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By Leslie Michele
Def Leppard would have their hands full in topping those two bands and they did a mighty fine job holding their own. They had the big numbers, the big screens behind them, the big drums and the big guitars all propelling them into the fans’ faces for hit after hit after hit: “Foolin’,” “Love Bites,” “Hysteria,” “Let’s Get Rocked,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Rock Of Ages,” “Rocket” and “Armageddon It.”
It was great to see “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak” turned back into the rock anthem it started out as, before they rearranged it acoustically for a midset spotlight number. Here is was even stepped up a notch to kinetically segue into Collen’s guitar frenzy, “Switch 625,” a definite highlight for Collen, drummer Rick Allen and bass player Rick Savage, whom Elliott introduced earlier as his best friend.
Leppard has certainly had it’s share of troubles over it’s almost forty year career – from Allen’s near-fatal car wreck that took his left arm, the death of guitar player Steve Clark, Vivian Campbell’s fight with cancer and the disappointing sales of their last few records – but it’s only seemed to make the unit stronger, the band members closer and the live shows more energetic. That camaraderie is, as Allen told me in a 2012 interview, “the driving force behind why we do this, why we make music together.” Added Campbell in a 2013 interview, “It’s not like we’re The Monkees and we wear matching pajamas and live in the same house or anything like that (laughs) but we do have a healthy respect for each other and we learn to listen to each other and creatively to work together.”
By Glide Magazine 2016.
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