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Post by CindyJ on Aug 5, 2024 18:12:39 GMT -8
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Post by DesertSun81 on Aug 5, 2024 18:34:27 GMT -8
While of course it's limited Facebook live footage I saw, if he didn't call it out I wouldn't have noticed!
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Post by savagegroove on Aug 5, 2024 18:35:20 GMT -8
I knew he sounded off
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Post by sugarme on Aug 5, 2024 18:43:35 GMT -8
Guess the Golden Setlist with Billy AND Under Fire was a one-off.
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Post by savagegroove on Aug 5, 2024 18:51:39 GMT -8
I hope Joe is ok.
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Post by motleymexico on Aug 5, 2024 19:33:58 GMT -8
I did notice him start to struggle at the beginning of CUF, and then after he told the audience about it, clearly in the acoustic set. But he pulled it off great and like a pro. Hope he gets better since he has 2 more shows in the next 4 days
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:42:56 GMT -8
BOTH
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:43:41 GMT -8
Just like 73
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:44:12 GMT -8
DHTH
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:44:52 GMT -8
TLFL
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:45:12 GMT -8
TSB
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:45:32 GMT -8
Hysteria
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:45:53 GMT -8
PSSOM
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:46:15 GMT -8
Armageddon it
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:46:39 GMT -8
Foolin
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:47:00 GMT -8
Rock rock
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:47:56 GMT -8
Photograph
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Post by andylgr on Aug 5, 2024 22:49:16 GMT -8
BOTH / Switch
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Post by rbtyrone on Aug 6, 2024 4:59:50 GMT -8
Great show by all 3 bands. Missed most of Steve Miller but got to hear The Joker. That guy can definitely sing for an 80yr old. Think that’s his age 😆. Crowd really into all 3 bands and sang their hearts out from what I could hear. Joe did struggle a little bit due to his infection but still sounds great. Entire band really nailed it for me. Show was packed from where I was seated bar a few empty seats here and there. Really impressed with Fenway Park and great access with subway . Grab a ticket if you can cause you won’t be disappointed with the entire show. Was due to go to New York show but alas have to return home early for family matter. And as Joe said there will be a next time . On a side note Boston is a beautiful city . Did the hope on hop of tour yesterday and was fantastic. Really enjoyed around the Harbour area. Will be back next time they play so can see more of the area.
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Post by andylgr on Aug 6, 2024 6:30:47 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:22:58 GMT -8
Def Leppard rocks new generation at Fenway showBy Jed Gottlieb The kids wore Def Leppard t-shirts. The adults wore Journey shirts. These fashion choices at Fenway Park on Monday night weren’t absolute, but they outline a clear trend. Buried deep in a recent press release about the current Def Leppard tour, the band announced the “18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of their fanbase.” This claim seems both absurd and obvious. The rock fans of 2024 don’t have a modern artist with Def Leppard vibes to latch on to so they have latched on to the actual Def Leppard. The group is fast approaching six billion streams in less than six years and the visceral proof was heard on Monday in the shouts of the kids in their shirts. The Fenway show was basically a classic rock festival, a triple headlining bill of Lep, Journey and Steve Miller Band. Steve Miller captured a couple generations with immortal rock ‘n’ roll nuggets. Go see him at a headlining gig next summer. He does his hits with reverence and joy. But he can’t capture the 18-44-year-olds at 6 p.m. on a Monday. Thanks to “Don’t Stop Believin’,” everybody loves Journey. Well, everybody but the guys in the band as once again members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain are fighting in court while still sharing the stage. They can still play (see a scorching “Stone in Love”) and singer Arnel Pineda’s story is as inspiring as his voice, charm, energy, and charisma — next to nobody can do “Separate Ways,” “Believin’,” “Any Way You Want It” as a back-to-back-to-back sprint like he does. But Def Leppard dominated the night. On its diamond LPs of the ’80s, the band found a unique space by chasing perfection while having fun. In concert, that chase still glitters.
