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Post by leopardnk on Mar 12, 2022 9:57:16 GMT -8
It looks like more of a death-prog-metal band cover... Cool if they'll surprise us with something unusual to them. Musically too.
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Post by DesertSun81 on Mar 12, 2022 9:58:55 GMT -8
Not getting my hopes up on this but if we are getting clues this often I am thinking an announcement is very close. I'm starting to think even Monday is not out of the question. Maybe we should start placing bets.  |
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Post by CindyJ on Mar 12, 2022 14:05:09 GMT -8
Anyone subscribe to Fireworks magazine and has received this April - June issue? It doesn't hit UK shops until March 17th (*that* date again) but subscribers are already receiving it. Supposedly there is information of interest in it.  |
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Post by direheroics on Mar 12, 2022 17:19:32 GMT -8
Days
Hours
Seconds
Curious that a certain number of them are capitalized...
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Post by tcreining on Mar 12, 2022 17:42:31 GMT -8
Just made a possible connection!? The last news update on the official site was February 17th( the 5 additional dates for the Stadium Tour 2022.) So, maybe there is a correlation to days hours seconds leading to 3/17?!
I am wondering and looking VERY much forward to when we get an new overhaul to the official site for all things Def Leppard 2022. Exciting times indeed!
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Post by tcreining on Mar 12, 2022 17:43:00 GMT -8
Just made a possible connection!? The last news update on the official site was February 17th( the 5 additional dates for the Stadium Tour 2022.) So, maybe there is a correlation to days hours seconds leading to 3/17?!
I am wondering and looking VERY much forward to when we get an new overhaul to the official site for all things Def Leppard 2022. Exciting times indeed!
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Post by deef on Mar 12, 2022 20:05:41 GMT -8
So I think the total number of capital D’s H’s and S’ since the first post with them correlate to the number of “Diamonds”, “Stars”, and “Halos” in that black picture the band shared today. I could be wrong, but the emojis make that seem plausible? I still have absolutely no idea what all it means, I just hope it’s the new album!
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Post by dflp83 on Mar 13, 2022 4:52:40 GMT -8
Bryan Adams collaborating with da boys on a song?.. 😏
Rob
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Post by diva on Mar 13, 2022 6:07:18 GMT -8
Everyone on Instagram does think diamond star halo is significant
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Post by diva on Mar 13, 2022 6:08:43 GMT -8
Bryan Adams collaborating with da boys on a song?.. 😏 Rob Bryan should have given them credit for “thought I died and gone to heaven.” Lol. First time I heard that song on my crappy car radio, I thought it was Leppard. |
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Post by Jefflep on Mar 13, 2022 6:13:23 GMT -8
Thanks for reminder not to swear in this forum lol. I don’t want a collaboration, or a 70s glam cover. Please and thank you. Bryan Adams collaborating with da boys on a song?.. 😏 Rob |
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Post by dflp83 on Mar 13, 2022 7:45:24 GMT -8
lol..for some reason..Adams on the cover and some interesting about Leppard was the only thing I can come up with OR Mutt was somewhat involved?
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Post by andylgr on Mar 13, 2022 8:55:28 GMT -8
It wouldn’t surprise me if this album has been done for over a year now. The reason I say that is I’ve been reading a lot of articles recently over the backlog in vinyl pressing plants and bands having to put their order in well in advance. That was further brought home to me this morning when I was watching an interview with Bryan Adams, he said that his new album has been completed for a year and he had to hold on to it because of the 12 month lead time in getting the vinyl pressed and given the resurgence in vinyl he had to wait instead of putting it out last year.
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Post by Shawn on Mar 13, 2022 19:46:58 GMT -8
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Post by deef on Mar 14, 2022 1:58:35 GMT -8
Where did you find this?? So excited!! |
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Post by joseph72 on Mar 14, 2022 7:01:27 GMT -8
Well Alan Hunter just confirmed on Classic Rewind that there will indeed be a new album called Diamond Star Halo and he will be talking to Joe and Phil this Thursday 9am hour!!
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Post by Jefflep on Mar 14, 2022 7:26:15 GMT -8
Wow!!
