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Def Leppard will be on European tour in 2026 – and also stop in Germany. The band around Joe Elliott comes to Dortmund in June. Support are extremes.
Def Leppard
Live 2026
Support: Extreme
Tue. 23.06.2026 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
Telekom Prio Tickets:
Wednesday, 03.09.2025, 10:00 a.m. (online presale, 48 hours)
www.magenamusik.de/prio-tickets
Ticketmaster Presale:
Thursday, 04.09.2025, 10:00 a.m. (online presale, 24 hours)
www.ticketmaster.de/presale
General advance booking:
Friday, 05.09.2025, 10:00 a.m.
We recently reported:
Joe Elliott from Def Leppard defends himself against allegations of cheat
Def Leppard has been active since 1977. Although with changing sequences and a drummer who lost an arm in a tragic accident, but always full of passion.
Most recently there were rumors that the band helps on stage with trickery with the sound. We are talking about backing tracks used. A YouTuber set a video that has now also arrived with the musicians and is causing astonishment. ”Usually I don’t comment on something like that, but a friend of mine has just sent me a link to something on YouTube, a recent post from me, I do not know his name, chuck from testament, I think, and Chris Holmes who accused us of using backing tracks,” said the singer, ”said the singer,” said the singer, ” “Stereogum”. “I’m not angry about it. I feel flattered because your standards have to be very different from ours. If someone thinks we use backing tracks, it must mean that when he hears us, he cannot believe how good it is in reality.”
Keyboards and drum loops
Without a tool, Elliott admits that Def Leppard naturally does not manage at concerts. But these are sound effects for the voice. “God, who wouldn’t do that? If four people sing, we use effects. There are no ligaments with backing vocals,” said the 64-year-old.
In addition, keyboards and drum loops would be used. “Even two -armed drummer use loops, but when Rick plays a song like ‘Rocket’, i.e. a cacophony of Toms, it is simply something that you can’t do with one arm,” explained Elliott. “So, yes, we use a triggered loop that is part of his drumkit, but Larry Mullen (drummer of U2, editor’s note) has been doing this for years. Thousands of other drummer did that to improve their sound. But we never used backing tracks.
Def Leppard’s front man finally said that he would like to invite all the doubters to face the side of the stage with a headphone so that they can hear what really comes off the stage. The band is on North America tour from July to September. Her orchestra album “Drastic Symphonies” last year appeared last year.