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By Gerry Krochak

Led by the British hard rock veterans, it was a big, dumb rock show, and man … it sure felt good!

None of us can sing (or do much of anything) the way we used to, but Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott leaned into set opener Let’s Go, before the crowd really erupted for Animal and Let It Go from the 1981 killer, High ‘N Dry. It was on!

“Good evening, Calgary-eeeee,” he bellowed from a clean, well-lit stage backed by three giant video screens. “So this is what you do here on Saturday night here, is it? Holy s—, this place looks great!” he added, marvelling at the massive and boisterous crowd.

Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell traded riffs through Dangerous, but there was no need to focus on new-ish material when Foolin’ (from ’82s landmark Pyromania album), Love Bites and Armageddon It were in store.

The David Essex cover of Rock On was a decent touch, but the crowd got louder and louder as the group pulled out the heavy artillery with Rocket, Bringin’ On The Heartbreak, Let’s Get Rocked and Pour Some Sugar On Me.

The encores? Photograph and Rock Of Ages, natch. 90 minutes? Not enough when babysitters were in place until at least midnight.

By Calgary Herald 2017.

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