Leppard cats pour some sugar on Arena crowd
Their glory days are well behind them, but Def Leppard didn't leave their fans high and dry last night.
The 26-year veteran British quintet showed a crowd of about 5,000 at the Winnipeg Arena they may have aged but they haven't changed their spots. They were still serious about putting on a true arena rock show, with an equal mixture of old and new songs that would satisfy fans of any era of the band — from its heavy rockin' early days to the slick, radio-friendly material of the late 1980s and early '90s.
The group — vocalist Joe Elliott, bassist Rick Savage, guitarist Vivian Campbell, guitarist Phil Collen and drummer Rick Allen — started off by playing the entire first side of their 1981 debut album, High 'N' Dry, featuring their breakthrough hit, Bringin' on the Heartbreak.