Heavy Metal Showmanship Lives With Def Leppard
An enthusiastic mostly over-40 crowd at the Mohegan Sun Arena Tuesday was treated to a raucous ride in the way-back machine, courtesy of Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon.
One of the top record-selling bands of the 1980s and an icon of the British heavy metal movement of that era, Def Leppard headlined Tuesday's performance.
Fronted by Joe Elliott, the current incarnation of the band — with the exception of former Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell, who joined in 1992 — has been together more than 25 years.
That familiarity with the material and with each other showed as the band sawed through a 90-minute set devoted mostly to songs that sold tens of millions of albums.