Fan Review - By Andylgr

So this show was originally going to be organised by Dave Kilner, a local Sheffield DJ, in aid of charity. However he recently passed away so the concert went ahead and also became a tribute to his career in Sheffield. The show brought together people from Sheffield who have been successful in their careers, mainly the music industry, and who's careers were given a start on Daves radio shows. Opening were 80's pop band Heaven 17, who surprisingly performed for nearly half an hour and brought the house down with their final song - the classic 'Temptation'. The female singer they had with them had a fantastic voice incidentally.

Second up was John Parr, who did a short 3 song acoustic set, featuring of all tracks the Gillette song 'The best a Man can Get' which he wrote. He closed with an acoustic version of 'Man in Motion' from the movie St Elmos Fire, which was preceded by video footage of the guy it was inspired by. Moving stuff indeed.

Steve Womack took the stage, who I thought was a comedian when he started with some great jokes, but it turns out hes also a musician with a great voice and he got a great reception. I didn't know him, but it seemed as though the locals knew who he was, so he must be very popular within the Sheffield area.

A video clip of Paul Carrack (from Mike and the Mechanics) was introduced who performed their big song 'In the Living Years'.

Next on stage was a surprise as Rick Savage and his daughter Jordan were introduced. It was apparently her first ever live performance and they did a rendition of the Taylor Swift track 'Tim Mcgraw'

After a short interval, UK crooner Tony Christie took to the stage. To be fair I think the whole crowd were waiting for his signature tune 'Is this the way to Amarillo', check it out on youtube. It was made popular again by an English comedian called Peter Kay. Its fair to day this track got the best crowd reaction of the night. Great stuff.

Whilst the stage was readied for the Down n Outz UK impressionist John Culshaw entertained the crowd. He is unbelievably good, doing many characters including Ozzy, George Bush, Robbie Williams, John Lennon, and lots of other UK entertainers too. My fellow amphibians - check out his George Bush clips on youtube, so accurate.

Finally the Down n Outz were introduced. They opened with an instrumental track that I don't recognise, but then Joe got the whole crowd on their feet and the atmosphere in the venue went up a notch before they launched in to Elton Johns 'Love Lies Bleeding'. They quickly performed Mott the Hooples 'Good Times', apparently time was short as the show had run over and they were soon in to the classic Queen track 'Tie your Mother Down', a guaranteed crowd pleaser for me. Joe then discussed how Dave Kilner used to play the Lep songs on his radio show when he shouldn't have done and then introduced Animal which got a great reception (unfortunately it was the only Lep song of the night). 'All the Way from Memphis' then closed the show and what seemed like an all too short set and that was it............ Until the compere for the evening brought them back out, Joe joked that Gene Simmons was backstage but wouldn't come out to perform with them as he was queer and then 'All the Young Dudes' wrapped up the nearly 3 and half hour show.

Joe and Sav performed the covers with enthusiasm, Joe in particular sounded good on them, well rested and strong. Arguably Animal was the weakest moment from him, but in saying that it sounded damn good to my ears. Maybe its the higher range Lep material that he now struggles on a bit, purely because his voice has changed over the years.

All in all it was good gig, and in aid of a good cause. Although I'm not from the Yorkshire area its clear how much high regard Dave Kilner was held.

Fan Review - By Sue From Wakefield

The show was brilliant!! We had a good view of the stage. Sheffield City Hall isn't a big venue, but it's a good reasonable size and offers a pretty good all round view for concert goers regardless of where they were sat. We were in the stalls, a few rows back from the stage. The audience were mixed, covering all age groups and genre. The concert was called Dave Kilner. A Night to Remember and it was a selection of bands that he had supported through their careers, and had hoped to have been there to see it in its fruition. It was called Help A Child Have A Chance. He was a local DJ and died before he could see the concert he planned. To ensure that it came into being his wife and two daughters took over the planning and contacting the acts. The headline was Joe and Sav of Def Leppard and Joe's side band, Down 'n' Outz. The majority of the audience were there for them, and there were numerous fans wearing Lep t-shirts.

I may get some of the order of artists slightly in the wrong order. So, I apologise for any mistakes.

