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By Patrick McDonald

Opening with an orchestral recording of God Save The Queen, red curtains drew back in a replica of the UK hair metal band's latest CD cover Songs from the Sparkle Lounge to reveal a gigantic video screen with a montage of its history, before a missile emblazoned with the Union Jack blasted off to the crunching chords of Rocket. Keeping with the carnival theme, the band was portrayed as animated circus freaks on Animal, then joined by an all-star cast of thousands for C'Mon C'mon. Like the metal anthem Go, it showed the instantly catchy quality and strength of the group's new material.

The big power ballads - Love Bites, Two Steps Behind - built from gentle intros to spectacular conclusions, aided by a light show that mixed flash with fury. All the big hits were there, from Armageddon It to the hundreds of cascading band images project during Photograph, the thundering call-and-response of Pour Some Sugar on Me and Rock of Ages. We even got "footcam" close-ups to see the fancy pedal work of one-armed drummer Rick Allen, who also scored an impromptu chorus of Happy Birthday from the audience.

By Adelaide Now 2008.

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By Bobby Tyger

It was great to see that Go made the set with Love Bites receiving rapturous applause. For me the acoustic set was a little hum drum for my liking with Two Steps Behind and Bringin' On The Heartbreak being stripped back and a chance to regroup before launching in to Hysteria, Armageddon It and the very popular Photograph. Rick Allen celebrated his birthday the night before and Joe told a story about how he was playing drums on his sixteenth birthday, opening for AC/DC. The crowd sung happy birthday with Joe holding out the microphone for full effect.

The set closed out with Pour Some Sugar On Me and Rock Of Ages before returning for a one song encore with Let's Get Rocked. I'm sure they could have done a couple more but did seem like a timely point to exit. Interestingly enough once the band left the stage the lights dimmed giving a false impression that there would be more but not be... hopefully it's not another sixteen years before another return.

By Fasterlouder 2008.

By Craig Farmer

Later, Joe Elliott was also spotted behind the stack, having his straightened hair 'seen to'. Who said hair bands were dead? Def Leppard put on a visual spectacle from the word go, with a Union Jack appearing on a huge screen, to God Save the Queen. Rocket got the crowd wound up and predictably it was all the old favourites that hit the spot, such as Animal, Love Bites and Pour Some Sugar on Me. It wasn't until the encore, Let's Get Rocked, that the band seemed sure that they had brought the timid Adelaide crowd out of its shell.

Earlier, Australian up-and-comers The Galvatrons had warmed the crowd sufficiently, led by the hilarious, arm-raising guitar-hero antics of Johnny Galvatron.

By Leader Messenger 2008.

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