In 2021, several factors reignited interest:
Def Leppard's Live: In the Round, in Your Face is a classic concert film capturing the band at the peak of their
Def Leppard has been systematically remastering their catalog. While In the Round was shot on 35mm film, a proper 4K restoration would be expensive. However, the band’s 2019 Hysteria box set included a CD of the Denver show. A Blu-Ray remains the holy grail—but until then, the DVD rip circulating on torrent sites is often worse than the official Apple digital file.
For the next two hours, the small apartment ceased to exist. He wasn't a tired man in a pandemic lockdown anymore; he was nineteen again, standing on the fold-out chairs. He watched Joe Elliott strut around the rotating stage, the frontman playing to every side of the arena simultaneously. He watched the cameramen scrambling in the background, trying to stay out of the shot while capturing the energy of the band trapped in the center of the beast.
A thunderous, sweat-soaked time capsule of peak 80s arena rock — finally given the audio/video facelift it always deserved. The 2021 edition doesn’t add new footage, but the remastered sound and HD upscale make you feel like you’re in the round with the Leppard.