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By Jay Cridlin

Elliott took a break from stomping and swaying behind a sequined mic stand to lead the group in an acoustic medley (including Two Steps Behind and Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad) at the foot of a runway, just five guys sitting on a gear case at the edge of the stage. It was choreographed, sure, but this Def Leppard lineup has been steady for 20 years - they deserve a break from pouring sugar every now and then.

The band's set-closing run is practically etched in stone, and for good reason. Photograph inspired such a feel-good vibe throughout the arena. Plenty of women (and more than a few men) showed off their movies during stripper anthem Pour Some Sugar On Me. And the comically outsized Rock of Ages brought all the fist-pumping furor the folks behind the musical probably hoped for when they selected that song as its namesake. Gunter glieben glauben globen, indeed!

Is Def Leppard's best, as they sing on Armageddon It, still really yet to come? Probably not. That tends to happen when a band has been through about 10 of its nine lives, and has lived every possible rock 'n' roll fantasy a hundred times over.

By Tampa Bay Times 2012.

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