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Post by tsmith on Mar 14, 2022 7:28:24 GMT -8
With that I saw this article that is from mid 2020 that maybe becomes more relevant. Apologize if this is already is another post here somewhere which it probably is knowing Cindy! Might just give a little insight as to why they picked that as a title (if it indeed is the title). I was fearing we might be getting some 70's glam, throwback type album but maybe more likely is they just like the wording and sound of it  LinkDef Leppard's "Armageddon It" is one of several polished hard-rock hits on the band's blockbuster fourth LP, 1987's Hysteria, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. And it proves an age-old musical truth: You can write whatever bizarre words you want, as long as you set them to a catchy hook. The British quintet was more inspired by T. Rex than Bob Dylan, prioritizing sound over literal meaning. And the title lyric from "Armageddon It," a warped version of the question "Am I getting it?", is the perfect example. And as singer Joe Elliott told Uncle Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show, it was the closest Def Leppard ever came to "embracing the Marc Bolan way of writing." "We were huge fans of T. Rex," he said. "And we often used to say in interviews back in the '80s, when people would be questioning our lyrical ability, 'I'd much rather write Hubcap diamond star halo than The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.'"
The band, he noted, preferred to channel Bolan's imagery than the dense, wordy approach of Dylan. "A 'hubcap diamond star halo' — God knows what one of them is, but Marc Bolan did," Elliott said. "It just had this image of [spaciness] and otherworldliness, [rather] than preachy, Dylan-type stuff. We were in that mold at the time, so we were writing lyrics that were just phonetically friendly. They didn't necessarily have to mean anything."
[/i] Well Alan Hunter just confirmed on Classic Rewind that there will indeed be a new album called Diamond Star Halo and he will be talking to Joe and Phil this Thursday 9am hour!! |
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Post by CindyJ on Mar 14, 2022 7:56:21 GMT -8
Well Alan Hunter just confirmed on Classic Rewind that there will indeed be a new album called Diamond Star Halo and he will be talking to Joe and Phil this Thursday 9am hour!! Listen up: soundcloud.com/ckjohnston/alanhunter/s-GpZFH9hX2WkDiamond Star HaloS |
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Post by desertsong on Mar 14, 2022 8:56:54 GMT -8
Cool to hear Alan Hunter say he "loves" the album. So, I guess he has heard it.
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Post by Jefflep on Mar 14, 2022 8:58:23 GMT -8
😳wow! No kidding! Cool to hear Alan Hunter say he "loves" the album. So, I guess he has heard it. |
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Post by leopardnk on Mar 14, 2022 9:39:21 GMT -8
Really nice cover but too similar to the previous record... And to TSSF comp. Maybe with a green or purple logo would be better IMHO |
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Post by timzy on Mar 14, 2022 9:47:42 GMT -8
That title is a lyric from Bang a Gong, agree with the cover, too plain, needed some color
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Post by andylgr on Mar 14, 2022 9:49:30 GMT -8
That title is a lyric from Bang a Gong, agree with the cover, too plain, needed some color The official cover hasn’t even been released yet. |
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Post by dflp83 on Mar 14, 2022 9:50:06 GMT -8
Interesting title and Mr Hunter has heard the disc then..and loves it.
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
Rob
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Post by timzy on Mar 14, 2022 9:57:59 GMT -8
Yes just jumping to conclusions :-)
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Post by tsmith on Mar 14, 2022 10:16:11 GMT -8
Agree. We don't even know if that's the album cover, or single art or what it is. I will say they've had some fairly simple album covers though so wouldn't be out of the ordinary if it is. I mean, they haven't had very extravagant covers outside of Hysteria in looking at them. I keep thinking I wish they'd use some of Rick's art for a cover as he's created some cool visuals that could work well as album art IMO. That title is a lyric from Bang a Gong, agree with the cover, too plain, needed some color The official cover hasn’t even been released yet. |
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Post by andylgr on Mar 14, 2022 13:51:32 GMT -8
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Post by TurnToDust86 on Mar 14, 2022 13:57:23 GMT -8
Hinting at some song titles perhaps? |
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Post by DesertSun81 on Mar 14, 2022 14:00:49 GMT -8
Just came on to say exactly the same thing. Also a countdown clock up. EDIT nevermind it's a 2 day countdown to the single *facepalm* Hinting at some song titles perhaps? |
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