist Phil Collen writing a new single!! Scheduled to go into the studio at the end of the month, the guys have wasted no time working on the new song by jamming in the dressing room and working out all their guitar parts and lyrics. (See photos) tentatively titled “Save that Goodness”, the new song has an upbeat catchy melody with positive lyrics that sound like classic TESLA despite being penned by Phil himself!"
"Starting in 2016 TESLA has a few recorded surprises coming for y’all…"
"This new song and the other recorded material is scheduled to be released for the February tour!..Stay tuned!."
BREAKING NEWS: Phil Collen of Def Leppard teams up with TESLA in the studio! details at - http://teslatheband.com/tesla2015/oct-9-phil-collen-and-tesla-team-up/
Posted by Tesla the Band on Saturday, October 10, 2015
Voice Of Alexandria - Phil Collen Interview Quote
Working With Tesla
"I'm actually working with the guys from Tesla at the moment. We're actually getting a song together and that's sounding really good as well."
Debbi Blackwell-Cook/Tesla
"And Debbi Blackwell-Cook who sings on Delta Deep. She's actually gonna be involved in this one song. We're doing this one song. It's killer. I don't even know if we're supposed to talk about it yet. But it's a - we're just getting really excited about it. So yeah there's that."
- News Source - teslatheband.com
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