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[4 Pics by Kate (Gallery)] Fan Review 2 :: by Kate There's not really much I can say that's not already been said, I can only say that it's the most money I've ever donated to charity and it was well worth it and I'll definitely do it again. A good time was had by all, and the people who organised all this, Bev & her husband, and the many others who helped and contributed, deserve a medal for all the hard work and dedication put into making this happen for raising money for the sick children and their families. I think the stars ought to get together again and record a single from the night of one of the songs and sell it to make money for this charity, that would be great. I hope they do it again soon. I don't really know what I was expecting of the show, as I arrived at Sheffield City Hall on Friday 12th March 2004, but I must say I really enjoyed myself seeing all the diff stars as mentioned in other reviews and I got the chance to meet Joe and Sav afterwards which was a bonus for me. I asked Sav if it was true about the 70's cover CD and he told me it was just a rumour and that the next Def Leppard CD would be their own material and after reading the track listing it seems someone is having a laugh with what the 1st letters of each track spell out. Joe was a really nice guy, even nicer than I could imagine, and he signed my portrait that I drew of him and let me have my photo taken with him (see above), and told me to keep drawing as it was brilliant and then he told me he had a copy of it at home as I sent him one previously via a friend at a concert in New Jersey last year, which really thrilled me. So not only did I contribute to charity I have achieved my dream of 17 years by meeting my idol, Joe Elliott. Fan Review 3 :: by Andy A charity show featuring many artists who I didn't recognise didn't sound like the perfect night to me, but the inclusion of Joe and Sav persuaded me to part with hard earned money for a good cause - or as Smashie & Nicey might say - "for charidee mate". Anyway, I arrived at the venue later than planned and got escorted to the venue by a very nice middle-aged couple, as I had no idea where I was. The fact that the majority of people going to the venue looked like my mum and dad gave me reservations about what kind of night to expect. Took my seat behind the mixing desk - good view if the sound engineer would sit down! First band Boy on a Dolphin seemed quite good - not my kind of stuff, but obviously a good live band. After their set they were joined on stage for Roy D-wired - again another good performer if you like that middle of the road stuff. Next up was Lindsay Dracass, who had a great voice and even treated the audience members with suicidal tendancies to the hauntingly depressing Eva Cassidy style 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'. Anyway good news was that Joe and Sav were on next. Predictably 'Two Steps Behind' was the first song played which due to no Phil - had a slightly different arrangement during the solo section. 'From the Inside' came next followed by Joe asking if it was still cold outside, although someone in the audiece pointed out that Joe would be ok as he had plenty of padding as he was fat git, this preceeded surprise cover of Lindisfarnes 'Winter Song' - which imo they f**ked up the intro to, but never mind. 'When Love & Hate Collide' closed the short set, which again sounded slightly different due to there being only 2 of them and Sav handled the solo on this one very well. All in all a very special and unique performance. Next was some guy on keyboards and then the interval. Paul Carrack opened the 2nd half of the show with 3 songs guaranteed to get the middle aged ones in the audience to respond to. In fairness he was the perfect opener to the 2nd half - great voice and great songs. Next up and fresh from the 80's time machine was John Parr, who I was quite impressed by with the 2 older songs he performed. The new song with the African performers I wasn't impressed by and the African's stayed on stage for some traditional stuff too. Kelly Llorenna was next, someone who is big in the UK with dance, clubland type cover versions. Instantly forgettable music, good voice and very easy on the eye too. Boy on a Dolphin returned for 3 tracks that got the crowd to their feet, before Joe and Sav returned to join the band. Joe donned an acoustic with Sav on electric lead for an excellent version of the Steve Harley classic 'Come up and see Me', followed by 'Suffragette City' and 'Can't get Enough of your Love' (good choices when you consider that Joe did SC with the Cybernauts, whilst Can't Get Enough used to be a standard encore when the Leps had guests up on stage with them). That was it before everyone returned for my fav T-Rex track '20th Century Boy', again with Joe on lead vocals. This was turning in to the Joe Elliott show and he was obviously enjoying it, pulling out all the usual arena rock moves in trying to get the crowd going (which was working btw). The encores continued with the Beatles classic 'Money', with Joe sharing lead vocals with Paul Carrack and John Parr. Unfortunately to get him to share the lead vocals they had to drug Joe's hamburger, BA Baracus style - only kidding. Just when you thought that was it, 'American Pie' was reeled out for a good old sing-a-long. It really had a party atmosphere now and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves - I know that I was. That was the final song of the night and I have to say it was a night that I enjoyed a lot and was made all the more special by seeing Joe and Sav in a totally different setting than normal, something that most fans would rarely get the chance to see.

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