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By David Burke

Def Leppard, in its 25th year of touring the United States, put on a much more animated show than the comparatively subdued Adams.

Complete with video, light effects and an even more receptive audience (there were 20 Def Leppard T-shirts in the crowd for every Adams shirt), the band rolled through its hits, including "Hysteria," "Foolin'" and "Rock of Ages."

Its set also included a rocked-out cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What," part of a tribute album to the band's influences that is due out later this year. (Other songs from the upcoming album were promised, but early deadlines wouldn't allow them to be seen to fruition.)

Quad City Times 2005.

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IBy Tim Seward

Like Adams, Def Leppard ladened its set with classics from their monster '80s albums. "Women" sounded great, as did the ballad "Hysteria." "Rocket," "Photograph" and "Rock of Ages" still sound as crisp and metallic as they did 20 years ago, and still had the power to bring audience members to their feet.

The set included a couple of curious covers: Badfinger's "No Matter What You Do" and the David Essex tune "Rock On," which Michael Damien rode to a hit in 1989. The former sounded pretty good, while the latter should have remained reserved for soap opera actor/rock star-wannabes. Def Leppard redeemed its rock heritage, though, with two great closers -- "Bringing on the Heartbreak" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - that whipped the audience into a new frenzy.

During the bulk of the tunes, the video screen behind the stage interspersed old concert footage, MTV videos, live action and other cool images. For "Rocket," it flashed a montage of famous British rockers like David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust era, Robert Plant and Freddy Mercury. It was as if Def Leppard was trying to etch its way onto the all-time great Brits list. After 25 years of hits, they certainly deserve to be there.

Quad Cities Online 2005.

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