Elliott was confirmed for the hot seat in January, after a long history with the Thin Lizzy offshoot including remixed the band's catalogue alongside guitarist Scott Gorham.

But Warwick tells Rock N'Load: "We haven't got Joe producing it. We did have Joe, but he's not doing it any more. He's unfortunately had to pull out of the doing the album, just due to the fact that Leppard have gone insane.