Joe Elliott In Voice Dilemma

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott has explained he had to make the difficult decision to cut short a concert because he risked damaging his vocal cords if he’d kept singing.

Fans were left bewildered when Def Lep failed to reappear for their usual encore at Saratoga Springs, New York, earlier this week.

Now Elliott has spoken out in an attempt to halt the rumour mill going into overdrive.

He says: “After the Boston gig, the first show on the tour where it was actually cold, I caught a hacking cough which just ripped the hell out of my voice.

“Despite all the usual stuff singers do such as lemon tea and steam, it wasn’t going to heal overnight. But I thought, with sufficient rest and plenty of warming up, I might manage to do the show in Saratoga Springs.

“I was ploughing through it as best I could, but by the time we got to Photograph there was barely anything left in the tank and it was starting to hurt. After struggling through Sugar I had to make a decision: do the encore and risk so much damage that we might have to cancel shows, or blow out one song?”

Elliott chose the latter move, then sought medical advice the following day. He was given cortisone injections which cleared up his cough, and says the next show in Bangor, Maine, “was a big improvement, albeit challenging.” READ MORE

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