Def Leppard UK.

[ X UK/Irish Tour 2003 ]

SUN Feb 23rd 2003: Carling Apollo, Manchester, ENGLAND.

Stage by Andy.
[Pic by Andy.]

[SETLIST]

Disintegrate Intro,
Let it Go,
Action,
Make Love Like a Man,
Foolin',
Too Late For Love,
You're So Beautiful,
Hysteria,
Long Long Way To Go,
Slang,
Four Letter Word,
Promises,
Two Steps Behind (acoustic),
Now,
Women,
Rocket (extended),
Armageddon It,
Photograph,
Animal,
Pour Some Sugar On Me,
Rock of Ages,

Encore:
When Love & Hate Collide,
Let's Get Rocked.

External Links :: [ Venue Pic :: Media Story 12 Pics Fan Review 12 Fan Pics ]


[Show Notes] :: Cap: 5-6,000. Supported by Ricky Warwick & The Darkness. Interesting News: Lee reports that Frank Noon was also at the Manchester show. He spoke to him and Frank said that many of his pics could end up being in a new book all about the X Tour.

Fan Review :: by Andy

No need to go through it song by song, but it wasn’t too different from previous nights with Too Late for Love and the excellent Slang being added. Highlights again were Women and Rocket, in fact all the old songs seem to have been given new live by what seems a rejuvenated Leppard. Judging by the 3 shows I’ve seen on the X tour, if Now, LLWTG and 4LW don’t become future live standards then there is something wrong, they all stood out and they went down really well too, which is rare for new material at a concert.

I had great seats and a chance to see how good the bands performance was and also how good the whole show is, plus the sound in the Manchester Apollo was the best I’ve heard in a venue for a long time. I can safely say that was the best sounding Leps concert I’ve been to.
The bands performance, crowd interaction and the whole spectacle make them well worth seeing and in my opinion they seem better than ever on this tour.

Fan Review :: by Andy B

I must start off by saying that I send my best wishes to Sav who was full of a cold when I met him earlier this afternoon so 'GET WELL SOON SAV'.
Right on with the gig and I must say that the feeling around the theatre that this going to be better then the prevouis concert that I attended on Thursday in Sheffield and that was confirmed when I got in and saw that the fans were really fired up for the gig and coupled with the fact the band have not played here since 1987. It was long overdue for a concert in Manchester because the last time they actually did a gig here was in 1996 at the M.E.N Arena and the band rocked that night so what was I expecting tonight.

I was expecting the same set as Sheffield but as written above I was pleasntly surprized that the set had changed round and some songs dropped like "Rock! Rock!" which I heard in Sheffield and replaced with "Too Late For Love" which I have not whitnesed live since the the Seven Day Weekend Tour in Sheffield in 1992 so that was a pleasent surprize for them to play it and I loved it as I do every other Def Leppard song.
They were really loud yet again tonight and I wasn't complaining. Joe even said to us at the begining of the encore that the band had said that tonights concert was the loudest in terms of people (the audience) shouting & singing they have whitnesed so far on this tour and I must agree with them because it was Definitely louder then Sheffield, and I hope it isnt that long till they come back and tour again real soon hopefully before the end of this tour not. I think more then likely it'll be 2005 when they release a new studio album.

Fan Review :: by Jo

As the doors finally opened (after waiting for 40min in the cold), I legged it to the stage and managed to get a place right at the front by the left speaker.

We listened to a couple of songs by GnR, The Donnas, Queen etc.. until the first act was introduced which was Ricky Warwick. Ricky, who originates from Ireland looks more like he belongs on a ranch in Texas. He was alright but a bit one-dimensional as he had no band with him and just played on an acoustic guitar. The second support act was a bizarre band called The Darkness. The singer wore all pink and had hair that looked like it hadn't been washed for a year. The bass player looks like he belongs in Dire Straits, the drummer looks like an uglier, fatter version of Nikki Sixx and the guitarist looked like he belongs in Led Zeppelin. Their sound was alright but I couldn't stand the vocals, they were awful!

After reluctantly watching the support acts for an hour, the lights dimmed and Def Leppard took to the stage with Disintegrate. During the show, DL played a range of songs from their earliest albums to their latest release X though the songs off Hysteria seemed to get the most applause. Suprisingly, they only played 4 songs off the new album. Joe Elliott spoke to the crowd a couple of times and made a few light hearted jokes about the people sitting being lazy.
The encore was my favourite part of the show as they played, 'Let's Get Rocked' which is probably my fav DL song. The lighting was brilliant and the sound was pretty good generally but it is hard to judge as I was right next to one of the speakers! I knew this wasn't the best place to stand sound-wise but I didn't care, I just wanted to see them all close up! Overall I think they put on a wicked show, it was well-worth the money. I definately want to see them again, and as Joe Elliott promised at the end of the show, they will be back!.


[Recording] :: "ManX" - 2CD :: Good.