Rick Allen, top, and Def Leppard still keep a tour-heavy schedule, nearly 50 years into their careers. The band from Sheffield, UK is slated to hold its third Las Vegas residency in February 2026.
The rest of the story is music lore. In a show of steadfast friendship and loyalty, the band stuck with Allen. While the drummer learned to play solely as a righty, engineers developed a custom kit that could be played with a single arm and feet. More than two-and-a-half years after the crash that took their drummer’s left arm, Def Leppard released the follow- up to Pyromania —that album, Hysteria , would reach No. 1 on
Billboard’s album chart, producing seven hit singles and selling more than 20 million copies. Today, nearly five decades since forming, Def Leppard maintains an active touring schedule and a rabid fan base. In 2022, the band released its 12th studio album, Diamond Star Halos , and another is hopeful to drop in 2026. In 2001, Allen and spouse Lauren Monroe, a musician and healing arts educator, launched the Raven Drum Foundation, with
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