From:           	DefLepHER@aol.com
Date sent:      	Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:40:56 EDT
Subject:        	Mansfield review

Attleboro Sun Chronicle:
DEF LEPPARD ROCKS WITH YOUTHFUL VIGOR
By Stephen Peterson

Mansfield- It doesn't seem that long ago they were the new kids on the
block, but Def Leppard can now pretty much be considered veteran , if not
classic rockers.

Def Leppard played the Tweeter Center Thursady night, and did so with as
much rocking energy as they demonstrated in the early 1980's, when they
were in their 20's.

The five member British group was loud and full of punch as they ripped
through a 21-song song set for two hours.

On their feet from the start, the crowd clapped, danced, pumped their
fists in the air and sang along  throughout.

Joe Elliott, the group's vocalist and leader, jumped around on stage all
night. It was obvious the band had a lot of pent-up pep. It marked its
first gig after having taken the past four months off from touring.

Opening up with "Rock Rock (Til You Drop) off their third album , 1983's
"Pyromania" then band then played a cover of an old Sweet tune, "Action."

"Foolin" "Animal" and "Hysteria" soon followed.
Slowing and quieting things down, the band members brought out their
acoustic guitars, playing theiu splendid ballad, "Tw Steps Behind."

They stayed acoustic for most of the smash hit "Bringing on the
Heartbreak" before ending the High "N" Dry album number with electric
guitars.

With a British flag unveiled in the stage background and on one of the
guitars, "Photograph" "Rocket" and "Armageddon" ensued.

Then it was time for the fan favorite, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" off the
1987 "Hysteria" album.

Def Leppard finished off with "Rock of Ages," also off "Pyromania" before
the encore that featued "Love Bites" and "Let's Get Rocked."

Drumme Rick Allen, who lost his arm during a near fatal car crash in
England in 1984 and plays with a custom-built electronic drum kit, is
simply an inspiration to all. Allen astonished many by staging one of the
great comebacks in music history by rejoining the band a mere six weeks
after the horrible crash.

Some consider them among the pioneers of Heavy Metal, and Def Leppard's
music has always had a distinctness to it.

An interesting tidbit, to promote their greatest hits album, Def Leppard
once performed on three continents in one day: North America, Africa and
Europe. It landed them a listing in the Book of world Records.