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By Nathan Mayberg
On Saturday, Elliott was the consummate showman, leading the crowd in chanting, waving and noise making. At one point, he berated some in the high-priced front row seats for sitting around on a night when most were on their feet.
Four-fifths of the band have played together for more than 30 years, including drummer Rick Allen who has played with one arm since a 1984 car accident
From the opening bell Saturday with their “Rock! Rock! (Til You Drop),” the lead song off their landmark “Pyromania” album which flowed into an enthusiastic “Animal,” from their “Hysteria,” album, the band didn’t miss a hit.
They played “Foolin,” a signature song off the “Pyromania” album that showed how the band had perfected its news style.
After some slow songs, they played perhaps their best slow song, “Love Bites,” which hit all of the right notes. Elliott once joked that the number one hit song took two years to make.
One couldn’t expect 55-year-old Joe Elliott to hit the scores of screaming high notes that he did in the 80’s that few others could, but he hit most of them on Saturday.
This was Def Leppard’s night.
After the band had played its double encore of “Rock of Ages” and “Photograph” to non-stop rancorous applause, Elliott promised:
“There will be a next time.”
By Warwick Advertiser 2015.
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