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Fan Review - By Spots

First of all I've been a Def Lep fan since Photograph was played on the radio. By the time I was 19 I could almost play the entire Pyromania Album my favorite songs to play on the guitar is All I Want is Everything, Hysteria, And P.S.S.O.M, Foolin etc. etc. Oh yeah Photograph sounds awesome on my Ovation.

Anyway on with the Show - It was a pleasure sight when Malvin came out and introduced the opening...lets see - man Ricky Warwick. Ricky played an acoustic punk set and it was really good.

After that show the lights went down and you could hear track 10 (Disintegrate) coming out the P.A. from the Euphoria CD with strobe lights flashing amongst the crowd. The instrumental change to Queen's "We Will Rock You" as the light turned all the way down. You could hear Phil with his Cherry Red Charvel Jackson pulling riffs for the song, "Let it Go" and of course the crowd went wild! Def Lep leaped into two other songs as Joe E. would describe as "Slices of the Pie from the High 'n' Dry album" And those songs where "Another Hit and Run" and "High 'N' Dry". I must say Vivian played the guitar solos as if it was Butter!

I'm not to sure if my list the order list is correct but I believe the next songs were Too Late for Love. Joe then finally introduce great song from the new CD You So Beautiful I was really getting my white boy dance groove on at this point when I notice almost everyone in the row in front of me and around me didn't know that this song existed on the Def Lep Catalog. Yes folks, I had the crappy seats in the house the Best seats I ever had a Def Lep was 8th row from the 7th Weekend tour. Anyway "Hysteria" I think was next and I love the intro that Sav plays while Phil and Vivian pull off the harmonic pinch before main riff.

"Long Long Way to Go" is next and Joe announced that Marti Frederiksen is out the crowd. "Four Letter Word" followed and life couldn't get any better for me at this point. "Promises", "Now" and "Women" are the next songs and I love the intro to Women! Phil gets the most Valuable Player award with his technically brilliant guitar solo ever with Women in my Opinion! "Rocket" is so better live with Vivian and Phil duelling guitar solo! I was hoping Joe would do his imitation of Robert Plant's 'Woman you need foolin' but that didn't happen this time. "Animal", "PSSOM", "Armageddon It", "Rock of Ages" followed. The Encore was "Love Bites" and "Let's Get Rocked". During Let's Get Rocked me and my wife moved a little closer to the stage. The stage setting was great with the cover of the X CD in Neon Blue. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak and Switch 625" was in the set somewhere and Rick Allen did an awesome drum roll at the end of the song.

Highlights of the show: Joe introduce Vivian and Allen as hometown boys and I must mention every summer I always go to Laguna Beach looking out for Phil Collen so far unsuccessful at this point. Some punk threw a joint on stage and Joe cool threw it right back. Another funny thing is that some girl wanted Phil to drink out of her beer cup uhhh - should we all tell her Phil hadn't had a drink in over 10 years! Try some Jumble Juice next time! And of course Phil Collen's Charvel Jackson!

The Ring of Fire still burns everyone!.

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Fan Review - By Singchild

Last night, December 11th, was my 5th time seeing Def Leppard live and as usual they didn't disappoint. They were incredible! The band sounded great and Joe's vocals were amazing. They also looked great. Joe was jumping around and "acting out" with his microphone stand just like in the early days.

The opening act was Ricky Warwick, who as you may know from the Def Leppard Official Site or personal experience, has a new record out that Joe worked on the production of. Joe had mentioned in his most recent diary on the official site that it took a lot of guts to be out there on his own with just an acoustic guitar and I totally agree. He got a nice reception from the crowd.

Now, let's move onto the main attraction. First, the opening chords of Disintegrate rang out as the lights went dim. Everyone was going wild. Towards the end of the song, you could see the shadows of the band coming on stage. I always love that moment in a concert when the band first comes on stage.

Forgive me if I am somewhat out of order on the songs, but I was too busy dancing and singing to fully commit the order to memory. They opened with a High 'N Dry set that was amazing. First, there was Let it Go, followed by Another Hit and Run, High 'N Dry (Saturday Night) and Bringin' on the Heartbreak.

Next came a couple from Pyromania, Foolin' and Too Late For Love (I was so stoked to see TLFL in the set list).

After that, I believe Switch 625 was next (always reminds me of Steve), followed by a set of new material from X. I thought the new material came off great, but I did notice that some people in the crowd seemed unfamiliar with it. Such a shame! It's such a great record. Hopefully, if Long Long Way to Go becomes the huge hit I think it can be, that will change. The songs they played from X, or "Ten" as Joe still likes to call it, were You're So Beautiful, Long Long Way to Go, Four Letter Word and Now. Now was great, the best live version I've heard of it so far. It sounded just like the record.

After the "new" set, it was onto Hysteria. I can't remember the exact order, but they played Women, Hysteria, Rocket and Animal. I can't remember if Armageddon It was played during that segment or during the final build-up before the encore. Anyway, they did play it and it was great.

After that, they played Promises and then went in for the kill with Photograph, Pour Some Sugar on Me and Rock of Ages. As I said previously, Armageddon It may have been in this grouping as well. They brought the house down with the final numbers and after many waves and kisses to the crowd, they exited the stage.

After a minute or two of us screaming and begging for more, the Leps returned to the stage for an encore, performing Love Bites and Let's Get Rocked. Vivian performed that beautiful melodic solo that he does during Love Bites. For those of you who have seen Let's Get Rocked live, Joe left out the infamous "I suppose a (if you've seen it you know the words to be inserted here) is out of the question?" He sang it as on the album with "I suppose rock's out of the question?" Perhaps in deference to the younger members of the audience? Who knows?

Anyway, it was another amazing evening to add to the many amazing evenings in the history of Leppardlore.

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Fan Review - By Randy

I have to say that for a band that has been around for as long as Def Leppard, they still put on an amazing show. For whatever reason, this show received absolutely no promotion from the local rock station yet it still sold out. That just goes to show that this band has some really dedicated fans.

On with the show. They opened up with an awesome High N' Dry set then went on to play Foolin' and Too Late for Love. I'm not sure of the exact order of the songs, but I know they played all the favorites and 4 new tracks. It was somewhat disheartening to see the crowds reaction to some of their new material, but that is attributed to the fact that the L.A. rock stations refuse to play their new music.

The band was very energetic and sounded great. I think they looked and sounded as good as they did during the Hysteria tour. It's unfortunate that this band doesn't come out here very often, because there are still many Def Leppard fans in Los Angeles despite the local rock stations efforts to suppress their popularity.

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