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DEF LEPPARD/MOTLEY CRUE/STEEL PANTHER
Opening act Steel Panther put smiles on the faces of everyone in the audience but importantly alongside all of their saucy pantomime fun and games they also really rock, they play glam/sleaze classic rock numbers full of power, riffs and knockout choruses (with of course a touch of the Spinal Tap's) and use every exaggerated rock pose in the book in the process. The band look fantastic with plenty of sparkly outfits, spandex and feather boas on display, and their obviously well rehearsed banter with each other and the audience went down a treat, of course slightly sexist in nature but as a great man once said "What's wrong with Sexy !!". Numbers included an electric 'Supersonic Sex Machine', the possibly libellous but hilarious 'Just Like Tiger Woods' and the (does what it says on the tin) '17 Girls in a Row', what a start to the evening and the mood was well and truly set.
Time to visit sleaze town next with Motley Crue who opened with a pulsating 'Wild Side', the stage set up looked fantastic like a back street from the Sin City movie and this was a real crowd pleasing best of set including classics 'Shout at the Devil', the sing-along 'Same OL' Situation', and an emotional 'Home Sweet Home' complete with Tommy Lee playing a grand piano which somehow magically appeared (with the stage lights only out for a couple of minutes !) at the end of the stage's centre platform which went out a great distance through the audience like a pier, all of the bands made great use of it giving more fans the up close experience.
As this was a co-headline tour the Crue had full use of the excellent lighting system and a full range of stage effects, the Motley boys chose to go for numerous pillars of flame and explosions to compliment their set, the last four numbers really brought the house down, one of the bands real anthems 'Dr. Feelgood', 'Girls,Girls,Girls' one of the all time rock classics complete with complimentary back screen projections, a down and dirty 'Smokin' in the Boys Room' and they closed with the adrenaline fuelled 'Kickstart My Heart'. I cannot leave the Motley Crue part of the review without mentioning Tommy Lee's spectacular roller coaster drum solo, his huge kit which was attached to a huge circular lighting rig almost touching the LG ceiling started to rock from side to side and travelled around the frame, for a while stopping upside down at the very summit (with Tommy still playing), in a nice touch a fan selected from the front of the crowd was strapped in and went for the ride of a life time. Spectacular stuff from one of the best bands in the business, Vince and Nikki worked the crowd all set, Mr Mars (in usual cool head gear) revving up on the guitar and Tommy when not on his fairground ride rocking up a storm as well as showing his prowess on the piano earlier in the set.
From one of the best rock bands around to another, this time our very own Def Leppard, as was the case with the Crue this was also a crowd pleasing greatest hits set. Also like the Crue they had a spectacular stage show, rather than the flames and fireworks of the previous set Leppard went for sensational back projections the complete length of the stage with ramps also stretching over the huge stage area, front man Joe Elliot announced from the stage that they had bought their full American 'Mirror Ball' stage set over to the UK for the fans and I must admit it was some spectacle, an amazing combination of lights and projections.
The band were on top form, Joe's vocals spot on, the twin guitars of Phil and Vivian rocking and the two Ricks that make up the bands rhythm section holding it all together perfectly with the band also making full use of the mammoth stage area throughout set. Seventeen tracks made up the Leppard set, most of which the entire crowd could sing word for word, after impressive new number 'Undefeated' it was time to visit hit city, an explosive (sorry for that one !) 'Rocket' was followed by their top cover of Sweet's 'Action', the mega album Hysteria was of course well represented including a power packed 'Gods of War', the uplifting title track and the knockout one - two of 'Armageddon It' and 'Animal'. The softer ballad side of the set was taken care of with 'When Love and Hate Collide' and a beautiful 'Two Steps Behind You', the latter making great use of the centre platform, the main set ended with the stadium anthem to beat them all 'Pour some Sugar on Me', before they returned for the encores, a pumped up 'Let's Get Rocked' and a rocking 'Wasted' from the bands debut album On Through the Night. This was one entertaining rock and roll show, three bands playing at their peak, hits by the bucket load, a crowd ready to rock and a visual delight from start to finish. Review and photos by Andrew Lock Gig review (Glasgow)
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