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By Leslie Michele Derrough

Playing on a Thursday night as a make-up date due to the passing of Joe Elliott's father, the electricity was humming through the crowd when Def Leppard hit the stage. "Mighty big noise you're making out there," Elliott said to their very vocal legion of fans. "We like that". Elliott's vocal chords are still amazing and Phil Collen's guitar is still so fiery you can hear it sizzling as he touches the strings. Allen is supersonic on the drums, never missing a beat to keep the blood pumping, Vivian Campbell is so subtly versatile and Rick Savage has an arsenal of beautiful basses with an unbeatable rhythm. By the time these guys had finished their set, there was still enough energy to keep going another two hours.

So what did the fans think of the concert? Longtime follower Jeff told me that he had seen the band about twenty times over the years and "the show I witnessed was just as good as the first time I saw them back in 1983". That says a lot for a band who has been around since before the days of hair metal, survived the tragic loss of guitarist Steve Clarke, wallowed in the high of Hysteria and kept their music rocking during the days of grunge while becoming inspired by the spirit of drummer Allen when an accident took his arm but failed to take his heart.

By Glide Magazine 2011.

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