Def Leppard News - DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT On Possible 2020 DOWN 'N' OUTZ Tour

Monday, 4th November 2019

DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT On Possible 2020 DOWN 'N' OUTZ Tour

By Chele Drappel

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott was interviewed in October by Michigan radio about the new Down 'n' Outz album This Is How We Roll.

Joe spoke to Meltdown on WRIF to promote the new Down 'n' Outz This Is How We Roll album.

The interview was conducted on 7th October before the two recent live shows in Manchester, TN and Sacramento, CA.

Joe talked about the Down 'n' Outz/Musical Style, Side Projects, Sin City Residency and Def Leppard 2020 Plans/Down 'n' Outz Touring.

Joe mentions the possibility of the Down 'n' Outz touring in 2020.

Listen to the full 8 minute interview at the WRIF website.

Joe's part starts at 3:05 mins into the podast and lasts until 11:16 mins.

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Meltdown on WRIF - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes - (Transcribed by dltourhistory)

Sin City Residency

"It was great. It was really fun. You know we did 12 shows over a three week period. We never played the same set twice. We through in some really obscure stuff that we haven't played for many years. Things off High 'n' Dry. We played some stuff that we haven't played for 25/26 years from Pyromania. We played songs we've never played before live ever in front of an audience."

"We really did have fun changing it up every night and great audiences. It was the biggest production we've ever done. So it was, you know, and we got to sleep in the same bed for three weeks."

"You don't get bored in three weeks. You would if you were playing the same set night after night. And I think the fact that we changed up the set every night means that when we went in to soundcheck. We'd have to play these songs. Make sure that we were comfortable to play them that night."

"So it always gives it a bit of an edge especially when you don't really make your mind up which songs you're gonna play until maybe a couple of hours before you go on. You know you're like well what are gonna do tonight?. There's core elements of the set that don't change like the intro, the middle bit and maybe the ending because there's certain songs that you know that a band like us, you can't get out the building alive unless you play them."

"But there is scope for, in and around the ride areas in the set, you know, where you're going from sequence one to sequence two if you like, where you can change things out. And that's what we did and we had a lot of fun doing that."

Def Leppard 2020 Plans/Down 'n' Outz Touring

"We have a festival in Nashville this Saturday which is a weekend. I think Skynryrd are doing the Friday. We're doing the Saturday night and Guns N' Roses are headlining the Sunday. That's gonna be huge."

"We've got a gig in Sacramento, California on the 2nd November and then we truly are done until next year. In which case that's when I try and scramble the guys out of the Down 'n' Outz together to do some shows."

"But like I said their motherships are very busy too. You know I have to grab them when they're not working themselves. So I've gotta go over the calendar for that one. But I'm just happy right now to get this record out because the way that the music industry is right now. It's more important I think that this record goes to radio. It'll be on the Internet. It'll be there for people all over the world."

"If the Down 'n' Outz were to do live shows we're only gonna do a handful. Which means that for the majority of the world they're not gonna get to see us anyway. So if we can do a couple of videos, get the songs on the radio that kind of thing. that really gets the profile of the band across much more than playing live 'cause we're not gonna go out and do 200 shows. It's just not gonna happen 'cause everybody's got real motherships that they have to get back to that there's big demands on."

Down 'n' Outz - This Is How We Roll - CD

01 - Another Man’s War - 4:17
02 - This Is How We Roll - 3:06
03 - Goodnight Mr. Jones - 5:08
04 - Creatures - 4:37
05 - Last Man Standing - 4:29
06 - Music Box - 1:07
07 - Boys Don’t Cry - 3:55
08 - Walking to Babylon - 5:42
09 - Let It Shine - 6:03
10 - Music Box Reprise/Griff’s Lament - 0:46
11 - White Punks on Dope (The Tubes cover) - 6:22
12 - The Destruction of Hideous Objects Part 3 - 1:00
13 - Goodnight Mr. Jones (Stripped Down Version) - 5:10 - (Japanese Bonus Track)
Total Time - 46 Minutes