Boston/Mansfield, MA - Media Reviews

By Heaven Metal Addiction

Sixteen songs in 90 mins, not a bad setlist. Anytime you can get two songs from HIGH 'N' DRY (1981) and 'Mirror, Mirror' was a total surprise. Now imagine my plight: I'm alone surrounded by screaming women of all ages. There is one guy next to me and he is obviously only there for his girlfriend. The first four songs roll by, every woman in the place is going bananas and then Def Lep does two songs that weren't MTV anthems. I'm going nuts, singing word for word, and all these ladies are asking "Is this a new song?" - I love "diehard" fans! Nothing would please me more if the band came back next year and played non-hits from the first three albums or play EUPHORIA (1999) or X (2002) in their entirety.

The band played well but Joe Elliot's voice isn't what it used to be. At times he struggled but he did get better as the night wore on. If they had gone two hours, he would have sounded great. I also noticed that Joe's gotten a bit larger over the years! haven't we all? Seriously, I think the Leps get a bad rap for their commercial side but they really played well, with a ton of energy, and they sounded great. My only complaint was that they didn't do the same encore as last year. Actually, there was no encore this year, they quickly ran off, changed guitars and played 'Rock Of Ages'. If they stayed true to their M.O., they should have played 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' to end the show and I could have gotten a head start to the car! Nothing is worse than 'Sugar', especially with every woman, casual fan, and non-fan singing the words. If I had to hear another woman say she wanted insert band member here to pour sugar on her, I would have killed! Best song of the set: 'Mirror, Mirror' amp; 'Another Hit And Run'.

By Heavy Metal Addiction @ 2007.

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