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Def Leppard/Foreigner/Tesla Review By Aaron Chalich

I finally got to see Def Leppard in concert at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN last night.

Def Leppard’s show started at about 9:25pm and they blew me away.

They were hidden behind a huge curtain that said “Def Leppard” and they opened with “Let’s Get Rocked,” which had the entire Xcel Energy Center exploding out of their seats.

Joe Elliot sounded amazing and so did the rest of the band.

They played “Love Bites,” “Animal,” “Rocket,” Armageddon It” and of course “Pour Some Sugar On Me.” Def Leppard has an awesome stage show and I really liked how they used the background and stage monitors to display videos during their show.

I really enjoyed the Def Leppard/Foreigner/Tesla concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN a lot. Like I said before it was one of the best concerts that I have seen this year.

By KSTP ABC News 2015.

Read the full review at - kstp.com

By Sleazegrinder

It doesn't matter how old you are, or they are, or what year this is, everybody just wants to scream along to Rock of Ages. The band looks great, incidentally, and if there are creaks and groans behind the scenes, they do not take them out on stage. Their set, as you might expect, is littered with Pyro/Hysteria-era cuts, but some earlier (and later) hits crop up as well. Like Euphoria's down-tempo bummer Promises, brought down further by a video backdrop of crying children and war scenes.

Following it up with the soppy ballad Love Bites could cripple a lesser band, but then they rev things back up with Armageddon It, and everything is fine again. The onslaught of rock is broken up mid-set with some razzle-dazzle - Elliott takes center stage solo for an acoustic, crowd-assisted Two Steps, and then dons a top hat for a campy romp through Dave Essex' Rock On. Rick Allen's drum solo is a joyous triumph over adversity, but thankfully it's also fairly brief. We're not here for virtuosity, after all, we're here to tease a little and squeeze a little. And speaking of adversity, some of the colossal backdrops are so impressive - a wall of blinking TVs, a neon-lit street scene - they threaten to engulf the band whole. They're most effective during Hysteria, which serves as a video tribute both to the early days of the band and in particular fallen comrade Steve Clark. Pour Some Sugar On Me is the last song of the set, and it gets the biggest reaction. The aisles flood with middle-aged, Midwestern dancers, arms flailing, legs kicking, completely enthralled with what has got to be one of the most over the top Sweet rip-offs ever concocted. Really, nothing about this loony song should work – it's Def Lep trying to write an 80's rap song, basically – but it's so insanely infectious everyone, including the band, is lost in the rush.

It ends exactly as you hope it will with a triumphant encore of Rock of Ages and Photograph, perhaps the most perfect one-two punch of pop-metal candy ever created. Before they make their grand exit, the band promise to come back next year, maybe even with some new songs. The crowd roar their approval. They may be hurtling towards their fourth decade as a band and their greatest hits are probably already written, but if tonight is any indication, none of that matters. There's plenty of life left in Lep.

By Classic Rock 2015 - Note: 'Paper Sun' was played, not 'Promises'.

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