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Def Leppard shares a 'Whole Lotta Love' By Bill White

Although his voice has lost some of its clarity, and he is becoming somewhat pudgy around the middle, Elliot's rock star moves were intact. Striding the stage like a runway model, he was connected to the music and the audience was connected to him.

The concert got off to a rocking start with a body-jolting version of "Let It Go," from 1981's "High and Dry." One-armed drummer Rick Allen pushed the beat through "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" and "Make Love Like a Man" until guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell slowed the pace with a melodic intro to "Bringing on the Heartbreak."

Three- and four-part harmonies added a melancholy theatricality to ballads such as "Too Late for Love."

"If your voices are in good shape and you are game for a little sing-song, join us on this one," invited Elliot on the acoustic "Two Steps Behind."

Thrown off by the singer's out-of-time guitar strumming, the crowd didn't quite blow the roof off the place, as Elliott had hoped.

By Post Intelligencer 2003.

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