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By John Duffy

They started with "Rocket," the 1989 hit that alludes to the groups they most admired: T. Rex, Thin Lizzy, Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Queen, but photographs from their own history paraded across the video screens at the back of the stage.

The power ballad "Love Bites" may have dragged, having to be taken at a lower key than in years past, but the group connected perfectly as it took its last lap with "Armageddon It," "Photograph," and "Pour Some Sugar on Me."

A couple of tunes played on acoustic guitars on the thrust stage about ten rows into the crowd gave the opportunity for a cell phone camera moment.

By Lancaster Online 2007.

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By Kira L. Schlechter

Singer Joe Elliott made a good many of the night's high notes, including on "Foolin,'" but it was hard to hear him. His vocals and those of guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell and bassist Rick Savage were often muffled and muted. Another rarity, "Mirror, Mirror," was stately and featured lovely dual playing from Collen and Campbell but could have been a touch faster.

"(Another) Hit & Run" was beefy and powerful, and was followed by a raw "Love Bites," marked by fine harmony singing and the melodic outro the band has added to live performances. Savage had his turn in the sun with a liquidy bass solo that kicked off a smoking cover of David Essex's "Rock On," from last year's covers collection, "Yeah!"

They all switched to acoustic guitars, even Elliott, for a nicely done "Two Steps Behind," but the real treat was an unplugged take on the ballad "Bringin' On the Heartbreak," not part of their set lists of late.

By The Patriot-News 2007.

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