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[ X UK/Irish Tour 2003 Page 3 ]
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THUR Feb 20th 2003: Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, ENGLAND. 
[6 Pics by Richard(leppardukfan)/P. D. Drabble/Staci (Gallery).]
Fan Review :: by Richard You know the set by now so I won't go through the listing, suffice to say it was the best song set yet. Highlights were "Slang" which was a surprise addition to the set and the dualling guitars on "Rocket" which in my opinon highlights the strengths of Vivian's guitar skills.
Fan Review :: by Anon Well what can you say, this band gets better with age, started the evening in the Noose, very busy pub, lots of Def music, great place to start the evening, but was having such a good time missed Ricky Warwick (which I was really looking forward to) watched The Darkness, who I thought were good fun, musically it was AC/DC meets Big Country, but some great riffs, whilst the lead singer could play a mean guitar the same can't be said for his singing voice, which at times bordered on the comical.
So it was up to the Lepps to save the day, after the intro they opened
with "Let it Go" which I thought they were struggling with the sound on
this one, the last time I was at the Arena they played this at the end of
the set and it sounded much better, thankfully they got the sound right
for the start of "Rock Rock". Don't want to go thru the setlist but
highlights have got to be, "Long Long Way To Go", "Women" (truly awesome) "Rocket" (not heard
this version since Don Valley), "Now" (certain future favourite
This band can certainly put on a show, and I would estimate approx
10.000 came to see them (not bad for a band thats not been on radio for about 10
years)
Fan Review :: by Dave Theres not enough words this world of languages to descripe the shear spectical that is Def Leppard! They are one of the wonders of the world. My day up until the arena doors opened was going pretty bad. I didn't sleep the night before, my train was late and its was feezing. Then I was kinda glad the train was late because I got to the venue at 2:15pm, with the doors opening at 6:30pm, I had a long wait. But when it finally opened after delayed sound checks, my dream was coming alive. Ricky Warwick warmed everyone up with his humour and pretty cool acoustic songs. The Darkness nearly killed everyone in the front row with the total blast of their drums. After some changes on stage, my reason for
living came forth in the form of 5 amazing musicians I like to call gods,
but to everyone else, Def Leppard. Me being right on the front row I
had the luck of being stood in front of Phil (my idol!). We kept making
loads of eye contact, and thanx to the way Rick's drum kit had been
placed, I had a direct view of him and we were exchanging smiles and laughs.
Not only that Joe even winked at me! Because the guys like posing, I
had some awesome views of mainly Phil, Sav and Joe. Sav at one point
climbed of the speakers to my left posing like all show offs do, and
left me with a view of his new Washburn signature Union Jack bass which
is a beauty!
Fan Review :: by Andy B I will start with talking about the support acts: (Support Act #1) Ricky Warwick: I was really impressed with his peformance and I will DEFINATLEY be buying his album when it comes out (Does anyone know when it comes out). (Support Act #2) The Darkness: From what people have said in the past that they are alright the band were not bad just one thing about them though did anyone notice that the bass player had a bass guitar just like Sav's from 1983. (The Main Act) Def Leppard: What can I say what has not been written before me other then the fact that the band really rocked tonight and at one point I thought the arena roof was going to blow off (It probably would of done if they'd of played Wasted). They really seemed to really enjoying themselves for the first time since the Slang Tour in 1996 and I have seen them on every tour since 1992, The songs that they played were really good even though I would of liked to have heard songs like Torn To Shreds & Everyday off of X. I especially liked the Xtended version of "Rocket" which was really good with the dual guitar solo of Vivian & Phil and just staying with Vivian for a moment can anyone tell me where I can get a Rubyhouse shirt just like he was wearing, I will be at the Manchester Apollo tommorow night (Sunday February 23rd) and I think they will rock the Apollo out, I just hope that we will get to see them in Sheffield again before the end of the X tour, i'm just hoping for a summer show at Don Valley seeing as though it is ten (10) years this summer since the last gig at the stadium.
Fan Review :: by Dave After a couple of hours in the "Noose & Giblett" public house sampling a few Stella's with DefDazz himself!! it was over to the arena to catch the last few chords of Ricky Warwick's set. The Darkness were just as funny & impressive as the night before in Wolverhampton, The singer being a cross between Angus Young & Steven Tyler on acid.
So on to the
mighty Leppard, what can you say about these guys they get better live tour
after tour. I thought the night before was THE best Leppard gig I have
ever seen but this was even better, from the opener 'Let it Go' to
'Let's Get Rocked' the whole place was totally rocking, OK so maybe the
actual sound quality was a bit on the loud side (but every rock band I
have ever seen it's the same) but that took nothing away from the
performance & the feedback from the crowd.
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