Def Leppard cranks out the hits
What's a hard-rocking band to do when, in Spinal Tap parlance, its popularity grows more selective? When its new songs, aimed squarely at radio's young pop fans, fail to win listeners?
For Def Leppard, the course of action is simple: Hit the road with the hits.
At a nearly full Magness Arena on Tuesday night, the veteran British outfit returned to Denver with a loud, generous show heavy on material from the '80s. It's been more than a decade since the Leppards' days of sold-out, two-night stands at the old McNichols Arena, and despite the smaller venue, the group's on stage energy was surprisingly high.
The band took the stage in the wake of canned stomp-romps from Queen and Gary Glitter who needs an Avs game to pump a fist and yell "hey"? The sports arena crowd can use a release when hockey tickets are scarce, and Def Leppard fit the bill nicely.