On a night when Joe Elliott apologized for his voice as he battled an upper respiratory infection, he mostly sounded great. Behind him, the band locked into place — guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage, and drummer Rick Allen somehow kept time like a Swiss watch while swinging like a bar band.
There were lot of “somehows” to Def Leppard’s show.
“Foolin’” was heavy and somehow melodic. “Animal” had both a toughness and tightness. “Just Like ’73” managed to be a new song that could have been a “Hysteria” b-side. Fans of all ages get something from these delightful contrasts.
After nearly an hour of hits and deep cuts — the show spent a lot of time celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Pyromania” — Def Leppard closed with the triple shot of “Photograph,” “Hysteria,” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” The trifecta triangulated what makes Def Leppard so damn popular: perfect Top 40 hooks baked into hard rock swagger and glammy. Just ask the kids.Source
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:25:46 GMT -8
Def Leppard, Journey, and Steve Miller Band bring familiar fanfare to Fenway ParkBy Victoria Wasylak There’s nothing quite like the retirement of your city’s most famous rock group to put the summer’s umpteenth co-headlining tour into perspective. It’s not that Def Leppard, Journey, and Steve Miller Band needed Aerosmith to step back in order to pack Fenway Park for their “Summer Stadium” tour Monday night — they didn’t. It’s just that every time one rock titan hangs up their guitars for good, it’s easier to appreciate the groups who are still on the road, even if they’re battling a show-threatening setback onstage. But we’ll work up to that. To make ample room for the rock triple-header, Steve Miller Band’s midnight toking and similar activities were rescheduled to 5:30 p.m. to open the night — “It’s early for us too,” Miller noted, almost self-consciously. The space cowboy’s got an avuncular flair for storytelling these days, regaling the audience with stories about Eminem, who sampled “Abracadabra” on his newest record, and his godfather, Les Paul, to whom he dedicated “Jet Airliner.” Most impressively, the mighty wingspan of “Fly Like an Eagle” hasn’t diminished over the years, and Miller’s gloriously reverbed riffs took flight with ease as the highlight of his set, with the palpable, infectious sway of “Rock’n Me” marking a close second. Journey swiftly roared into what sounded like a well-mastered greatest hits album, for better or for worse. While meticulously polished to match the band’s recorded sound across every power ballad, their set lacked many memorable off-script moments. Then again, few stage antics could top current singer Arnel Pineda’s gobsmacking ability to mime the vocal range of former Journey frontman Steve Perry. Pineda delivered every hook as if he wrote it himself, even fully owning “Don’t Stop Believin’,” guiding that rocket-launcher of tireless optimism over the Green Monster and into the stratosphere. As the evening’s anchor band, Def Leppard promised to pour some kerosene on their catalog in honor of the 40th anniversary of their hit album “Pyromania.” Yet it quickly became apparent that the band’s own “Rocket” was faltering mid-flight, as lead singer Joe Elliott struggled to hit his raspy high notes.
After a satisfactory but noticeably off blitz through songs like “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop),” “Foolin’,” and new single “Just Like 73,” (a surprisingly seamless fit among the “Pyromania” pile-on) Elliott revealed that he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection just 30 hours prior to the show. Instead of canceling the gig, he enlisted the crowd’s assistance for the stripped-down — and vocally vulnerable — portion of the set, namely the chorus of “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak.”
“Can’t wait to see this on YouTube, [expletive] hell,” Elliott muttered after his explanation, but otherwise maintained a steely cool in the face of his illness, mustering the remainder of his voice for a finale of glam-metal GOAT tunes: “Rock Of Ages,” “Photograph,” “Hysteria,” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.”
It was a rollickingly imperfect conclusion to the evening, albeit a familiar one. But when slapped with the reality that no farewell tour is guaranteed, an evening with three iconic bands becomes a luxury, no matter how well-worn the material.Source
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:26:25 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:26:53 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:27:16 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:29:43 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:30:28 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:32:05 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:33:07 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Aug 6, 2024 7:34:52 GMT -8
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