Since Ronnie James Dio and Jimmy Bain had played keyboards on the record, they recruited keyboardist Claude Schnell for live shows in 1983 and the following Holy Diver tour.

The remaining members were joined by guitarist Craig Goldy to release Dream Evil in 1987 before the departure of Bain, Appice and Schnell.

[2] Rehearsals continued in the following weeks before Campbell had to re-join Def Leppard on their 2012 Rock of Ages Tour, which resumed in December.

[6] Campbell's former Sweet Savage bandmate Ray Haller filled in for Bain during the band's next performance at Loudpark Festival in Tokyo on October 20.

[10] After auditioning bass players, bassist Phil Soussan joined the group to fulfill a small set of booked shows in April and May.

On January 24, bassist Jimmy Bain died while on Def Leppard's Hysteria on the High Seas concert cruise promoting Heavy Crown.

The band had planned to finish it that year, but it had been pushed back due to members' existing commitments with Def Leppard.

The band now included seasoned bass player Phil Soussan for the recording of the album, which was released on February 22, 2019 via Frontiers.

The culmination of this tour was a slot at the prestigious Download Festival in the U.K. During that show it was decided to play a set of predominantly all original material as an experiment, the resulting performance giving a surge of confidence to the Last in Line concept, having been so exceptionally well received.

As with the rest of the industry, a heavy proposed touring schedule planned for 2020, including several major music festivals had to be canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"[17] In 2022, Last in Line issued A Day in the Life, a limited-edition silver disc EP that featured the Beatles track of the same name.