Music legends Def Leppard and Journey joined forces to play at the Colonial Center Thursday, November 2, 2006. They brought the house down with familiar favorites and even a new song or two.
Journey opened the show and fans went crazy. Though lead singer Steve Perry is no longer with the band, these guys still ROCKED!!! I heard many people saying new lead singer Jeff Scott Soto (who many people just referred to as "the guy who is not Steve Perry") sounded a lot like the original. Lead guitarist Neal Schon is the only band member to play on all Journey albums. Many of the Journey members worked with other famous musicians. Neal played with Santana, bass guitarist Ross Valory played with Steve Miller, pianist Jonathan Cain played with Michael Bolton, Peter Frampton and Sammy Hagar. Dummer Deen Castronovo once was with Ozzy Osbourne.
Def Leppard members are: lead singer Joe Elliott, who was impressively mobile in tight black leather pants, guitarist Phil Collen (not to be confused with Genesis' Phil Collins), guitarist Vivian Campbell (who once played with famous hairband Whitesnake - and is NOT a girl, despite the name), bassist Rick "Sav" Savage and probably most famous of all -- drummer Rick Allen. Rick lost his left arm in a car accident in 1984. He overcame great odds to learn to drum again, this time with only one arm.
Both bands put on a great show. Setlists for both are listed below and photos are coming.
There was a rumor that actor Kevin Bacon was supposed to attend, but there was no confirmed sighting. Mr. Bacon has been in Columbia filming a new movie called "Death Sentence" that also stars Aisha Taylor and Kelly Preston.
Also, the Colonial Center threw a kickin' good time Pre-Show party that featured lots of food and beverage and the band 88 Rewind. With your party pass, you also got a gift that was not available to the public. This gift, and I have to admit was my idea - so naturally I LOVE IT, was so darn clever. It was a sugar shaker with a Def Leppard and Journey concert label on it. I totally rocked out to Pour Some Sugar On Me during the final encore of the night - and every time they sang those words, I "poured sugar" from my shaker into the crowd.
Sometimes, it's the little things that keep us entertained.
So on that note, I'm out!
BB
Thursday, November 2, 2006
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