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By Tom Murray

Let’s Go and Animal (from the multi-platinum Hysteria) set the tone for the evening, rolling somewhere between weekend party tunes and pure, unabashed nostalgia. Foolin’ and Armageddon It kept the mood going, while Rock On by British pop star David Essex nodded at their roots. They went a little deeper into the Def Lep catalog with a grouping of lesser known songs, ending with Rocket, before giving remarkably preserved bassist Rick Savage and drummer Allen a brief moment to show off instrumental chops.

Singer Joe Elliott took a moment to point out the significance of their 40th year as a going concern, noting that the English scene of 1977 not only featured such hard rock figures as Thin Lizzy and UFO, but also punk rockers The Clash and Sex Pistols; early blueprints for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal that Def Leppard originated from. From there they delivered all of the the hit songs that everyone expected, ending with a satisfyingly sleazy Pour Some Sugar on Me, and on into a short encore ending with Photograph.

By Edmonton Journal 2017.

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