Perth, WA, Australia - Media Review Quotes
By Jessica Willoughby
Emerging with a monster sound and a set packed full of adrenaline-surging hits, there was non-stop fist pumping and full crowd sing-along's until the very last beat.
Not taking any changes with song choices, they were there for the instant crowd pleasers.
Rocket, Animal and Let's Get Rocked were slotted against acoustic picks like Two Steps Behind - with the four stringsman, Elliot included, taking up the warmer instruments for a intimate moment. Campbell and the shirtless Collen were always up for a bit of sword fighting, using their fret-skills as the medium.
The wares of bassist Savage and the formidable one-armed drummer Allen led the opening to Rock On.
But the night's biggest moment came through a live televised Telethon appearance for Pour Some Sugar On Me, every fan rising to the occasion.
By Perth Now 2011.
Read the full review at - perthnow.com.au
By Polly Coufos
High-definition screens surrounded Def Leppard, and it seemed entirely appropriate for a band that rose to prominence in the MTV era and went on to sell more than 40 million albums.
In a show where little was left to chance, the band made a fair fist of re-creating producer and songwriter Mutt Lange's epic 80s productions, and when the sound matched the effort - as on the driving instrumental Switch 625 - it was awesome. On the other hand, the dramatic switch from acoustic to electric instrumentation during Bringin' on the Heartbreak was ruined by the less-than-dynamic sound.
For the most part Def Leppard plundered its 80s heyday and its hair metal anthems such as Animal, Love Bites, Two Steps Behind and Armageddon It. The band and its songs have aged better than expected.
They came, they saw, they rocked. Next.
By The Australian 2011.
Read the full review at - theaustralian.com.au
By Simon Collins
The title track to their biggest album, 1987's Hysteria, shepherded in the horny brace of Armageddon It (geddit?) and breakthrough belter Photograph, with scrapbook pictures proving that while the faces may wrinkle, the hair remains the same.
Def Leppard re-routed their second Australian tour in three years so they could be in Perth for Telethon, busting out the main set finale, Pour Some Sugar on Me, for people in TV land as well as fist-pumping fans. Their involvement with the charity proved they have hearts of gold under that Sheffield steel.
There was plenty of pure, uncut rock on Saturday night, so it was apt that Def Leppard closed the evening with 1983 favourite Rock of Ages, bringing us full circle with the glorious refrain of "still rolling, rock and rolling". Rock on.
By The West Australian 2011.
Read the full review at - thewest.com.au
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