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By Kat Main
A hard rocking "Foolin'" followed the interlude with "Hysteria" and "Too late for Love," rounding out the set.
As the scent of fried food wafted over the crowed on a cool late summer breeze, the band introduced a song off of their new album "Now." Titled "X", the new album commemorates the tenth the band has released their 25 years together.
Taking a time out, Elliott also wished his band mate Vivian Campbell a happy birthday, as two women brought Vivian a cake bright with candles. Led by Elliot, the crowd serenaded Campbell with "Happy Birthday," as the guitarist smiled and planted a big kiss on his longtime band mate. After a few more songs, the band leapt into "Pour Some Sugar on Me," their hit off of the 1987 album "Hysteria." Recuperating from the raucous hit, Elliott took time to thank his fans.
By Pennlive/The Express-Times 2003.
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By Becky Bowman
The band was not ungrateful for the support.
''Allentown!'' Elliott shouted. ''Time after time, year after year, it never changes.''
To show its appreciation, the band covered Badfinger's ''No Matter What'' before launching into its final song, ''Let's Get Rocked.''
Because of its tour schedule, the band couldn't participate in its usual charity soccer tournament this year with classic rock radio station WZZO.
By The Morning Call 2003.
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By Carl Noone Jr.
Opening with a blistering rendition of the hard rocking "Let It Go" from the early High and Dry CD, Def Leppard proceeded to stun everyone with a greatest hits set that was performed with perfection and grace. The mature chops of guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Cambell (of DIO fame) blended well with an in-tune voice of Joe Elliot, while Rick Savage helped them pick all the precise moments to let out that perfectly-pitched scream. Early in their set, the hits such as"Rock, Rock Till You Drop", "Bringin' on the Heartbreak", "Foolin'", "Hysteria", and "Too Late for Love" had the entire crowd on its feet, singing every word, almost note for note. A selection of songs from their most recent CD, X, followed, and included a notable "Four Letter Word" and VH-1 video hit "Now". A stunning, all-acoustic version of "Two Steps Behind" proceeded, and gave one-arm Wonder-drummer Rick Allen a break from the kit.
The HYSTERIA hit "Rocket" was propelled to another level with an extended jam in the middle that saw the band segue into "My Generation" by the Who for a few bars. Without hesitation, they pounced their way through "Photograph", "Animal", "Armageddon It", and the ever-popular cheese fest "Pour Some Sugar On Me", nestled in for good measure, before ending the night with now-heavily-sampled classic "Rock of Ages". The overall sound quality was surprisingly loud, yet clean and crisp, with almost no distortion. And the space-age lighting rig did what it was supposed to do....add to the performance instead of BEING the performance. Reds and blues at all the right moments added the warming feel on this cool night just as they were intended. And the fans wanted more of it.
The crowd cheered on, forcing Def Leppard back to the stage. Now almost 2 hours into a memorable show in front what seemed like 5 to 6 thousand, they started an entire encore set that included "Love Bites" and "Let's Get Rocked", with a historical second-ever live performance of the Badfinger early-70's hit single "No Matter What You Are" sandwiched in between to mark the end of an excellent performance by one of the 80's die-hard kings.
By lehighvalley2night 2003.
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