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By Dave Lake

The band opened with a song from their recent Mirrorball album, but beyond that, nearly every other song in the set was a hit, including six, count 'em six, from their Hysteria album alone, including "Love Bites," "Armageddon It" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me." There was a short acoustic portion of the show too, featuring "Two Steps Behind" and the first half of "Bringin' on the Heartbreak," which concluded with the band plugging back in for the bridge and the epic final chorus.

Singer Joe Elliott, who still sounds good all these years later, said the tour was winding down, which he could tell because it was getting colder on stage each night. "It was 111 five days ago in Phoenix," he said. "And tonight its shrivel time." Elliott was ably backed-up by his bandmates, who provided powerful harmonies, another signature of the Def Leppard sound. Other set highlights included a trio of tracks from the band's breakthrough Pyromania record, "Foolin'," "Photograph," which featured old photos of the band on the screens behind them, and show-closer "Rock of Ages," a title now befitting of the band, one of the reigning kings of arena rock.

By Seattle Weekly 2011.

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By Christy Karras

Def Leppard brought an impressive show complete with a multitiered stage, video projections and a lot of sparkle, playing its own string of giant hits, most of which combine upbeat rhythms and grinding guitar: "Let's Get Rocked," "Foolin,' " "Love Bites," "Rocket" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me."

The bands have slowed a teeny bit. But both still prance around the stage, massage their guitars, wave their microphones, swing their hair and demand applause.

That is, both bands play rock the way they and everybody did in the '80s: full of exuberance and enthusiasm the 1990s pushed out of vogue in favor of today's tortured-artist stereotype.

By Seattle Times 2011.

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