Def Leppard
London Islington Academy
6th May, 2008

View: standing, balcony, stage-left

Previewing songs for an invited audience from their latest Songs From The Sparkle Lounge set, the Sheffield quintet bounded on stage at 9pm and proceeded to dazzle for the next 75 minutes. Kicking off with new cut Hypnotised, the singalongs began, and film cameras captured the crowd. Action lived up to its name, with Phil Collen to the fore, and other old faves included the air-punching Armageddon It, clap along Rocket and ecstatic Animal. Newer fare, such as Hallucinate, merged in seamlessly with AOR classic Photograph, the exuberant Pour Some Sugar On Me and closing Let’s Get Rocked. A couple of encores included Rock Of Ages and the 1980 throwback of Wasted. The evening certainly wasn’t it.

Reviewed by Tim Jones
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