Def Leppard/Mötley Crüe, Wembley Arena - review - Music - Arts

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His track didn't form a corkscrew but a mini London Eye, a single circle that shot out beams and fireworks like a noisy taster for New Year's Eve at the Thames. His loop-the-loop while soloing, and a second round trip with a volunteer, was the undoubted highlight of an evening well served for spectacle.

And swearing. The Crüe couldn't get from one word to another without a big F in between, with Lee announcing at one point that he had been for "a f**king walk" that afternoon. But while Mick Mars's brutal guitar solos were impressive, Vince Neil's squeaky squawk was not. What they lacked in comparison with their co-stars was tunes.

Def Leppard produced chorus after chorus that were so big they could be heard from space, from Armageddon It to the inevitable Pour Some Sugar on Me. A feeble acoustic segment including Two Steps Behind showed how much they need volume to impress but with all guitars blazing they were the clear victors here.

Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Steel Panther
Wembley Arena
Arena Square, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH