Global rock icons DEF LEPPARD have unveiled their latest single, “Rejoice”. The energetic track arrives ahead of the band’s highly anticipated return to Las Vegas for “Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace — The Las Vegas Residency”, kicking off February 3. “Rejoice” is now out on all streaming platforms via UMe. Check out the official lyric video below.
On the creation of the song, DEF LEPPARD lead singer Joe Elliott shares: “This song’s been an amazing journey from concept to conclusion. I said to Phil [Collen, DEF LEPPARD guitarist] one day, ‘I’ve got this idea for a lyric where the narrator is at absolute rock bottom and wants to rise up to a higher level. Do you have a musical piece that might match with that?’ And he said, ‘As it happens, yes I do.”.
Collen adds: “I had this riff, this idea for a song a while ago actually, so when Joe came to me I created this drum loop based with a tribal sound and it fit perfectly with this other arrangement I had. I sent it to Joe and it was like magic — he sang straight over the top of it. And that’s how the song was formed. Then we gave it to Ronan [McHugh] who’d done a proper drum loop with different sounds. It all started gelling and just sounded like a powerful chant. We love it. It’s hard rock for us. It’s got a bit more of an ‘oomph’ than stuff we’ve been doing for a while. It’s kind of magical”.
Fans can look forward to an all-new, electrifying show, featuring “Rejoice” performed live alongside classic hits from DEF LEPPARD’s legendary catalog at their Las Vegas residency. “Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace — The Las Vegas Residency” runs through February 28, 2026, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. These upcoming shows follow the band’s sold-out residency runs in 2019 and 2013.
