Review: Whitesnake and Def Leppard at Manchester Arena
(Photo Cred: Joel Goodman)Manchester
As double-headers go, British new wave heavy metal pioneers Whitesnake and Def Leppard are natural, head-banging, bedfellows.
Both achieved huge transatlantic success in the late 70s and 80s thrusting metal into the pop mainstream, and have now joined forces for this UK tour.
It makes for a full-on night of fist pumping at Manchester Arena, with the thousands of ticketholders standing up for the whole night showing particular stamina to go the distance.
"Def Leppard's bandmates may have a little less of the flowing locks than in their 80s heyday, but they retain that pulsating rock swagger"
Whitesnake are first up, proving a formidable force of flowing manes and masterful rock posteuring.
David Coverdale is everything you could possibly want in a swaggering frontman, throwing his mane of frazzled curls at will, while the band's similarly hirsute axemen head bang in time.
He twirls his mic stand with the fervour of a giddy cheerleader, white silk shirt ripped open to reveal strings of crucifixes sliding about his sweat-soaked chest.
And, most importantly, he can really wail.
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