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JIMMY PAGE Attends METALLICA's Wembley Concert

July 11, 2007

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has posted the following message on his web site:

"Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] asked me to come to the METALLICA Wembley show [on Sunday, July 8], so off I went late afternoon.

"The new Wembley Stadium was impressive. Huge, like an American stadium.

"METALLICA had celebs out in force, Scott Ian [ANTHRAX], Brian Tatler of DIAMOND HEAD and Steffan Chirazi (or Cheesie, the human eating machine). I haven't seen the Cheeseburger since he ate half of Rio De Janeiro in the early '90s. I have a memory of Cheesie sitting in the childrens paddling pool at the Rio Palace Hotel in his dirty Y-fronts and it overflowing. Oh, the joy of thinking back through the mists of time. I don't think Cheesie was too overjoyed at seeing me, he had the Russ Irwin scowl down to perfection.

"I wasn't going to shoot much at all ,ended up shooting a lot. As the band were in tune up, Jimmy Page [LED ZEPPELIN] came in, which left METALLICA rather stunned. Lars walking onstage turned to me, 'Where's Ritchie Blackmore? We've had Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page — we need Ritchie!'. I know, he's Danish...

"Shoot the first half of the show from the stage next to my hero, Lars. The crowd looked good and the light was perfect. Watched 'One' and 'Enter Sandman' from the Royal Box with Jimmy, he thought Lars played well. The crowd was going mental, it was like a huge rally with various mosh pits in the middle. As I was sitting with JP in the Royal Box I didn't shoot anything. Now I'm home I regret it, wish I had..."

(Thanks: Chris Schrader)

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