Def Leppard Concert

The first time I saw Def Leppard live was in 2005 with my sister Monica. It was awesome, and we had amazing seats. I was super excited to see Def Leppard this time, particularly because it would be Jason's first time seeing Def Leppard and I figured he would understand why I love them so much after seeing them live. This time Def Leppard was touring with Heart and though they didn't have a new studio album for this tour they do have their first ever live album available exclusively at Walmart, which took me until the concert to know, I wondered why every store under the sun didn't have it, I normally don't buy music at Walmart because they only have edited versions, but Def Leppard doesn't cuss so it's all good.

In preparation for the concert we had been listening to Def Leppard and some Heart so that we could hopefully sing along to pretty much everything, or at least that was my plan, I don't remember Jason singing much. What we couldn't prepare for was the opening act, Evan Watson. He was actually really good. Jason liked him a lot too. He is sort of blues/rock if you want to put him in a genre. He did a cover of Purple Rain with Vivian Campbell helping him out on guitar, a hilarious song called Woodpecker which he introduced as a song "about a very horny bird," as well as a couple other really good songs. I even saw him up close when I left for a bathroom break at intermission. He was meeting the fans and signing autographs, but I didn't have anything for him to sign.

When Heart took the stage they opened with a Zeppelin song as I had read in a article on the show. Well, I knew the Led Zeppelin songs that Heart did and most of their songs. They were awesome. Their set lasted about an hour, then there was a half hour or so intermission so the roadies could set-up for Def Leppard.

Def Leppard's show has gotten a lot bigger since the last time I saw them. I was surprised that Joe was still hitting most of the high notes, especially since when I saw them in 2005 he wasn't, maybe he just had a cold that night. I would definitely say that Def Leppard is better in concert. The fans at this concert were better than the Canadian fans in 2005. I didn't get any liquids spilled on me and I wasn't up all night wheezing from people not following the no smoking rule. The Sleep Country Amphitheater was really a nice venue, but if you go there make sure you don't get lawn seating because it didn't seem like they had a very good view.

Of course I sang my heart out. I was screaming at the top of my lungs and it was awesome. Jason, though I said he didn't sing much, did actually sing along a bit. They opened with Undefeated, and that may have been their best song. I liked it so much because of all the real life scenes depicted on the stage screens. It ended with Rick Allen's story and I almost cried thinking about how inspiring he is, he truly is undefeated.