The main compere was Howard Pressman, who did most of the talking in between the artists, as well as John Harrison from Hallam fm who did the talking when a video screen of Dave Kilner with artists etc was on.

The support was a local band from Sheffield. The local radio station had run a competition for local bands to appear and the winner had been chosen by Alexandra Burke, the winner of X Factor. I'm sorry but I've already forgotten their name ("Chatfield"), but they were good and enjoyed themselves.

The concert was scheduled to start at 8 pm, which it did. The first major act was Heaven 17, an old band from the 80's, who said that this was the first time that they'd played the City Hall. They're mainly a synthesizer based group, and half of them used to belong to the Human League (another band from Sheffield). The set was short and good, with friendly bantering, their set finished with their hit "Temptation".

The second act, was Sav and his daughter Jordan. Sav performed acoustically, whilst Jordan performed a Taylor Swift song, with Sav joining in. It was a good performance, both of the voices gelled really well together. I thought Jordan sang it better than Taylor. Both of them had been warmly received, and Sav told the audience to enjoy the show.

John Parr, a local musician from Worksop played his acoustic set. Before he sang his well known hit "St Elmos Fire", he explained how the song was inspired by someone he encountered that had a spinal injury and what he set out to achieve and brought the subject back to Dave. The back drop to the performance was this guy travelling around the world in his wheel. He was given a good applause.

There was a break when Howard spoke to a known songwriter called Elliott, who reminised about Dave and explained what a privilege and an honour it was for him to be here and how when DK was doing things for charity it was impossible for people to say no. He also talked about national acts that he had been involved with eg the Spice Girls.

This led on to a video tribute by Paul Carrick, another local artist that wasn't able to perform live but where he sang a song "Living Years", that he had performed as lead singer of Mike and the Mechanics, that had originally been written and dedicated to his father. After, he said a few words.

There was a quick interlude, for people to buy programmes etc. The Quireboys were donating any sales of their current cd to the cause.

The acts had somehow managed to get behind with the schedules, but it didn't matter. The next act was Steve Womack. He was funny, the audience enjoyed his talking and his songs went down well.

Tony Christie was the next act. Very slick. They included a track that they played in rehearsals, a Tony Bennett track. He had to finish with "Amarillo" which went down a storm.

Jon Culshaw, the impressionist was next. During his act, the roadies had to work hard to get the stage set up. Stumpus was onstage quite a lot, checking equipment, wearing a white baseball cap. Jon Culshaw was great, his impressions were spot on. He'd done his scheduled set and had to go to the side of the show to check how things were going. He was told they weren't ready yet, so he threw it open to the audience to shout out people for him to impersonate, Robbie Williams, Obie One, were thrown at him, with him lapsing back into Ozzy Osbourne. He went down a treat!!

Finally!!!! It was the highlight of the evening, what everyone had been waiting for! Joe and Sav, including Joe's band Down 'n' Outz (aka The Quireboys). The video screen showed the moniker of Down 'n' Outz. The band came onstage and started playing except, Joe. He finally came on and sat at a piano and played a large intro before bursting into song. I'm sorry but I didn't recognise the track, unless it's a Mott the Hoople track that I'm not familiar with. The audience were clapping and enjoying themselves. He would soon have them on their feet singing. The second track, Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down", all of the band revelling in it, more so, Joe and Sav. They seemed to loosen themselves on stage even more!! Clear enjoyment of the night! We were then enticed with "Animal", which as always sounded good, with Joe getting the crowd going, although at one stage, he did sound a bit strained.

Due to time restrictions, the next track, which is what they ended with the fabulous "All The Way From Memphis" and everybody let rip, standing, singing, clapping. There was a man either filming or taking photos of the night throughout. Sav and the Outz were waiting for Joe to come back onstage before they launched into the ultimate, "All the Young Dudes" which would be accompanied by all of the performers joining them onstage for the finale, the line up would also include Mick Ronson's sister, Maggie Ronson, and his daughter, Tracey Ronson as well as Dave Kilner's widow and two daughters. Sav shouted some banter into the mic, Joe FINALLY came back onstage explaining that he'd been trying to get Gene Simmonds to appear (they would be headlining a show at the arena Saturday). After a speech thanking Dave's widow and daughters, they sang "Dudes" and the performers all came filing out onstage.