http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050711/LIVING0105/507110320 Def Leppard stokes old fires for Frontier 5,000 Jeff Spevak Staff Music Critic (July 11, 2005) — Ten words no one wanted to hear Sunday at Frontier Field: "And now we're gonna play something from the new album...." Only in rare cases has pop-music success in the '80s translated into this century. Def Leppard and Bryan Adams are no exceptions. And showing up on VH1's Behind the Music doesn't count. But it's not difficult to recall that both of these acts were chart monsters at one time. The comfort food of rock: Part craft, part Kraft macaroni and cheese. For the record, no one looked fat or like they were experiencing backstage-party flashbacks. Onstage, we're talking. Def Leppard guitarists Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen even removed their shirts and didn't gross anyone out. Singer Joe Elliott still fits into the black-leather pants. Drummer Rick Allen still has one arm. And it was fist-pumping rock action for many rows deep in front of the stage: Virtually every wrist seemed to have a pink wrist band on it, and you know what that means. Legal drinkers. A lot of beer was going down this night. For 5,000, this was a night of "Name That Tune," and anyone near MTV in its formative years probably scored quite high. Opening with "Action," a surprisingly tight Def Leppard did 90 minutes of "Foolin'," "Let's Get Rocked," "Rocket," "Bringin' on the Heartbreak," "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)" and "Rock of Ages," which included a solo by Allen. He lost an arm in a car accident, but with the aid of some extra foot pedals he manages to keep up quite well. Unlike Rod Stewart, who is celebrating his rock dotage with a series of albums from the songbook of traditional crooning, Def Leppard is still rocking after 25 years. It's celebrating with an upcoming album of cover material, so the songs from the new album on this night were technically old, including an absolutely-loyal-to-the-original version of Badfinger's "No Matter What." Adams, by the way, did not join Def Leppard for a duet. It only seemed like he was doing duets with everyone in pop music for a while. He filled his 90 minutes with "Somebody," "This Time," "Cuts Like a Knife," "Back to You." The girls still screamed. He did do one duet: Bonnie from Grand Island, a student at Alfred University, was pulled from the crowd to help "When You're Gone." It was a tough crowd. People booed when she was introduced. They wanted Rochester talent. With the grass soaking up a lot of spilled beer, Red Wings outfielders might have trouble passing a breathalyzer during the next home stand. It was Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson who invented touring minor-league baseball parks, reaching out to the heartland. So we get Def Leppard and Bryan Adams. That's OK. I hear Elmira landed A Flock of Seagulls. JSPEVAK@DemocratandChronicle.com