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By Stephanie Dore

Speaking of looking good – how old is Phil Collen? With his wife’s name tattooed across his perfectly rippled abdomen and sporting heavy boots and a matte black guitar, Collen could give Magic Mike a run for some serious cash. As he paraded down the stage with Campbell during the instrumental badassery of “Switch 625” I watched my seatmate’s jaw drop and there were observations about whether he was oiled up or not. I’ve got my money on sweat, but I wouldn’t put it past a rock star to play to the masses. Clad in all black leather bassist Rick Savage certainly wasn’t losing any style points either.

Pulling on heartstrings DL then jumped into “Hysteria,” set against a massive video projection of old band footage including the late guitarist Steve Clark. Their production value for the show was on point, full-on video, amazing lighting, and yet it never felt like too much. The backdrop for “Rocket” actually made it look like a colossal wall of vintage TVs was set up across the stage, embellished with memories and album covers and the Union Jack. This was also pretty much the only way to see legendary one-armed drummer Rick Allen, as his smiling face flashed across the big screens.

The entire show was on point, with minimal banter, maximum rocking out. The all ages crowd – and there were definitely all ages there – sang right along for the entire set. And they closed the main show with the big one, giving a spectacular performance of “Pour Some Sugar On Me” to a full house of fans, some who were walking away with massive hauls of merch, others who finally learned that Def Leppard plays way more hits than you knew.

By Seattle Music News 2015.

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