Hard-working Def Leppard still a powerful crowd-pleaser

Def Leppard is no stranger to casualties, with a pile of personal and professional losses in its 25-year history. But the band has not lost its audience, nor its ability to reward it with tight and powerful musicianship.

Before a sellout crowd of 6,000 at Grand Prairie's NextStage theater Sunday night, the British quintet reminded its fans why it was one of the most formidable acts of the 1980s.

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