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Journey and Def Leppard Reviews

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Average customer review: 4.0 star rating (3.9 Stars)

Number of reviews: 126

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4.0 star rating Lori M from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

DISAPPOINTED

Def Leppard put on a really good show. . Journey has always been my favorite but this time it seemed to be the Neal Schon concert. Stick with all the songs that made Journey great and less guitar solos. We know you're good Neal but it's a Journey concert.

4.0 star rating from Charlotte, North Carolina

DEF LEPPARD AMAZING! JOURNEY OK EXCEPT FROM DRUMMER

Def Leppard sounded fresh, powerful, raw, very well tuned, clear sound, great vocsls, Joe Elliott was super! very impressed, best show from Leppard since 1989, I saw them in 2007, 1996, 1989 - this gid sounder crip, clear, hit all the high notes,

4.0 star rating Catherine G. from Mississauga, Ontario

ISSUES WITH SOUND FOR JOURNEY!

Journey were not at their best. Issues with sound. Too many guitar solos. Not enough hits performed. Something was definately wrong. Not sure what. Disappointed as I’ve seen them before and they were great. DEF LEPPARD were AMAZING!! They sang every hit song. Definitely blew the doors off the performance of Journey. The whole statium erupted. Maybe if the Dome was open it would have been even better!

4.0 star rating Mike Pryor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

DEF LEPPARD WAS GREAT, JOURNEY NOT SO MUCH/PITTSBURGH, PA

I must say that I was in tears at the end of the Def Leppard portion of the concert. Tears of JOY. Never got to see them in my youth, but they took me back there. Age has not caught up to these gentlemen yet. I will see them again. The Journey portion brought me back to reality. Age has caught up to these gents. Enjoyed Steve's drum solo. It was my highlight for them. Neil, I remember you as one of the greatest shredders of all-time. I will continue remembering. Sound was not good for this portion of the concert. Journey is band that you need to listen to the words of the songs as much as the instruments. That was not what they did.

4.0 star rating Brian Cashdollar from Hartford, Connecticut

ONE GREAT LEGENDARY BAND, ONE GOOD KAROKE GROUP

The XL Centers sound system was made through a mass purchase of Bullhorns in the 1960's. It's embarrassing that they use it outside of basketball games, even Basketball games deserve better. That said, Def Leppard is still the best Legend Act still going. No competition, checked the Bucket List for me. Let's talk about Journey, is everyone still over Steve Perry's replacement? Not me, he delivered great vocals but, you know.

3.0 star rating Lisa from Los Angeles, California

DEF LEPARD WAS AWESOME...JOURNEY WAS MEH

Sadly, I bought tickets for the Saturday night show because Journey was the closing act. Turns out I should've bought tickets for the Sunday night show when Def Lepard was the closing act. Def Lepard rocked the house out and were outstanding in every way. What a disappointment Journey was after Def's opening act. Journey's set consisted of about 1-hour of instrumental solos by each member. Boring after a while. The volume of the music drowned out the vocals of the lead singer. This may have been by design because Pineda came off as a weak Steve Perry wannabe. It's no wonder so many people started leaving during Journey's act. Neal Schon made a big mistake of mentioning that Steve Perry's new album came out that day, because what did I do when I got home? I listened to some of the songs off Steve's new album "Traces" and it is clear that Steve Perry is irreplaceable. His voice is still awesome. Journey, you need to do what you have to do to get Steve back! Seriously!

3.0 star rating Dawn from Sacramento, California

GOLDEN 1

Def Leopard rocked the house!!! JOURNEY needs new sound people and or equipment.

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