{"id":4917,"date":"2013-12-16T07:11:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T13:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2013-12-15T19:22:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T01:22:27","slug":"concert-flashback-def-leppard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/concert-flashback-def-leppard\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Flashback: Def Leppard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/93defleppard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5173\" alt=\"93defleppard\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/93defleppard.jpg\" width=\"569\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/93defleppard.jpg 569w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/93defleppard-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a>A mere month after the <a title=\"Concert Flashback: Bon Jovi II\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/concert-flashback-bon-jovi-ii\/\">Bon Jovi<\/a> show, the group got back together and headed\u00a0to the World Music Theatre to see Def Leppard and Ugly Kid Joe.\u00a0 While I don&#8217;t remember anything about this, school would have been back in session, so\u00a0Scott and I would have had to drive up from college for the weekend in order to attend this show.\u00a0 While Def Leppard was certainly the draw, I would be lying if I said seeing Ugly Kid Joe wasn&#8217;t an added bonus.\u00a0 Sadly, lead singer Whitfield Crane had other plans and managed to get himself arrested the night before in Columbus, Ohio after allegedly encouraging the crowd\u00a0to attack the security guards.\u00a0 Of course, we were not aware of this until we showed up to the World.<\/p>\n<p>So, two members of local band Enuff Z&#8217;nuff were recruited to open the show with what\u00a0I remember being an acoustic set.\u00a0 To this day, I can&#8217;t name an Enuff Z&#8217;nuff song, so I can&#8217;t say that they made much of an impression.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/enuff-znuff\/1993\/world-music-theatre-tinley-park-il-7bc792f8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Internet<\/a> tells me that they may have done a cover of the Beatles <em>Revolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>My main memory of the Def Leppard portion of the show is lead singer Joe Elliot trying to curry favor with the crowd by wearing a Chicago Bulls t-shirt.\u00a0 Judging by the setlist posted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/def-leppard\/1993\/world-music-theatre-tinley-park-il-bddc536.html\" target=\"_blank\">Interwebs<\/a>, it was a pretty solid show, with all of their big\u00a0hits being covered, including their latest from the <em>Last Action Hero<\/em> soundtrack.\u00a0 Given my fandom for the band at the time, I&#8217;m glad I got the chance to see them live.\u00a0 And, all these years later, I would rather have the story of Ugly Kid Joe missing the show than having actually seen them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mere month after the Bon Jovi show, the group got back together and headed\u00a0to the World Music Theatre to see Def Leppard and Ugly Kid Joe.\u00a0 While I don&#8217;t remember anything about this, school would have been back in session, so\u00a0Scott and I would have had to drive up from college for the weekend 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