The Southern Daily Echo: Def Leppard
Def Leppard, now in their third decade, still love touring. MICHAEL HEATLEY talks to lead man Joe Elliott…
When you reach your forties, living happily in bohemian, tax-friendly Dublin, there must be a temptation to view rock'n'roll as a younger man's game. Toiling in a recording studio and following up with months on the road can't seem all that attractive a proposition - but Def Leppard's Joe Elliott only once considered an alternative career.
The offer to play Sean Bean's screen brother in the film When Saturday Comes would have given the singer - a lifelong Sheffield United fan - the chance to tread the hallowed turf of Bramall Lane, but music came first. "They wanted Sean Bean's younger brother," Elliott, 43, admits. "And with all the make-up in the world it would have been a bit difficult to go back to 24!" When his band plays Portsmouth Guildhall on February 17 we'll all be able to judge the wisdom of his decision.