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By Simon Rushworth

Having thrilled a passionate home crowd in Sheffield 24 hours earlier, reaching the same heights in Newcastle was always going to test the mettle of the Steel City heroes. That need to raise their game again, coupled with Coverdale's incredible triumph, clearly affected a band synonymous with slick showmanship and some of the most memorable hair metal anthems in the history of rock.

Where Coverdale's rendition of Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City moved grown men to tears, Joe Elliott's Bringing On The Heartbreak fell strangely flat. There was no doubting Leppard's effort, but the spark was missing. Armageddon It raised fist-pumping spirits and twin guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell were worth the admission money alone as they ripped through a flawless array of supercool riffs.

Not surprisingly, pockets of fans drunk on nostalgia lapped up every note of every song and Let's Get Rocked was a raucous finale. But perhaps the band's 1992 classic should have opened a set which never quite captured Leppard at their barnstorming best.

By The Journal 2008.

Read the full review at - chroniclelive.co.uk

By Nicola Juncar

And for the Leps, Pour Some Sugar On Me and Animal, both from their monster hit album, Hysteria, and Let's Get Rocked, from Adrenalize, got the best reaction.

OK, so the band members were older and more reserved than in their heyday - but so were the crowd.

There wasn't the risk of Coverdale or Joe Elliott, the 6ft-plus frontman of the Leps, diving off the stage for a spot of crowd surfing, but I doubt the mostly middleaged audience would have been impressed by that.

A review of a Lep gig wouldn't be complete without mentioning the fantastic performance by drummer, Rick Allen. This was the sixth time I'd seen him live and it never ceases to amaze me how talented he is; his nickname of 'Thunder God' is truly deserved.

By The Evening Chronicle 2008.

Read the full review at - chroniclelive.co.uk

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