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Saturday, 18th October 2003
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Edinburgh, Scotland - Media Reviews

By Graeme Green

MOST bands wouldn't dare to show their faces in public having committed the crime against music that is Let's Get Rocked. But with the Darkness making 80s rock cliches popular again, there's probably no better time for Def Leppard to make an appearance.

Leppard's songs were always pretty bad but, with rock'n'roll, poor material can occasionally be salvaged by the vitality of the delivery. Sadly, Def Leppard's pace has slowed since their heyday and the performance is stale.

In Edinburgh for the first time since 1988, Lead singer Joe Elliott looks frankly knackered as the band huff and puff through their ultra-hygienic songs about rock and love. Everything from 1987's Hysteria album is met with roars of approval, while paler material receives deserved indifference.

'Pour Some Sugar On Me' raises a smile with its "You've got the peaches, I've got the cream" lyric, and two decades of experience culminates in some of the most finely executed rock posturing ever seen. Apart from these entertaining diversions, its like hearing the same joke over and over again.

By The Scotsman 2003.

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