Monday, 10th August 2015
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Def Leppard played a 2015 world tour show in Sioux Falls, SD on 8th August and Joe suffered some vocal issues.
Footage has now emerged online showing Joe explaining the cause of his problems before 'Two Steps Behind'.
Joe tells the crowd he was suffering from a "touch of laryngitis" due to breathing in too many of the fumes from the motorcycles in Sturgis, SD the night before.
He had referenced the bikes and their proximity to the stage on his radio show at the weekend.
See the full Show Report for more on this show.
View the footage below as posted by nkksxx1.
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Joe Elliott - Sioux Falls On Stage Quote
"Now I've got what they call in the business a touch of laryngitis as you can probably tell. So I'd like you all to do me a little favour for the next four minutes. I want you to join me. I want you to join the band OK because as you can see it's just you and me. I need your help OK. I need your help. Can you do it?. So we played Sturgis last night and there was like two hundred thousand million motorcycles and I think I swallowed all the gas that came out of their exhausts and it's took my top end away. But I have every faith that everybody out there can sing the bits that need to be sung what do you think?. It's dead simple. If you know it, sing it Two Steps Behind."
The Joe Elliott Show - 8th August Quote
"Well can you smell the gasoline?. Can you hear the sound of those throbbing bike engines in the background?. About 60,000 of them. There's Harley's. There's Indian's. There's Triumph's. There's all sorts of bikes out there. We are in Sturgis, South Dakota for one of the biggest biker fests for the whole of the summer in the USA. There's a hundred thousand people camping. Just thousands and thousands of amazing bikes. And the great thing about this place is they actually site on their bikes in front of the stage. So instead of clapping at the end of the song, they rev their engines. It's the most bizarre thing you'll ever see or ever hear.
Joe Elliott - 9th August Facebook Quote
"Hey Sioux Falls, South Dakota! Last nite as I'm sure you noticed, my voice completely went out, a combination of swallowing tons of dust & gasoline fumes in Sturgis the nite before & a persistent cough I've had for a week or so ... But the crowd was just amazing ! .. On my side, you knew the effort was there, but the throat was gone .. you took over & sang YOUR hearts out!! I felt awful but you got me through it .. & I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart !! ... Until next time .....Joe"
- Def Leppard - Sioux Falls 2015 Show Page
- Def Leppard - World Tour 2015
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