[ Def Leppard UK - Japanese Sparkle Lounge Tour 2008 ]
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[SETLIST]
[PA] - Sparkle Lounge Intro, [01] - Rocket, [02] - Animal, [03] - C'mon C'mon, [04] - Foolin', [05] - Make Love Like A Man, [06] - Go, [07] - Love Bites, [08] - Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes), [09] - Bringin' On The Heartbreak, [10] - Switch 625, [11] - Hysteria, [12] - Armageddon It, [13] - Photograph, [14] - Pour Some Sugar On Me, [15] - Rock Of Ages, [Encore]: [16] - Bad Actress, [17] - Let's Get Rocked. ------------------------------- [Pic Galleries] - none yet. [Media Center] - 2 Pics [Show Recording] - Tokyo 2CD [Last Played] - 23rd Oct 2008 [Venue Pic Link] - View [Capacity] - 15,000. [Tour Map] - View [Show News] - Here [Support Act] - Whitesnake |
Show 60 - FRI 24th Oct 2008: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, JAPAN. 
[Main Gallery] - 3 Pics from Video Screen during 'Go'. [Show Notes] - The first consecutive nights at the same venue since the November 16/17th 2005 shows in Mexico City. Before last night this venue was last played by the band in June 1996. A much improved setlist from night one with Foolin' and Mirror Mirror returning. Go and Bad Actress played from the new album for the first time in Japan. The video for Go features politcal leaders/news footage with a blue layering effect. During the chorus a white GO logo shakes and moves in and out in time to the lyrics. Black and white news/warfare footage is used during the guitar solo section. See pics above. Setlist thanks to Fujita1o. See media link for pics. Video Footage of Love Bites + TSB @ Soundcheck - Here 
Buy Def Leppard's new album+single Songs From The Sparkle Lounge/C'mon C'mon Buy Man Raze's new album Surreal |
Whitesnake - Best Years, Fool For Your Loving, Can You Hear The Wind Blow, Love Ain't No Stranger,
Lay Down Your Love, The Deeper The Love (acoustic), Is This Love, Guitar Solos,
A Fool In Love, Ain't Gonna Cry No More Today, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Give Me All Your Love,
Here I Go Again, Still Of The Night, Outro: We Wish You Well.
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Media Exert - by Ian O'Malley - [ Link Back ]
Backstage with Phil at Budokan ::
So off we went, grabbed Phil at his hotel and went out for a bite. The next 2 hours were spent with Phil pissing himself laughing during dinner as Derek and I gave him a detailed rundown of the previous 40 or so hours. Post dinner we dropped Phil off and made plans to meet up with him and see the rest of the band during soundcheck the following afternoon at Budokan.
Friday.... Final full day and Gig night. And during the day it pissed rain of the Forrest Gump sideways variety.That was all well and good since it gave an opportunity to get some shopping done and hit the gym. Got to Budokan early to see the guys and also had a chat with David Coverdale of Whitesnake who asked that I send his regards to the Q listenership.
After the typical pre-show backstage stuff we wandered out to our seats. I've said on the air on more than a few occasions (with all respect to concert goers worldwide) that my feeling was a New Jersey based audience was hands down the best and loudest to be found anywhere. Well they now have some serious competition.
Right before the show started, the sold out audience was typical Japanese, unfailingly polite and relatively subdued.Then the lights went down and the Def Leppard "God save the Queen" intro started. The place just exploded. I mean went completely beserk stone cold crazy for the next 2 hours. I've never seen anything like it in my life, and have been to hundreds of shows.The band just totally rocked. I now have a full understanding why so many of my rockstar pals love playing in front of Japanese crowds.
Ian O'Malley © Q104.3 2008 - (Link includes full diary entry/backstage pic of Phil/Video footage).
Fan Review - [ Add Yours ]
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Media Exert - by Ian O'Malley - [ Link Back ]
Backstage with Phil at Budokan ::
So off we went, grabbed Phil at his hotel and went out for a bite. The next 2 hours were spent with Phil pissing himself laughing during dinner as Derek and I gave him a detailed rundown of the previous 40 or so hours. Post dinner we dropped Phil off and made plans to meet up with him and see the rest of the band during soundcheck the following afternoon at Budokan.
Friday.... Final full day and Gig night. And during the day it pissed rain of the Forrest Gump sideways variety.That was all well and good since it gave an opportunity to get some shopping done and hit the gym. Got to Budokan early to see the guys and also had a chat with David Coverdale of Whitesnake who asked that I send his regards to the Q listenership.
After the typical pre-show backstage stuff we wandered out to our seats. I've said on the air on more than a few occasions (with all respect to concert goers worldwide) that my feeling was a New Jersey based audience was hands down the best and loudest to be found anywhere. Well they now have some serious competition.
Right before the show started, the sold out audience was typical Japanese, unfailingly polite and relatively subdued.Then the lights went down and the Def Leppard "God save the Queen" intro started. The place just exploded. I mean went completely beserk stone cold crazy for the next 2 hours. I've never seen anything like it in my life, and have been to hundreds of shows.The band just totally rocked. I now have a full understanding why so many of my rockstar pals love playing in front of Japanese crowds.
Ian O'Malley © Q104.3 2008 - (Link includes full diary entry/backstage pic of Phil/Video footage).