Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott met a young fan in Sheffield this June as part of the Make A Wish Foundation. JD Dinsmore from Northern Ireland got to meet Joe at the Sheffield concert after his uncle contacted the organisation. JD was one of the youngest people in Northern Ireland to have open heart surgery.


Pic by Belfast Telegraph 2008 (see link for large version).

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"A boy who was one of the youngest children ever to undergo open heart surgery in Northern Ireland has come face to face with his rock heroes.

Most youngsters dream of meeting their childhood heroes and for the Co Antrim boy this dream came true when he met rock 'n' roll legends Def Leppard.

Coleraine schoolboy JD Dinsmore met the Sheffield rockers in June and, says mum Gillian Shiels, the normally outgoing 11-year-old was left speechless.

"He would have been a bit shy about it," she explained, "but it was his dream come true. All he wants to be is a rock star. He loves his guitar and his rock and roll music. And he has always been into Def Leppard. There is no Daniel O'Donnell in this house!"

Gillian said the once in a lifetime meeting came about after JD's uncle, David Shiels, contacted the Make-a-Wish Foundation to see if it could help."
By Belfast Telegraph 2008.

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