Old 1999 Preview: The Bailey Brothers catch up with Def Leppard
Heading east from a city centre still in need of financial investment and re-development under the familiar landmark known as the Wicker Arches… Here you will find a major transformation has occurred. Gone are those famous old firms such as Firth Browns (where as a lad Mick once worked). Impressive architecture graces this once smog filled land i.e. Freemans, Abbey National, Don Valley Stadium and of course one of the UK's leading tourist attractions, Meadowhall shopping and leisure complex.
As you approach the roundabout from Attercliffe Road to Broughton Lane, home of the Sheffield Arena you will see Sheffield Forge Masters, a prestigious proud company, snarling like an old dinosaur refusing to be extinct. It's a constant reminder of the industry that helped Sheffield forge out the name for itself as the Steel City.
Will tonights main attraction DEF LEPPARD be a shining new girder or a rusty old nut?