Photographer Ross Halfin (LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC) has issued the following update:

"Off to shoot DEF LEPPARD and WHITESNAKE at Wembley. I hate driving to Wembley so a friend, Ian White, kindly drove. I even got there earlyish. Ran straight into a sunburned Phil Collen and Joooooooe Elliott. We stood in the backstage hallway and were being quite 'Evil' about another 80s metal band from the North. David Coverdale came over and said I was giving out 'Negative energy'. ME? What about Jooooooe? He'll go to hell before me...

Jimmy Page came with Richie Sambora. Richie said hello - I asked him 'Does Jon allow you to speak to someone who's banned?' 'I have no idea why that is and I'm going to find out', he said. Seemed genuine - maybe JBJ will fire him for asking.

Went into to see David, got a shot of David, Joe, Richie and Jimmy. We then went to Def Leppard's hospitality room and took some more photos of Jimmy with Joe, Richie, Phil, and everyone else who came in. I thought Jimmy was very tolerant. Def Leppard's irritatingly over-enthusiastic tour photographer cornered him and got Rick Allen to take some of him and Jimmy - I could see JP starting to get pissed off, but he did a good job of smiling.

Shot Whitesnake nice lights, DC had a great rapport with the crowd. Stood with Jimmy and Peter Makowski before Def Leppard came on, Jimmy was getting hassled by nearly everyone with a backstage pass. The three of us hid in the corner until Leppard went on. Def Leppard were, as Pete said, 'Professional'. Tight, good lights, again they entertained, and Pete thought Joe's voice was brilliant. Joe even mentioned me and Geoff Barton to the crowd. I was called 'Legendary' and 'Still Alive, he's not dead yet,' said Joe.

Pete told me Jimmy thought David's dressing room was impressive. 'It must have taken longer to set up than the stage,' and there were no negative vibes, at least until Pete and I went in....

Driving home was hell as Nori had got a bass from Rick Savage, drumheads and anything else he could take off the wall. Me, Pete and Nori and all his goodies, all squeezed into the back of Ian's car. I wanted to throw Nori out and tell the little shit to walk."

Check out the following new Ross Halfin galleries:

JUDAS PRIEST

TESLA

MICHAEL SCHENKER