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Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), ...

from their 9th album Euphoria. It charted at #11 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts. It failed to chart elsewhere, however. It is included on the second disc of the compilation album Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection.

Overview

Lyrically, the song is about the Omagh bombing which occurred on August 15, 1998. After being omitted from tour set lists since the Euphoria World Tour in 2000, the song returned to Def Leppard's set list for their 2015 World Tour with Tesla and Styx and was played during the 2019 Las Vegas Residency .

Charts

References

Def Leppard songs 1999 singles Anti-war songs Protest songs Songs based on actual events Songs written by Phil Collen Songs written by Vivian Campbell Songs written by Joe Elliott Songs written by Rick Savage 1998 songs Mercury Records singles Songs about The Troubles (Northern Ireland) {{metal-song-stub