Tonight’s WBLM Mini-Concert [VIDEO]

28 years ago today, Def Leppard brought the Hysteria tour to Portland! That night will always be an especially memorable one for me. I was 20 years old and had been on air at WBLM for less than a month. The legendary Jose Diaz was my boss and he asked me if I'd be willing to go onstage and welcome the crowd. Up until that point, my view was looking from the crowd to the stage, never from the stage to the crowd. Yikes! Without hesititation, I agreed. On the inside, I was freakin' out! There's gonna be like 8,000 Def Lep fans out there! When the time came to walk out and step up to the mic in front of a sold-out Civic Center, I was absolutely freakin' out...until I spoke four powerful letters. When I said, "Good evening Portland. My name is Brian James (a few claps and hoots). Then I said, "And I'm from WBLM." (the entire place erupted!) My job was to welcome the crowd and it turned out that they welcomed me in the best way possible, all because of four powerful letters. Now on with the show!

Join us tonight at 6:20 for live Def Leppard on the WBLM Mini-Concert!

Watch great live footage of Pour Some Sugar On Me featuring the return of the Thunder God from the Hysteria tour.

Check out the new song Let's Go, as heard on WBLM. The self-titled new album arrives Roctober 30th.