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By Matt Gleason

Sunday night, Elliott and his cohorts obviously knew their fans didn't pay the price of admission just to hear their latest tunes, such as 'Now' and 'Four Letter Word.' It would have been great if they hadn't bothered to play the bombastic love song 'Long Long Way to Go,' but at least Elliott dedicated it to the troops in Iraq.

Def Leppard's glory days are in the past - and they know it - but they seemed to have a genuinely jolly good time plundering their back catalog to wow the crowd. That's why Def Leppard plays the Tulsa Convention Center instead of the Tulsa State Fair. They have such an amazing catalog of rock songs that they can't help but put on a good show.

The performance, which spanned about two hours, included many of Def Leppard's best-known songs culled from the albums "High 'N' Dry," "Adrenalize," "Hysteria," "Pyromania" and "X."

Each of the tunes were three minute reminders of a time in people's lives when, like the band members themselves, they were interested in only two things -- rocking and shagging. Toward the end of the show, it was almost startling how many of the band's songs were immediately recognizable. That could be attributed to classic rock stations playing a variety of Def Leppard tunes on a regular basis.

Tulsa World 2003.

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