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By Gerry Krochak

Clapping, cheering, singing and dancing as opposed to head-banging, the majority of the crowd was on its feet from the opening chord until the final bow. They were clearly ready for a good old-fashioned rock show -- and they got one. Topical matter was light and fun (what did you expect from a group who night after night, in all seriousness, sings the lyric, "You got the peaches I got the cream") and quite frankly, just what the doctor ordered on this late summer evening. Kitschy? No question. And despite some dopey lyrical content, Def Leppard is rarely cheesy.

Moving back and forth across the massive stage lit up with brilliant shades of blue, green, purple, red and white, Elliott led guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen through heavy doses of Pyromania and Hysteria, including the hits "Foolin' " "Too Late For Love" and the title track from Hysteria, before launching into the title cut from the band's 1996 commercial dud, Slang.

After the acoustic interlude of Two Steps Behind, (from Retro Active) and "Now" (from last year's X comeback), the group got back on track in a big way with "Women," the aforementioned "Rocket" and the Marilyn Monroe-inspired nugget and breakthrough hit, "Photograph."

The crowd was going wild and the band only threw gasoline on the fire with "Animal," "Armageddon It" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" to conclude the main set in spectacular fashion.

The leather-lunged throng roared long and loud before Elliott walked back up to the microphone and promised that, "If after 20 years, you're still cheering like this ... we'll be back again and again."

By Leader Post 2003.

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